William Howard Taft High School (Chicago)

Taft High School
Address
Map
6530 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue

Chicago
,
Illinois
60631

United States
Coordinates41°59′04″N 87°47′31″W / 41.9844°N 87.79192°W / 41.9844; -87.79192
Information
TypePublic Secondary
Motto"Teaching Academics For Tomorrow."
School districtChicago Public Schools
PrincipalMark Grishaber
Grades7–12 (including Academic Center)
GenderCoed
Enrollment3,220 (2015–16)[1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Royal blue
  Silver
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League
MascotEagles
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
YearbookAerie[2]
Websitetafths.org

William Howard Taft High School is a public 4–year high school in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Taft allows students from Norwood Park, Edison Park, Jefferson Park, Forest Glen and O'Hare to attend.

Taft is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. The school 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.[3]

Since 2014, Taft High School has been considered a "wall-to-wall" IB school as part of the International Baccalaureate foundation. Taft high school has offered the International Baccalaureate program since 2001.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Public Schools: Taft". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. ↑ 1967 Taft High School Yearbook- Chicago, Illinois
  3. ↑ Taft NJROTC
  4. ↑ "IB Diploma Programme". www.tafths.org. Retrieved 2016-02-09.