Big Red Goes Green
The annual Green Cup Challenge™ kicks off January 18 and Taft is ready to rumble. Launched in 2006 as an interschool energy challenge between Exeter, NMH and Lawrenceville, the Green Cup Challenge™ is...
View ArticleYong '14 Wins Squash Title
While most Tafties were celebrating the end of exams and the start of the holiday break, Sue Ann Yong ’14 was gearing up for yet another test: the largest individual junior squash tournament in the...
View ArticleMLK Celebration 2012
Our annual celebration honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. allows Taft students to experience the power of his message while applying his wisdom and foresight to their understanding of...
View ArticleSquash Trains With World's No. 6
Every year Taft hosts a professional squash player to train with its teams, and this season it was Mohamed El Shorbagy, currently ranked sixth in the world. During a four-hour clinic, Shorbagy...
View ArticleRenaissance Ensemble In Concert
Taft's Music for a While performance series continues on Friday, January 27 with acclaimed period vocal ensemble Exsultemus. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. in Woodward Chapel. Declared...
View ArticleReady Robots!
Hidden at the end of the first floor of the Lady Ivy Kwok Wu Science and Mathematics Center is a small work room where students are building robots. Not the kind with arms and legs, but with four...
View ArticleGames, Gowns and Good Deeds
The Volunteer Council has a big weekend ahead featuring simple and fun ways for everyone to make a difference. On Friday night, the Council will host a Scrabble competition. Teams of two to four...
View ArticleVisual Arts Students Show in Potter Gallery
Paintings, drawings, sculpture, photographs and ceramics will all be featured in the Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery beginning February 10. The pieces were created by Taft visual arts students during the...
View ArticleCaitlin Morton '12 Take First Prize in Art Show
Taft senior Caitlin Morton won first prize in the student category at the 32nd Annual Photography Exhibition sponsored by the New Canaan Society of Art. Photographs by Everett Brownstein and Will...
View ArticleAnnual Event Saves Lives
Taft’s Volunteer Council and the American Red Cross are sponsoring a blood drive on Monday, February 13. Those interested in donating blood should come to the McCoullough Field House between 1:45...
View ArticleHarvey Takes The Stage
The classic story of Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible rabbit named Harvey comes to life this month on the Taft School stage. “Harvey” debuts Wednesday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m. in Bingham....
View ArticleScotty Cup
This year, 28 players took the ice for the annual Taft Alumni Hockey Game, now known as the Scotty Cup. Alumni reunited in Odden Arena on Saturday, February 11, for an evenly matched game! Final score...
View ArticleHarvey Takes The Stage
The classic story of Elwood P. Dowd and his invisible rabbit named Harvey comes to life this month on the Taft School stage. “Harvey” debuts Wednesday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m. in Bingham....
View ArticlePaduano Series Explores Asian-American Civil Rights Movement
1982 Detroit was reeling from desperation and anger as job layoffs and high unemployment took over a community dominated for decades by the auto industry. As an entire city blamed their plight on...
View ArticleTaft Students Visit New York Botanical Garden
Taft students are already enjoying the benefits of a new and strong relationship between Taft School and the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). Built largely on the inspiration of former NYBG and...
View ArticleBlood Donors Give Generously
Fast facts about blood donation from the American Red Cross: - The number one reason donors say they give blood is because they "want to help others." - One donation can help save the lives of up to...
View ArticleBlood Donors Give Generously
Fast facts about blood donation from the American Red Cross: - The number one reason donors say they give blood is because they "want to help others." - One donation can help save the lives of up to...
View ArticleFrom Ballet to Bollywood
Original choreography and an eclectic mix of dance styles are coming to the Taft School stage Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3 during the school’s annual winter dance concert; both shows begin at...
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It's a busy Saturday, and Phil Schiller hurries down from watching his son Mark in goal in the hockey team's victory over Choate. The library's Laube Auditorium is filled with students and their...
View ArticleNew York Botanical Garden Lecture At Taft
Taft is pleased to welcome renowned botanist Dr. Scott A. Mori to campus Wednesday, February 29, for the inaugural event of our New York Botanical Garden Seminar Series. The lecture begins at 6:30...
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