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Admiral Mullen
5/18/2013
What keeps the Former Joint Chief awake at night

Math Olympian
5/15/2013
Adela Zhang '14 invited to compete with nation's best

Summer Reading
5/8/2013
The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for Our Sustainable Future chosen as all-school read.

Poet Patricia Smith
5/6/2013
Tuesday, May 14, at 7 pm in Woodward Black Box Theater

DuBois Speaker
5/1/2013
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff to speak on May 14.

Diversity Conference
5/1/2013
Energizing Our Future

NYBG lecture
5/1/2013
May 8: Dr. Robert F. C. Naczi addresses Conservation of Intertidal Plants of the Hudson River

Science Interns
5/1/2013
Taft students Camila Jiang '14 and Bridget Dougherty '14 awarded Science internships.

Green Partner
5/1/2013
Powered 100% by Wind Energy

Howard Gardner
4/18/2013
Teaching the Good Life

Wilder Onstage
4/18/2013
Skin of Our Teeth opens April 24

NYC concert
4/17/2013
Collegium performs at St John the Divine on April 28

In the Gallery
4/16/2013
Paintings and Drawings by Susie Tarnowicz '03 and Botanical Illustrations by Heather Sandifer

Taft School's first annual Chopped Competition
4/16/2013
Taft School Cooking Competition

Spring Fling!
4/10/2013
Volunteer Council Dance supports Autism Speaks

Non Ut Sibi Spirit
4/10/2013
Race Raises Funds, Helps Others

Rani Arbo
4/7/2013
Friday, April 12, in Walker Hall

Dominican Republic Volunteer trip - 2013
3/26/2013
Taft students assist Outreach 360 Program

A Green Home
3/23/2013
Walking Forward Into the Past

French Fair 2013
3/4/2013
French 4 Students create authentic food

Aquaculture
2/25/2013
Bill Mebane on Aquaculture in Haiti

Azonto
2/18/2013
Annual Winter Dance Concert Opens Feb. 22

Noises Off!
2/14/2013
View the photos from this classic comedy

In the Gallery
2/4/2013
Mead Eagle Photography through March 8

Art from the Heart
1/23/2013
Adjunct Music Faculty Concert on Jan 25

MLK
1/21/2013
Celebrating Civil Right through arts, sports and service to humanity

Juried Exhibition
1/10/2013
Student and faculty worked on display at New Canaan Society of Art

Lloyd Receives Recognition
1/10/2013
Taft Hockey Alum having great success at Amherst.

Alumni Games
1/8/2013
Alumni return to rink and court for the annual hockey and basketball contests.

In the Gallery
1/5/2013
James Prosek exhibit opens Friday

Andrew Armstrong
1/3/2013
January 11 in Walker Hall

30th Annual Patsy K. Odden Invitational Hockey Tournament
12/13/2012
Highlights from the first match

Lessons and Carols
12/5/2012
77th Annual Service at Woodward Chapel, 6 and 8 pm.

Taft Volleyball receives the 2012 Sportsmanship Award
12/4/2012
Taft Volleyball receives the Sportsmanship Award

Jazzed Up!
11/27/2012
Harold Zinno's Big Band, Friday in Walker Hall at 7pm

Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine
11/26/2012
Lecture by Dr. Michael J. Balick of the New York Botanical Garden

The Author Wes Moore
11/16/2012
Morning Meeting speaker gives call to action

Woods Hole
11/15/2012
Students take a two-day trip to the renowned oceanographic institute

Research-Grade Microscope
11/12/2012
Putting the study of cell biology in a whole new light

Puzzling
11/9/2012
Rusty Davis hooks students on physics puzzles.

Teachable Moments
11/9/2012
A discussion on character education, Friday, with John Merrow and Dominic Randolph

With Honors
11/6/2012
First members of the Class of 2013 inducted into Cum Laude Society

Dreamed a Dream
11/2/2012
Les Mis on stage in Bingham

In the Gallery
11/1/2012
Opening Reception for Deborah Kahn on Thursday, Nov 8

Teachable Moments
10/31/2012
A discussion on character education, Friday, with John Merrow and Dominic Randolph

Non Ut Sibi
10/23/2012
18th Annual Community Service Day

Mandala for Peace
10/17/2012
Weeklong visit by Tibetan Monks

Rhino Run
10/16/2012
Taft hosts 2nd annual race for local middle schoolers

Jazz Concert
10/10/2012
Judy Carmichael performs Oct 26 in Walker Hall

Exponential Ensemble
10/1/2012
Music for Woodwinds & Piano, Friday at 7pm in Walker Hall

Michael Rothman
9/17/2012
A New York Botanical Garden Scientific Expedition through Illustration

Puppets En Plein Air
9/13/2012
METTAWEE RIVER THEATRE presents "Communications from a Cockroach"

Super Sunday
9/11/2012
Fun and Games Prevail

Arrival Day
9/5/2012
Taft welcomes new students.

Travel in China
8/10/2012
Two Taft teachers explore historic sites

Guatemala
7/30/2012
Year Five

Living the Arts in Italy
6/22/2012
Now with a gallery of more than 600 images from the trip!

122nd Commencement
5/31/2012
The day captured in photographs

Fearless Award
5/31/2012
Roomies wins Halo for Fearless Play

Taft Running Club
5/30/2012
Building community side by side, one step at a time

Living the Arts
5/24/2012
Taft in Italy this Summer

Commencement Speaker
5/17/2012
Taft Parent and Miss Porter's Head Dr. Kate Windsor

Big Mike
5/15/2012
McCabe '07 trains with Green Bay

Summer Reading
5/12/2012
The Other Wes Moore chosen as all-school read.

