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.
Wes Westby,
Upper School Learning Specialist
Wes Westby is the Upper School learning specialist. For him, one of the greatest honors as a teacher has been being asked by alumni years later to be in their wedding parties, and to continue backpacking, canoeing and kayaking trips with alums well into their college years and beyond.
Westby graduated from Central Washington University. Before joining the faculty at Charles Wright in 1991, after having spent over ten years teaching in the public school
system, he had worked as a service station attendant, house painter, gandy-dancer, Marine Corps combat motion picture photographer, Continental Airlines flight attendant and a driver for United Parcel Service. “Nothing compares to teaching and its rewards,” says Westby.
In 1999, the CWA Parent Association presented Westby with the Inspirational Faculty Award.
In addition to teaching study skills, Westby coordinates the Advanced Placement program and College Board exams for students with disabilities. He also leads Winterim and Outdoor Education trips. He is a member of the board of the DuPont Historical Society and a former member of the City of DuPont’s planning agency.
Westby enjoys skiing, backpacking, kayaking and photography. But most of all he enjoys working with students. He believes it is important that those of you reading this biography know he is not as old as he looks or as his use of the phrase “motion picture” cameraman suggests.
Visit his web page
Westby graduated from Central Washington University. Before joining the faculty at Charles Wright in 1991, after having spent over ten years teaching in the public school
system, he had worked as a service station attendant, house painter, gandy-dancer, Marine Corps combat motion picture photographer, Continental Airlines flight attendant and a driver for United Parcel Service. “Nothing compares to teaching and its rewards,” says Westby.
In 1999, the CWA Parent Association presented Westby with the Inspirational Faculty Award.
In addition to teaching study skills, Westby coordinates the Advanced Placement program and College Board exams for students with disabilities. He also leads Winterim and Outdoor Education trips. He is a member of the board of the DuPont Historical Society and a former member of the City of DuPont’s planning agency.
Westby enjoys skiing, backpacking, kayaking and photography. But most of all he enjoys working with students. He believes it is important that those of you reading this biography know he is not as old as he looks or as his use of the phrase “motion picture” cameraman suggests.
Visit his web page
