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.
Stephanie Glenn,
Upper School Japanese, Outdoor Education Co-leader
Stephanie Glenn teaches Japanese in the Upper School. She particularly enjoys taking students to Japan during Winterim and coordinating Charles Wright’s exchange program with the Mukogawa School.
Glenn graduated from Charles Wright and earned her bachelors degree in Japanese at the University of Washington. She returned to join the faculty in 1994. In addition to teaching, she coordinates the school’s outdoor education program. Her daughter now attends Charles Wright.
“I started studying Japanese formally in seventh grade at Charles Wright and never stopped,” says Glenn. “Learning about a country so different in so many ways from my
own has given me a greater appreciation of where I come from as well as a deeper understanding of how differently people can live. Not only has my life been shaped strongly by my own Japanese studies, I have been fortunate to watch many of my own students spend quality time in Japan as tourists, exchange students, and even in their careers. It is exciting to see relationships grow among people who live in many ways very differently.”
“In our world, I believe it is increasingly important for young people to early on develop healthy curiosity about other cultures, seeking similarity and common ground even among people who seem to have perspectives, opinions, speech and lifestyles different from our own. Charles Wright's commitment to teaching foreign languages is an incredibly valuable part of its education.”
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Glenn graduated from Charles Wright and earned her bachelors degree in Japanese at the University of Washington. She returned to join the faculty in 1994. In addition to teaching, she coordinates the school’s outdoor education program. Her daughter now attends Charles Wright.
“I started studying Japanese formally in seventh grade at Charles Wright and never stopped,” says Glenn. “Learning about a country so different in so many ways from my
own has given me a greater appreciation of where I come from as well as a deeper understanding of how differently people can live. Not only has my life been shaped strongly by my own Japanese studies, I have been fortunate to watch many of my own students spend quality time in Japan as tourists, exchange students, and even in their careers. It is exciting to see relationships grow among people who live in many ways very differently.”
“In our world, I believe it is increasingly important for young people to early on develop healthy curiosity about other cultures, seeking similarity and common ground even among people who seem to have perspectives, opinions, speech and lifestyles different from our own. Charles Wright's commitment to teaching foreign languages is an incredibly valuable part of its education.”
Visit her web site