FBLA Workshop Series
5/12/2012
William C. Taylor '77 to Speak Alumni Weekend

Moorhead '62 Honored
5/10/2012
Horace D. Taft Alumni Medal and Citation of Merit

Science Speaker Series
5/9/2012
Dr. Paul Ehrlich '62, Allergy and Immunology Specialist

Benefit Concert
5/8/2012
Bailey Outerbridge '12 Opens for Grammy-winner Natalie Cole

Yale Intern
5/8/2012
Kaela Gilbert '13 Selected for Program

Run for a Cause
5/4/2012
5k to Benefit Alums' Non-Profit

Visiting Poet Taylor Mali
4/30/2012
YouTube Sensation Comes to Taft - NOW IN LAUBE DINING ROOM

High Note
4/29/2012
Strong Performances in Piano Competitions

The Psychology of Sport
4/28/2012
Dr. Bob Rotella Visits Taft

Potter Gallery
4/26/2012
Class of '62

DuBois Speaker
4/26/2012
Gen. James Cartwright on Campus May 3

"Roomies" on Stage
4/26/2012
Original Spring Play Explores Current Issues

I pledge...
4/23/2012
Day of Silence is also day of reflection

OneHELPS
4/22/2012
Changing the Game in the Bahamas

Battleship Opens Down Under
4/19/2012
Berg '80 at the Helm

National Economics Challenge
4/19/2012
Taft wins Connecticut, moves on to semifinals

St John the Divine
4/18/2012
Collegium Musicum Takes Show on the Road

Earth Day 2012
4/17/2012
Get Involved Sunday, April 22

Boston Bound
4/10/2012
Instrumental Music Groups to Perform in Historic Venue

Orchestra Concertmaster
4/3/2012
Tae Young Woo '12 Heads to Hollywood

Science Olympiad
4/1/2012
Team Taft Excels in Debut

"Miss Representation" Comes to Taft
3/31/2012
Film Screening and Discussion April 13

In the Gallery
3/27/2012
Faculty show opens March 30

Science Fair
3/26/2012
Zheng '13 Earns Accolades, Cash and Prizes

Kosova Named Morehead-Cain Scholar
3/14/2012
Merit Scholarship to Chapel Hill

National Test Taps Taft Teachers
3/4/2012

Our Compliments to the Chef!
3/4/2012
Reveron a Pro

Mozart's Solemn Vespers
3/1/2012
Music For A While Performance Series

From Ballet to Bollywood
2/29/2012
Winter Dance Concert 3/2 and 3/3

WORLDfest 2012
2/20/2012
Celebrating the Cultures of Our Community

Apple icon
2/19/2012
Current parent Phil Schiller talks with Taft group of future business leaders

New York Botanical Garden Lecture At Taft
2/18/2012
Renowned Botanist Dr. Scott A. Mori to Speak

Blood Donors Give Generously
2/15/2012
Best Results Since 2005

Paduano Series Explores Asian-American Civil Rights Movement
2/14/2012
Filmmaker Curtis Chin Visits Taft

Taft Students Visit The New York Botanical Garden
2/14/2012
New Partnership in Bloom

Harvey Takes The Stage
2/12/2012
Photos now online

Scotty Cup
2/11/2012
Odden Arena Hosts Annual Alumni Hockey Game

Visual Arts Students Show in Potter Gallery
2/10/2012
February 10-March 2

Caitlin Morton '12 Take First Prize in Art Show
2/1/2012
Seniors Brownstein and O'Meara Also Recognized

Games, Gowns and Good Deeds
1/24/2012
Scrabble Friday, Dress Exchange Sunday

Ready Robots!
1/20/2012
Gearing Up For Competition

Renaissance Ensemble In Concert
1/19/2012
Exsultemus Comes to Woodward Chapel January 27

Squash Trains With World's No. 6
1/18/2012
Egypt's Mohamed El Shorbagy Comes to Taft

MLK Celebration 2012
1/18/2012
Honoring King's Legacy

Yong '14 Wins Squash Title
1/18/2012
2011 US Junior Open Champion

Big Red Goes Green
1/11/2012
Green Cup Challenge Begins January 18

Taft In Sundance
1/10/2012
The movie Goats, filmed last spring on campus, premieres at 2012 Sundance Festival

Taft Honors the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
1/9/2012
Events scheduled for January 15 and 16

Ken Nigro Jazz Band Comes to Taft
1/3/2012
Music For a While Continues Friday, January 13

Everett Brownstein '12 in Potter Gallery
1/2/2012
Opening Celebration January 6, 5 to 7 p.m.

Qingyang Xu '13 Named Top Speaker
12/12/2011
Andover Debate Tournament 2011

Honoring a Hero
12/7/2011
Remembering Will Keys ’06

Fall 2011 Outstanding Athletes Honored
12/5/2011
Founders League All-Stars, Special Award winners and 2012 Captains-Elect announced

76th Annual Lessons and Carols
12/1/2011
Two services this year, at 6 and 8 pm

Taft Football Wins New England Championship
11/23/2011
Big Red Fans Go Wild as Rhinos Beat Undefeated Kent 28-18

Four Taft Teams Qualify for New England Championships
11/15/2011
Boys' Soccer, Field Hockey, Football and Volleyball to vie for top honors. Click for schedules.

Adele Myers and Dancers on Taft Stage
11/13/2011
Priti Ghatlia, Myers offer Master Classes to Taft Students

Veterans' Day
11/11/2011
Remembering those who served

Taft-Hotchkiss Rivalry Heats Up
11/8/2011
Saturday is Hotchkiss Day: Show your spirit!

Airlie Anderson Show Opens Friday
11/8/2011
Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery Welcomes Illustrator

The Big Chill
11/7/2011
Autumn Snow Blankets Taft

British Invasion at Taft
11/7/2011
Beatlemania Hits Bingham

Be Our Guest
11/4/2011
Beauty and the Beast ... now with photo gallery

Cum Laude Scholars Named
11/2/2011
Scholars named

Five Play on Friday
10/29/2011
Jazz Quintet and Classical Choral performances on tap

Think Globally, Act Locally
10/25/2011
17th Annual Community Service Day

Non Ut Sibi
10/20/2011
17th Annual Community Service Day Set for October 24

Physics is Fun
10/18/2011
Taft Wins Physics Olympics at Yale

Piano and Strings Quartet to Perform
10/13/2011
Walker Hall, October 21

Taft Hosts Middle School Runners
10/6/2011
Sara Iannone brings local schools together

East and West
10/3/2011
Rockwell Visiting Artist Opens

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity
10/3/2011
A visit to the FBI

Taft Runner Wins Local Race
9/23/2011
Running for a Cause

Lights, Camera, Action!
9/21/2011
Making movies in the state of Maine

Summer Research Yields Benefits
9/21/2011
Study has implications for cancer treatment.

