William Howard Taft High School (Chicago)

Taft High School
Address

6530 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue Chicago , Illinois 60631 United States
Coordinates	41°59′04″N 87°47′31″W / 41.9844°N 87.79192°W / 41.9844; -87.79192
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Motto	"Teaching Academics For Tomorrow."
Opened	1939
School district	Chicago Public Schools
Principal	Mark Grishaber
Grades	7–12 [1]
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	3,908 (2020-2021)[2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Blue & silver
Song	Fly Like an Eagle
Athletics conference	Chicago Public League
Mascot	Eagles
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Yearbook	Aerie^[1]
Website	tafthighschool.org

Taft High School is a public four-year high school located in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Taft serves communities on the far northwest side, specifically Norwood Park, Edison Park, Jefferson Park, Forest Glen and O'Hare. Taft is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district.

Taft's NJROTC unit won a Distinguished Unit award every year from 2001 to 2014.^[2] In the late 1990s—to stanch the loss of students—Chicago Public Schools made significant changes to the school to attract more neighborhood students. These included an NJROTC unit, a selective-enrollment academic center for 7th and 8th grade students, and an International Baccalaureate Diploma program. Taft's IB program became authorized in 2001, and since 2014 has been a "wall-to-wall" IB World School.

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Athletics

Taft competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The boys baseball team were Public League champions in 1968, CPS quarter-finalists in 1985, and regional champions in 2009. The girls volleyball team were Public League champions in the 1979–80 season.^[3]

In 2018, the boys varsity football team brought home its first Chicago Public League championship since 1972 with a 29–13 win over Eric Solorio Academy High School.

The wrestling team won four consecutive Chicago Public League Championships. (2018,2019,2020,2021)

A nine-hole putting green is being installed during the summer of 2023^[update], costing ultimately $32,000.^[4]

Notable alumni

Donna Mills, class of 1958, is an actress whose best known role was as Abby on the television series Knots Landing.
Howard Moore is the former basketball head coach for the University of Illinois at Chicago (2010–15).
Jack Suwinski is an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates MLB team.
Jerry Krause is the former general manager of the Chicago Bulls (1985–2003) whose teams won six NBA championships.
Jim Grabowski is a former NFL running back. He was selected in the first round of the 1966 American Football League Draft by the Miami Dolphins and the first round of the 1966 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He played in Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II.
Jim Jacobs is the co-writer of the musical Grease, parts of which were based on his high school experiences at Taft.
Joseph A. Tunzi is a Chicago-based author, publisher, and producer.
Ken Henry, U.S. Olympic gold medalist in speed skating, 1952 Oslo. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, Henry was chosen to light the final torch at the opening ceremony.
Lynn Morley Martin is a former congresswoman who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor (1991–93).
Robert Hanssen was a former FBI agent who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.^[5]
Terry Kath was a guitarist and co-founder of the band Chicago.

References

^ 1967 Taft High School Yearbook- Chicago, Illinois
^ Taft NJROTC
^ IHSA Chicago (Taft)
^ Nadig, Brian (July 15, 2023). "Taft gives update on graduates, new putting green". Reporter. Vol. 58, no. 29. Edgebrook, Wildwood, Sauganash, Lincolnwood, Skokie, and Niles, Illinois: Nadig Newspapers. p. 13.
^ Havill, Adrian (2001). The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. xix. ISBN 0-312-98629-7. Robert Philip Hanssen, a senior at Chicago's William Howard Taft High School in 1962, also saw the first James Bond movie that year.

External links

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v t e William Howard Taft
10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930) 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) 3rd Provisional Governor of Cuba (1904) 42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–1908) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1904) 6th Solicitor General of the United States (1890–1892)
Presidency (timeline)	1909 inauguration Dollar diplomacy Income Tax amendment Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act Weeks Act Federal Corrupt Practices Act Wireless Ship Act of 1910 Apportionment Act of 1911 North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 Mann–Elkins Act Radio Act of 1912 Defense Secrets Act of 1911 Pinchot–Ballinger controversy Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States Chamber of Commerce Ceremonial first pitch State of the Union Address 1912 Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court First Oval Office
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Supreme Court career Judiciary Act of 1925 Creation of the Supreme Court Building Taft Court cases
Other actions	Taft Commission Insular Government of the Philippine Islands Philippines Civil Governor, 1901–1904 Taft–Katsura agreement 1906–1909 Occupation of Cuba League to Enforce Peace National War Labor Board
Life and legacy	Early life Birthplace, home, and historic site Woodbury Point Taft Bridge Bibliography U.S. Postage stamps Taft, Montana High school (New York City Chicago Los Angeles San Antonio)
Elections	1908 Republican National Convention 1908 U.S. presidential election 1912 Republican National Convention 1912 U.S. presidential election
Family	Helen Herron Taft (wife) Robert Alphonso Taft (son) Helen Taft Manning (daughter) Charles Phelps Taft II (son) William Howard Taft III (grandson) Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (grandson) Seth Taft (grandson) Alphonso Taft (father) Louise Taft (mother) Charles Phelps Taft (brother) Henry Waters Taft (brother) Horace Dutton Taft (brother) Peter Rawson Taft (paternal grandfather)
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