William Howard Taft High School (Chicago, Illinois)

Taft High School
Teaching Academics For Tomorrow
Address
6530 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60631
United States
Information
Type Public high school
School district Chicago Public Schools
Principal Arthur Tarvardian
Grades 7-12 (including Academic Center)
Color(s)           Royal Blue, Silver
Mascot Eagles
Website Official website

William Howard Taft High School is a high school located at 6530 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, in the Norwood Park neighborhood. It is run by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It is perhaps most famous as the high school attended by Jim Jacobs, the writer of Grease. Jacobs used Taft as an inspiration in writing the musical. Taft offers a gifted program from 7th to 12th grade in which International Bacculaureate is offered in high school.

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NJROTC

Taft's NJROTC unit has won a Distinguished Unit award every year since 2001.[1]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Taft NJROTC
  2. ^ a b c d e f Defiglio, Pam (19 February 2009). "Debate plays on for Chicago guitarist’s induction into Taft High School’s Hall of Fame: Group wants late guitarist added to school hall of fame". Chicago Tribune. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/feb/19/local/chi-terry_kath_city_zonefeb19. Retrieved 27 November 2009. "But none of that is enough to sway some alumni of Taft High School, Kath’s alma mater, to induct the guitarist, who died in 1978, into the school’s Hall of Fame ... Alumni honored in Taft’s Hall of Fame include Jim Grabowski, who played for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers; Jerry Krause, former Chicago Bulls general manager; actress Donna Mills; Lynn Martin, a Cabinet member in the George H.W. Bush administration; and Jim Jacobs, who based his musical “Grease” on Taft High School." 
  3. ^ 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." 

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