Super Sunday
9/19/2011
Taft students show their true colors.

Concert Series Kicks Off
9/16/2011
Mettawee River Theater Company performs on Sept. 23 at 7 pm

The Results Are In
9/15/2011
Stellar Year for AP Students

Welcome Class of 2015!
9/12/2011
New Students Join a Diverse School Community

Remembering 9-11
9/8/2011
Sunday in Woodward Chapel

Poole Fellows Serve Nepal
9/2/2011
Taft students volunteer at Nepali school this summer.

Celebrating Student Art
8/31/2011
Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery opens with celebration of student work.

Better Together
8/25/2011
The Monti-Cliffords build on partnership with PAL.

Who Done It? No Longer a Mystery
8/12/2011
Dana Bertuglia completes studies forensics at Henry C. Lee Institute

Changing the World with a Smile
8/11/2011
Ricardo Urrutia '12 worked with Operation Smile this summer in Panama. This fall, he hopes to continue his work on the Taft School campus.

Top Chef
7/7/2011
Watch Jerry Reveron in national competition July 9 and 10

Sleep Time
7/6/2011
What does most to improve academic performance? More sleep, of course.

Chalk Walk
6/18/2011
Matthew Petroff documents farewell messages to seniors on graduation day

A Little Help
6/18/2011
Fourth annual service trip to Guatemala

The Big Give
6/15/2011
Student surplus helps local nonprofits

Good Schools or Bad Schools
6/6/2011
Education correspondent John Merrow ’59 on the NewsHour

Senior Project Museum
6/1/2011
Check out the photos

121 Commencement Excercises
5/30/2011
Photos of the day

121 Commencement Awards
5/29/2011
And the winners are...

Honored
5/24/2011
Annual Uppermid Award Ceremony

Power Of One
5/24/2011
The all-school summer reading selection

Senior Community Service Day
5/20/2011
New Senior Week tradition serves the local community

Guest of Honor
5/13/2011
Renowned military expert Bing West comes to campus

"Goats" on Campus
5/13/2011
Celebrity spotting becomes popular as movie crews film at Taft

Nominated for the Kazmaier, AGAIN
5/13/2011
Yale Bulldog and alum Jackee Snikeris '07 was nominated for a second time for Women's Hockey Most Oustanding Player

College Fair
5/3/2011
Reps from more than 125 colleges take over the fieldhouse for an evening

Model Congress
4/29/2011
John Boyd '11 honored at 2011 Harvard Model Congress

Orchestras Hit a High Note
4/28/2011
Orchestras kick off spring with European tour, Lincoln Center performance and accolades for talented musicians

Taft Art
4/27/2011
A new consortium of alumni artists

Brazen Brass
4/27/2011
Collegium Musicum performs in Woodward Chapel, Friday at 7 pm

English Teachers Get into the Act
4/26/2011
Shakespeare takes center stage at the English Department Day

Elephant Man
4/21/2011
Woodward Black Box Theater, Thursday Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Japan Relief
4/18/2011
Trey Anastasio '83 and his band, Phish, rerelease 1999 Japan concert to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief

Day of Silence
4/15/2011

Team Taft Walks with Purpose
4/15/2011
Taft raises funds and awareness for multiple sclerosis through Walk MS

Mids Love Shakespeare
4/7/2011
Eighth Annual Mid Class Sonnet Recitation

Science Fair
4/7/2011
Matthew Petroff '11 named finalist at Conn. Science Fair for sixth year.

WISER
4/6/2011
Helping girls get an education in Kenya

Classic Bernstein
4/4/2011
Cantus Excelsus performs in Woodward Chapel, Sunday at 5 pm

Different By Design
3/31/2011
Architecture exhibit opens in the Mark Potter Gallery on Friday, April 1st

European Tour
3/29/2011
Jazz, chamber, dance ensembles perform in Prague, Salzburg, Vienna and Budapest

Dance Concert
3/9/2011
View photos from the show!

Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Visits Campus
3/3/2011
Justice Flemming Norcott ‘61 visits campus

Bikes on a Plane
3/2/2011
Three dozen Tafties pedal through the People's Republic of China in 1981

Teddy Bear Fun
2/24/2011
Teddy Bear Tea Party serves up fun to local children and raises money for charity

Olympian Alum Visits Taft
2/22/2011
A.J. Mleczko '93 Practices with Girls' Varsity Hockey

Importance of Being Earnest
2/17/2011
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm in Bingham Auditorium

Boys' Squash's 2011
2/16/2011
Taft's Boys' Squash program earns an unprecedented Second at High School Nationals Tournament

Painting the Streets
2/10/2011
Lisbeth Firmin exhibit opens in the Mark Potter Gallery on Friday, February 11

Lunar New Year
2/3/2011
Celebrate Year of the Rabbit with the Lion Dance

All Dressed Up with Someplace to Go
2/1/2011
New this year, the Winter Formal dress exchange builds community and raises money for Girls, Inc.

A Helping Hand
1/28/2011
Every Friday night, volunteers feed the homeless in Waterbury

Art from the Heart
1/27/2011
Concert with Adjunct Music Faculty on Jan. 28

Dance Company in Residence
1/25/2011
Guest choreographer Adele Myers, dance professor at Connecticut College, in residence

Woodstock
1/14/2011
MLK Day event features the music of Woodstock

Vigil for Tucson
1/13/2011
A candlelight vigil remembers the victims of the tragedy in Arizona

MLK Day
1/13/2011
Program features guest speakers and artists, student workshops, cultural celebrations and local community involvement

Snow!
1/12/2011
The Boxing Day Blizzard had nothing on today's storm. Yes, classes are in session!

