DID YOU KNOW?
Tacoma’s story spans more than two centuries from the time Captain George Vancouver anchored off Tacoma’s north shore in 1792.
In 1870, Tacoma’s natural deep-water port became an attraction that the Northern Pacific Railroad couldn’t pass up, when it made Tacoma a stop on its transcontinental line.
Old Tacoma and New Tacoma merged in 1884 and incorporated as Tacoma. By 1890, the population reached 36,000 people.
Tacoma is home to the Port of Tacoma, the seventh-largest container port in the United States, and it is within 20 miles of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and 36 miles of the city of Seattle.
Simon Connor,
Upper School Counselor
Simon Connor is the counselor for the Upper School, and serves students, families, faculty and staff. He enjoys working with students to resolve issues and questions in their lives.
Connor graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and went on to earn his masters degree in social work at the University of Washington. He joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 2005. He is also in private practice as a psychotherapist in Seattle, and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington.
Connor has played the guitar for more than 30 years and plays original songs and Grateful Dead covers in a rock band called Ultraviolet Uforia. He was born in England and holds dual citizenship. He has traveled to Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Morocco, Togo, Ghana, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, England, France, Spain, Belgium, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.
Connor graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and went on to earn his masters degree in social work at the University of Washington. He joined the faculty of Charles Wright in 2005. He is also in private practice as a psychotherapist in Seattle, and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington.
Connor has played the guitar for more than 30 years and plays original songs and Grateful Dead covers in a rock band called Ultraviolet Uforia. He was born in England and holds dual citizenship. He has traveled to Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Morocco, Togo, Ghana, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, England, France, Spain, Belgium, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.
