William Howard Taft High School (San Antonio)

William H. Taft High School

Address
11600 FM 471 W. San Antonio, Texas, 78253
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1985
School district	Northside Independent School District
Principal	Tommy Garcia
Assistant principals	Julie Montamat, Brett Jeffries, Martha Cortinas-Fernandez, Harrison Thrist
Grades	9�12
Enrollment	2787 (2009)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red & White
Mascot	Raider
Feeder schools	H.B. Zachry Middle School John B. Connally Middle School Coke R. Stevenson Middle School Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School Dolph Briscoe Middle School
Rival schools	William J Brennan High School Earl Warren High School
Athletic conferences	6A Division I
Website	William H. Taft website

William Howard Taft High School is a public secondary school in the Northside Independent School District.

Taft High School was the fifth NISD high school, and the first one outside of Loop 1604. It is home to the magnet school Communications Arts High School which primarily focuses on college-readiness and technology-use. As with all NISD high schools, the school is named for a United States Supreme Court justice, in this case former Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who also served as President of the United States.

The Taft Raider Band has over 130 students from Communications Arts and Taft and it is led by Danny Solis Jr. The band qualified for the state marching contest in 2014.

Notable alumni

James Roday - Actor
Derek Cecil - Actor
Otis McDaniel - Sprinter
Haley Scarnato - Singer

External links

Northside Independent School District

High schools	Brandeis Brennan Business Careers Clark Communications Arts Construction Careers Academy Health Careers Holmes Jay Jay Science & Engineering Academy Marshall O'Connor Stevens Taft Warren

Middle schools	Connally Hobby Jefferson Jones Jordan Luna Neff Pease Rawlinson Rayburn Sul Ross Rudder Stevenson Stinson Vale Zachry Garcia

Elementary schools	Adams Hill Aue Beard Blattman Boone Brauchle Braun Station Burke Cable Carlos Coon Carnahan Carson Cody Colonies North Driggers Elrod Esparza Evers Fernandez Fisher Forester Galm Glass Glenn Glenoaks Hatchett Helotes Howsman Hull Knowlton Krueger Lackland City Leon Springs Leon Valley Lewis Linton Locke May McDermott Mead Meadow Village Michael Murnin Myers Nichols Northwest Crossing Oak Hills Ott Passmore Powell Raba Rhodes Scarborough Scobee Steubing Thornton Timberwilde Valley Hi Villarreal Wanke Ward Westwood Terrace

Early Childhood Centers	Children's Center

Learning Centers	Alternative Elementary School Alternative High School Alternative Middle School-North Alternative Middle School-South Evening High School Excel Academy Habilitation Program Holmgreen Center Northside Vocational Transition Program Special Education Night School

Coordinates: 29°29′53″N 98°43′18″W / 29.49806°N 98.72167°W / 29.49806; -98.72167