Hot Jazz
1/12/2011
Hot Tamales at Morning Meeting

French On Stage
1/10/2011
AP French Classes Perform Chemins Dangereux

Inge Morath
1/3/2011
Opens in the Mark Potter Gallery on Friday, January 7

In My Life
1/3/2011
Carlo Cantamessa sings John Lennon classics Saturday in Bingham

Andres Brothers
12/27/2010
Concert moved to January 14 at 7 p.m.

75th Annual Lessons and Carols
12/16/2010
Watch the video!

World Champion
12/14/2010
Alice Burckhardt '13 placed first at the World Tap Dance Championship

Lessons and Carols
12/9/2010
Come celebrate the holidays at Taft on December 14

LEED Gold Award
12/9/2010
Nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings award Taft gold certification

Intercontinental Festival
12/7/2010
The event features a carnival, intercontinental dinner and dance performance

Terry Waldo
11/28/2010
An evening of piano in Walker Hall, Friday, Dec. 3

Dig Pink
11/14/2010
Volleyball supports breast cancer research

Red Rally
11/13/2010
Go Rhinos!

Headmaster Holiday
11/12/2010
Peter Berg's Campus Video Phenomenon

Christ Church
11/10/2010
School acquires local landmarks

Welcome Grandparents
11/4/2010
More than 300 grandparents visited campus, attending classes, listening to performances and cheering on teams.

With Honors
11/4/2010
Students are inducted into Cum Laude Society, the most ever in the fall

Taft Twilight
10/28/2010
Headmaster Holiday Announced

Brass City Brass
10/27/2010
November 5 at 7 p.m. in Walker Hall

Constructive/Destructive
10/27/2010
Works by Amy Archambault, opens November 5, reception 5 to 7 p.m.

Pranked
10/26/2010
Faculty portraits held for ransom

Non Ut Sibi
10/26/2010
Tafties devote the day to helping area schools and nonprofits on 16th Annual Community Service Day

Island Times
10/25/2010
Hammy Wallace writes from his semester away program in the Bahamas

Man in the Middle
10/19/2010
Accomplished author, psychologist and athlete John Amaechi visits

From the Rose Garden
10/14/2010
O'Mealia Family at the White House

Fly With Me
10/11/2010
Peter Pan plays in Bingham Auditorium Oct 21, 22 & 23

Visiting Artist
10/6/2010
MOMIX dancer Brian Simerson gives a series of master classes on campus.

Sam Lardner
10/5/2010
Walker Hall concert on Friday, October 15

Sukkot
10/4/2010
Harkening back to harvest season in ancient Israel, students erect a symbolic shelter on the quad to help celebrate the holiday.

New Acquisitions
10/1/2010
Potter Gallery displays 38 works by prominent Litchfield County artists

Art 4 Uganda
9/20/2010
Jasmine Oh '11 taught art at a rural school and brought some of her students' work back with her for a special exhibit in the Mark W. Potter Gallery.

Music Video
9/15/2010
Rockin' Bingham

Opening Day
9/7/2010
Largest student body ever, at 588, from record number of applicants

theater on the lawn
9/2/2010
The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, Fri., Sept. 24 at 7 p.m.

Visit us on your phone
8/28/2010
Now you can surf TaftSchool.org on your phone with our mobile-friendly site.

Gender Conference
8/20/2010
Taft contingent meets with peer schools at annual ISGP

Guatemala Trip
7/7/2010
The school year may be over, but the Non Ut Sibi spirit lives on into June.

South Africa Journal
6/30/2010
The World Cup was only the beginning...

What a year it's been
6/5/2010
Here's a look back at 2009-10 in pictures!

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
6/5/2010
Unwanted books, clothing and other dorm essentials find new home after school ends.

120th Commencement
5/30/2010
Photos, Excerpts and Audio from the graduation exercises for the Class of 2010

Senior Project Museum
5/27/2010
Limited only by their imagination, seniors embark on a number of projects this spring.

Uppermid Awards
5/25/2010
Eleventh graders recognized for excellence in academics, arts, service and leadership

Zeitoun
5/24/2010
Summer Reading Announced

Poetry Reading
5/10/2010
With author Honor Moore in Walker Hall at 7 pm Thursday

Concert
5/8/2010
Tuesday, May 11, at Christ Church on the Green, Watertown, 7 p.m.

Green Fair
5/5/2010
Sunday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Survivors
5/4/2010
Seiko Michaels' Japanese language students spent time with survivors from the atomic blasts in Hiroshima during WWII, who are visiting the U.S. for the Peace Conference at the U.N.

Half Marathoners
5/3/2010
Long Weekend is the perfect time for a long rung...

Moorhead Wing Dedicated
4/30/2010
A project decades in the making, the HDT renovation and dining hall expansion are unveiled at last.

Lincoln Center
4/30/2010
America's Youth in Concert at Avery Fisher Hall

1st in Nation
4/28/2010
Team places first at national Jr. Engineering and Technical Society competition

General Abizaid
4/27/2010
DuBois Fellow talks about U.S. role in the Middle East

Natural Caribbean
4/26/2010
A photography exhibit by Eladio Fernandez '85

Lend Me a Tenor
4/22/2010
View the photos online!

Temple Concert
4/18/2010
Collegium sings at Temple B'Nai Israel

Knowledge is Power
4/14/2010
Education reformer David Levin spends day at Taft as Paley Speaker

You, Robot
4/12/2010
Designing robots with mad skills

Lincoln Center
4/9/2010
Jazz Band and Chamber Ensemble perform on April 27 at 8 p.m.

St. John the Divine
4/7/2010
New York Concert on April 25 at 2 p.m.

Felsted
4/1/2010
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Do a little Jig
3/25/2010
Oscarson Jigger Shop and Student Union Reopen

Collegium
3/25/2010
Highlights from the West Coast Tour

Divi Zheni
3/24/2010
Bulgarian Women's Choir comes to Walker Hall on April 9

Party in the Gallery
3/24/2010
Celia Gerard '91 exhibit March 26-April 24

Author, Author
3/4/2010
Pulitzer-prize winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri on campus

Dance Ensemble to Jamaica
3/2/2010
at UWI Mona's Junior Dance Umbrella

OAR's Away
3/1/2010
Outing Club Trip to NH

Dance Concert
2/24/2010
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Tree Tapping
2/24/2010
Students Help Flanders Tap Campus Maples During Sugaring Season

San Fran
2/24/2010
Collegium Concert at Grace Cathedral March 7.

Formal Fun
2/23/2010
All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go

MODEL UN
2/10/2010

And the Other Is Gold
2/10/2010
Meg Boland '11 earns Girl Scout Honors

Nancy Friese in the Gallery
2/2/2010
Now through March 5

MATHletes
2/2/2010
Top scholars compete in tri-meet

Manhattan String Quartet
2/2/2010
Correction! Concert is Feb 12.

Teddy Bear Tea
2/1/2010
Volunteer Council hosts event to support Family Services of Greater Waterbury

Green Power
2/1/2010
School Supports Renewable Energy

Helping Haiti
1/29/2010
Students respond to earthquake victims

On Exhibit
1/29/2010
Five students recognized at Conn. photography show

Darmon Meader Quartet
1/19/2010
Jan. 22 in Walker Hall, 7 p.m.

The Legacy of MLK
1/18/2010
More Photos from the Day!

Queen of Cakes
1/10/2010
Now Taking Birthday Cake Orders

Stack the Caps
1/7/2010
Blake Turner '12 collects hats for children

Rani Arbo is back!
1/5/2010
Walker Hall on Jan. 8 at 7 p.m.

Prep Winter Classic
12/23/2009
Taft defeats Avon Old Farms 9-5

Lessons and Carols
12/11/2009
Annual holiday service on Tuesday at Congregation Church, Watertown

Crisscrossing America
12/7/2009
Join John Gussenhoven '65 at 7 pm this evening in the Woolworth Faculty Room to present a slide show and discussion on his new book.

Rhodes Scholar
12/1/2009
Willy Oppenheim '04 heads to Oxford

Squash Clinic
11/30/2009
Pros Neil Harvey and Mick Robberds prep team for winning season

Concert Friday
11/30/2009
Chris Norman plays wooden flute in Walker Hall

Debate Tournament
11/16/2009
Connie Cheung places second

Physics Olympiad
11/12/2009
Team Places Second

Berg and Smith
11/4/2009
Coolest Headmaster Holiday announcement ever!

Fall Sports Day
11/3/2009
Join us for a "tailgate under the tent" on Saturday

15th Community Service Day
11/2/2009
Once again students and faculty fanned out to help in surrounding towns

Ubuntu
11/2/2009
Come to the opening reception in Potter Gallery on Friday!

Hudson Shad on Friday
11/2/2009
Come hear this amazing men's vocal sextet present "Fish Stew" in Walker Hall.

Ragtime!
10/27/2009
View the slideshow from the fall musical

Climate 350
10/22/2009
What's your carbon footprint?

With Honors
10/20/2009
Cum Laude Society inductions for Class of 2010

Ayn Rand
10/19/2009
A new biography by Jennifer Burns '93: "Goddess of the Market," out this month from Oxford University Press

Animal Blessing
10/15/2009
At the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Five Play
10/15/2009
Jazz Quintet Friday in Walker Hall

Rachel Is
10/4/2009
Producer Henry Simonds '93 screens his new film Oct. 7 at Anthology Film Archives in NYC

Potter Gallery: Act One
10/1/2009
Artist Susan Mastrangelo, October 2 to October 31

Basically Baroque
9/30/2009
Concert in Walker Hall on Friday at 7 p.m.

Distinguished Writer
9/30/2009
Zoe Hetzner '10 is recognized as a "Distinguished Writer" in the competition sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English

Theatre En Plein Air
9/22/2009
Mettawee Puppets Friday at 7 p.m.

Super Sunday
9/21/2009
Think field day...gone wild.

Oodles of Noodles
9/14/2009
Andrew and Walter Yoo Sell Noodles to Support Children's Fund

Prep for Prep
8/30/2009
Campus plays host to Prep For Prep's 3-day summer program

Woodstock!
8/26/2009
Incoming lowermid Blake Joblin makes the cover of USA Today at the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, which he attended with his father, Brad '73.

Construction Update
8/26/2009
See what's happened over the summer...

H1N1 Update
8/26/2009
Vaccine to be offered on campus once available this fall

Music for a While
7/31/2009
2009-10 Schedule Announced for Monthly Concert Series

God's Child Project
7/1/2009
Nine Tafties head to Guatemala in June to lend a hand

Filmed on campus
6/5/2009
Away We Go (originally called "Farlanders") opens June 5. Look for scenes filmed on campus.

Namesake
6/5/2009
The all-school summer read by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri

Senior Project Museum 2009
6/1/2009
NEW PHOTOS. Movies, music, and a lot of imagination

119th Commencement
6/1/2009
Keynote Speaker Tom Strickland Addresses Class of 2009

A show of Epic Proportions
5/29/2009
Spring production by Helena Fifer's acting classes

Spring Athletes Recognized
5/27/2009
Awards Winners, All-Stars and Captains-Elect Announced

Uppermid Awards
5/26/2009
Top members of the Class of 2010 honored at Morning Meeting

Carpe Diem
5/26/2009
Tommy MacMullen, age 11, hooks the notorious Moby Carp yesterday

Toan at the Top!
5/21/2009
Math talent ToanDuc Phan '10 places 2nd in nation on Math Olympiad.

Music for Les Miz
5/19/2009
Taft instrumentalists form orchestra for Thomaston Opera House

Merrow Honored
5/11/2009
John Merrow '59 has built a career reporting on education. From newspaper to radio and finally television, his reports have examined the status quo of public education. On Alumni Day this year, he was awarded Taft's Citation of Merit for his dedication.

Honoring Coach Stone
5/10/2009
New Baseball Pavilion Dedicated on Alumni Day

Kabuki
4/29/2009
A presentation of 300-year-old Japanese traditional music

Twelve Angry Jurors
4/27/2009
Justice is served...April 23-25 in Woodward Theater

Clay and Paint
4/27/2009
An exhibition by Gail Wynne and Amy Wynne Derry '84 opens April 30

An American Muslim
4/21/2009
Faith As A Bridge That Unites Us

Portraits of the Graduates
4/20/2009
A Potter Gallery exhibition by Yee-Fun Yin

The Legacy of 911
4/17/2009
Former Deputy National Security Adviser Dr. J. D. Crouch II puts the Iraq war in context

Green Fair
4/16/2009
Celebrate Earth Day at Taft on April 19

Spring Fling
4/15/2009
Annual spring dance raises funds for local charities

Collegium in NYC
4/13/2009
Collegium Musicum performs at Cathedral of St John the Divine

Congressman Chris Murphy
4/9/2009
Optimistic about government and the power of youth

Barcelona Bound
4/9/2009
Jazz and Chamber Ensembles head to Spain

Daily Bread
4/3/2009
Photographs by Yee-Fun Yin on display through April 20

Basically Baroque
4/2/2009
Walker Hall concert Friday night at 7 pm

Collegium Goes to Italy
4/1/2009
Six spring break concerts in Positano, Amalfi, Rome and elsewhere

Teach for America
3/3/2009
Founder and CEO Wendy Kopp talks about the lessons and successes of their first two decades

Alumni Trustee Candidates
3/3/2009
Lake, Sacerdote and Turner nominated

Dance Concert
3/3/2009
Annual winter performance by the Taft Dance Ensemble on March 7

Operation Smile
2/24/2009
Jed Rooney travels to Nicaragua to help children with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities.

Scapino
2/19/2009
A long way from Moliere!

Student Show
2/19/2009
Exhibition of Student Work Opens in Potter Gallery

Tibetan Monks
2/18/2009
Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery build peace mandala

Debate
2/17/2009
Novice 2-man team places 2nd

Art From the Heart
2/12/2009
Friday night Walker Hall concert featuring Taft music faculty

Kilbournes Present
2/10/2009
Students report on summer arts enrichment programs through Kilbourne grants

New Canaan Exhibit
2/5/2009
Student work on display at Carriage Barn

Join the fun
1/22/2009
Fairfield Reception following varsity boys hockey game on Feb 11

Tiffany Consort
1/22/2009
Part of the monthly music series at Walker Hall

MLK Day
1/20/2009
Celebration of MLK moves to Inauguration Day

DC Bound
1/16/2009
Inauguration day lures more than 200 students to the Capital

Alumni Games 2009
1/10/2009
Alumni challenge alumni on the ice and the court for the annual basketball and hockey games

Icing on the campus
1/9/2009
Ice storm makes for beautiful images

In Potter Gallery
1/6/2009
"Portrait Rooms" by Rockwell visiting artisit Dawn Clements

Concert Friday!
1/6/2009
Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem perform in Walker Hall at 7 p.m.

Boys and Girls Club
1/1/2009
Volunteer Council organized a holiday party at the Boys and Girls Club in Waterbury.

Bundle of Energy
12/17/2008
Combined class gifts generate excitement and electricity on campus

Holiday Celebration
12/16/2008
73rd annual Service of Lessons and Carols

Math Online
12/15/2008
Senior Robin Oh and Uppermid Brian Jang pursue independent work in math

Saving Turtles
12/8/2008
Poole Fellow Genevieve Bleidner '09 studies Diamondback Terrapins on Earthwatch Expedition

Neil Harvey
12/5/2008
Squash pro gives two-day clinic for boys and girls varsity squads

Jazz Concert
12/3/2008
Bill Mays and Inventions perform Friday in Walker Hall

Glass House Tour
11/16/2008
Will Orben's architecture students tour renown Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Breakfast Club
11/12/2008
Classic '80s movie opens Friday in this Masque & Dagger Production

Got Spirit?
11/10/2008
Themed dress days build school spirit going into the final contests of the season

5K makes Tafties a little WISER
11/6/2008
Race supports Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research in Kenya

Former Slave from Sudan
11/5/2008
Author and Abolitionist Francis Bok to Give Morning Meeting talk on Human Rights

William Howard Taft and the Presidential Election of 1908
11/3/2008
William Howard Taft had been secretary of war under Theodore Roosevelt and was his chosen successor in the 1908 election.

Guiding Eyes
10/29/2008
Guiding Eyes for the Blind holds training classes for puppies on campus.

Gallery Opening
10/29/2008
An exhibit of photographs by Caitlin Fitzgerald '90 opened Thursday evening in the Potter Gallery

Walk for a Cure
10/24/2008
Students Spend Sunday at Cancer Walk in Hartford

Four Flutists
10/24/2008
Sergio Pallottelli, Michel Bellavance, Gabriel Goni and Sharon Levin, with pianist Lillian Pearson, share the stage in a flute extravaganza on Oct 24.

With Honors
10/21/2008
Fourteen members of the Class of 2009 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society today, based on their academic records for both their Middle and Upper Middle years.

Helping, healing, having fun
10/20/2008
Students and faculty fan out to help community organizations from Hartford to Bridgeport, Waterbury to Litchfield in 13th annual Community Service Day

Save a Life
10/17/2008
October 22 is National Gordie Day, raising alcohol awareness and remembering Gordie Bailey, brother of head monitor Lily Lanahan '08

Working, the musical
10/17/2008
The show, which runs for two nights, is adapted from the book of the same name, a collection of interviews author Studs Terkel did with various people about their work.

Dig Deep, Dig Pink
10/15/2008
The volleyball team recently raised more than $2,000 for breast cancer research through the Side Out Foundation

Night Game
10/4/2008
Soccer defeats Suffield under the lights

In the Mood
10/3/2008
Jazz concert with Harold Zinno in Walker Hall

Keeping the Faith
10/1/2008
The Holy Qur’an arrived at Taft with the help of U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ford Fraker, whose current post connected him with Sheikh Khalid Alireza, who enthusiastically offered to donate the Qur’an.

Super Sunday
9/28/2008
Think field day..gone wild. A longstanding tradition at Taft, Super Sunday starts with a "colors" dance on Saturday night and includes such events as the Crisco Slide, Apple-Bobbing Wheelbarrow Race, Human pyramid and Tug of War.

One simple act of kindness
9/23/2008
Jon Walton from World Vision addresses students in Morning Meeting about ways they can make a difference....

Live from New York
9/21/2008
Seiko Michaels' students of Japanese at Taft visited radio personality Megumi Sato in her studio in New York for a live interview.

Nanabozhou
9/20/2008
Mettawee River Theater Company's Presentation of the Native American Tale

Opening Day
9/12/2008
Headmaster Welcomes Students for 119th Year

Music For a While
9/1/2008
From Classical to Folk, Big Band to Baroque, there's something for everyone this season in Walker Hall.

New Faculty Faces
9/1/2008
Seventeen new members join the faculty

Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery
9/1/2008
Robert Eshoo, Caitlin Fitzgerald '90, Dawn Clements, Yee-Fun Yin, Amy Wynne Derry '84 and Gail Wynne and others share their work with us this year in the Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery

Big Dig
8/27/2008
The school broke ground in June, beginning what is likely the largest construction project in the school's history, and which affects the school's most historic building.

Preserving Kenyan Culture
8/15/2008
After decades of teaching, Dr. Kinuthia Njoroge ’65 is tackling his toughest subject ever: saving Kenya’s traditional Kikuyu culture.

Guatemala
6/24/2008
Students worked at a homeless shelter serving food and distributing clothes and volunteered at a malnutrition center for children in Antigua, Guatemala

Prep for Prep
6/16/2008
Lilac Ball in NYC

Summer Reading
6/11/2008
The all-school summer read

118th Commencement Exercises
5/31/2008
Listen to welcomes by the headmaster and head monitor Lily Lanahan '08 and talks by Ambassador Ford Fraker P04,06,08 and class speakers Nate Breg and Clare Parks.

Midsummer Nights Dream
5/26/2008
An open-air performance of Shakespeare's beloved comedy

Alumni Day 2008
5/17/2008
John Wold '34 receives Taft's Alumni Citation of Merit, Annual Fund sets new records, and other weekend highlights...

Senior Project Runway
5/13/2008
Morag Neill and Glendys Rodriguez organize an outdoor fashion show as their senior projects. Their goal: to create awareness and raise funds for AIDS orphans in Botswana

People Power
5/1/2008
Shaazka Beyerle, a senior adviser at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and this year's recipient of the Rear Admiral Raymond DuBois Fellowship in International Affairs speaks at Taft about strategic nonviolent action.

Galen Cheney '80
5/1/2008
Galen Cheney '80 displays her latest work in the Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery.

JETS TEAM
4/30/2008
Engineering Team Places 2nd in Nation

Poetry Month
4/30/2008
Former Taft English teacher Jason Tandon visits the school as an Oppenheim Visiting Writer.

Maru-a-Pula Marimba Band
4/28/2008
These young musicians from Maru-a-Pula School in Gaborone, Botswana, embarked on a US tour to raise awareness and scholarships for AIDS ophans.

This Teacher Has Chemistry
4/28/2008
David Hostage recognized by NEIC

Spring Music in Walker Hall
4/28/2008
Chamber Small Ensemble Concert and Independent Study Performances

NYC Concert
4/27/2008

Earth Day
4/22/2008
Many things happened this week to celebrate Earth Day, but the big event was a tree planting on Main Circle, accompanied by readings and music by Collegium.

Beijing Banner
4/17/2008
Uppermiddler Nancy Ning organizes students to create a Taft banner and have her school represented at the Olympics in her hometown this summer

Felsted School presents
4/7/2008
Twenty-eight student thespians from Felsted School in the UK visited campus to perform Stephen Sondheim's musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in Bingham Auditorium.

Top Scores
4/6/2008
Two Tafties achieve perfect score in national mathematics competition

Collegium Tours France and Spain
3/31/2008
Once again, Taft's Collegium Musicum traveled together over spring break, this time to perform in Paris, Aix-en-Provence, and Barcelona.

Orphanage Outreach
3/30/2008
a service-oriented trip to the Dominican Republic over Spring Break

South Africa Tour
3/30/2008
Leadership and Service trip over spring break

Abounding With Art
3/27/2008
Marc Leuthold '80 exhibits in Potter Gallery

Playing in Memphis
3/15/2008
Jazz Band Plays in Boston and Memphis over March Break

Everyday Rights
3/4/2008
ACLU President Anthony Romero speaks at Morning Meeting

Ulrich Guillard
2/28/2008
Promoting health care and human rights in the Dominican Republic

Global Benefits
2/25/2008
The jazz band, a faculty rock band, piano soloists, step and even Irish dancers performed at a benefit concert.

White and Wonderful in Watertown
2/24/2008
Snowmen, snowball fights and plenty of sledding

Arsenic and Old Lace
2/16/2008
New York City, early 1941. The Brewster sisters make sure their lonely guests receive a warm welcome, a glass of their homemade elderberry wine, a Christian burial, and fresh flowers on their graves every Sunday.

Valentine's Concert
2/14/2008
Radcliffe Choral Society performs in Walker Hall

Winter Formal
2/11/2008
Dressed up and out in the snow

Kilbourne Artists
2/11/2008
Students use Kilbourne grants to explore summer enrichment in the arts

Life of Elephants
2/6/2008
Joyce Poole '74, research director of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project and the founder of the Elephant Voices Project, spoke at Morning Meeting.

MLK is Global
1/21/2008
A Celebration of Dr. King's Global Legacy

Pilobolus!
1/18/2008
Renown dance troupe gives workshop

Sounds of Afrika
1/8/2008
Through drum and dancing, the dynamic group introduced the student body to the principles of Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Primary Sources
1/7/2008
Student travel to NH to witness a presidential primary in action

Music for a While
12/19/2007
A series of free Friday-night performances.

Kingdom Come
12/19/2007
In a rare event at Taft, seniors were invited to a special screening of "The Kingdom" with director Peter Berg, Class of '80, who introduced the film.

Holiday Mood
12/11/2007
72nd Annual Service of Lessons and Carols program.

Coming to the Potter Gallery
11/30/2007
A listing of the shows occuring in the Potter Gallery for 2007-08.

Spaghetti Bridges Weighted Down
11/15/2007
Winners were declared today in two different categories in the 2nd Annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition.

Debatable
11/11/2007
Taft Upper Mid Bennett Siegel was awarded the prize for Best Novice Speaker at the annual Hotchkiss Parliamentary Debate Tournament on Sunday.

Shanty Quad
11/11/2007
Greg Ricks' South African Democracy course built a "Shanty found commonly around the world" in the middle of Centennial Quad on Sunday.

Jazz Pianist Judy Carmichael
11/9/2007
Grammy nominated pianist Judy Carmichael is one of the world’s leading interpreters of stride piano and swing.

Fall Sports Day
11/3/2007
Alumni, parents and friends join students and faculty for home athletic contests

Fac Bats
10/31/2007
Faculty children show off their costumes before hitting the candy circuit

Japanese Culture Week
10/29/2007
A riveting performance by AUN, twin brothers Ryohei and Kohei Inoue, was the highlight of Japanese Culture Week, a new event this year.

Wizard of Oz
10/25/2007
Cast overview and information about the Wizard of Oz production occuring Oct. 25-27

New Haven Exhibit
10/24/2007
Advanced photography class and independent photography project students joined several hundred artists at the 10th annual City-Wide Open Studios exhibition in New Haven.

CUM LAUDE INDUCTEES
10/23/2007
In a ceremony in Bingham Auditorium, twelve Taft Seniors (all girls, as their fellow students quickly noted--a first at Taft) were inducted into the Cum Laude Society.

12th Annual Community Service Day
10/18/2007
Embracing a tradition begun by its founder, Horace Dutton Taft, The Taft School held its 12th annual Community Service Day on Monday, October 22.

Sam Lardner and Barcelona
10/16/2007
A musical Mediterranean celebration of life and love, part of the Walker Hall Music Series

Walk For a Cure
10/14/2007
Nearly 50 students and faculty members braved the cold and sacrificed their one "sleep in" to participate in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, an annual walk hosted by the American Cancer Society.

Robert Eshoo
10/12/2007
Robert Eshoo's show "Boxes" opens October 12 in the Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery

The War
10/4/2007
A special collection of Taft Bulletin articles on World War II

New Davis Fund Offers Seven-Year Scholarships
10/1/2007
The Shelby Davis family has created two parallel programs at Taft to increase and diversify the international student population (Davis International Scholars) as well as the domestic population (Davis Scholars).

In memoriam
10/1/2007
A service will be held in Watertown on Oct. 6 for John S. Noyes, Faculty Emeritus, who taught Frenchat Taft from 1946 to 1985

Puppets of Peace
9/21/2007
Ralph Lee ’53 thrills audiences with his Mettawee River Theater Company's production of a classic romp by Aristophanes

Author TRACY KIDDER
9/21/2007
Pulitzer Prize-winner talks about the subject of his book in Mountains Beyond Mountains

Monks present tHangka
9/20/2007
Tibetan monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery present Morning Meeting

Super Sunday
9/16/2007
The day in pictures

Camp Field Renovation Complete
9/16/2007
Field Hockey and Lacrosse now play on Turf

Disney on Campus
8/31/2007
The Taft campus was the setting for Disney's upcoming movie College Road Trip

Of Maasai and Mountains
8/15/2007
Twenty students climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

117th Commencement Exercises
5/26/2007
On a warm and sunny May Saturday, the Class of 2007 received prizes, honors, and diplomas before marching as the newest alums of The Taft School.

Alumni Day 2007
5/12/2007
Alumni were treated to a perfect May day in New England as they returned to campus...

Summer Reading
5/9/2007
Exploring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer in Pulitzer-prize winning author Tracy Kidder's book.

Glass Artist
5/8/2007
Visiting glass artist Paula Williams Kochanek runs student workshop

Standing Tall
5/7/2007
Structural Engineer Leslie Robertson is responsible for the structural design of hundreds of buildings around the world, including the World Trade Center

Taft 24
5/3/2007
The Day in Pictures

Kolster's Vision
4/26/2007
Rockwell Visiting Artist Michael Kolster

Up the Down Staircase
4/26/2007
Students learn that teaching has its moments

Authentic Afgan Music
4/25/2007
The Noor Wodjouatt Ensemble Performs

Bridging the Gap
4/20/2007
Taft's Step Team Anonymous marks end of UCT Cultures Week

Rush in the Gallery
4/20/2007
Exhibit by Ken Rush '67 Opens Friday

Remembering Those at Virginia Tech
4/19/2007
Special School Meeting

CNN commentator Torie Clark
4/10/2007
DuBois Fellowship Speaker gives Morning Meeting

Toots and the Maytals
4/2/2007
Grammy-Award Winner Plays at Spring Concert

Orphanage Outreach
3/30/2007
Focusing on Service over Spring Break

South Africa Trip
3/30/2007
Celebrating the Rainbow Nation and their New Democracy

Collegium in San Francisco
3/15/2007
Once again, Taft’s Collegium Musicum traveled to San Francisco over March break to perform at Grace Cathedral.

Dance Concert
3/10/2007
Dance Ensemble performs its annual spring concert in Bingham Auditorium

The Good, The Shad and the Ugly
2/28/2007
Hudson Shad, a New York-based professional vocal sextet, performs Friday in Walker Hall

Parents Weekend
2/19/2007
Classes, performances, and games, Oh my!

Black Comedy Thrills Audiences
2/16/2007
Starring Maddy Bloch, Nate Breg, Charlie Fraker, Aaran Fronda, Max Jacobs, Steph Menke, Grace Scott, and Ben Zucker in this one-act farce by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Helena Fifer.

In Walker Hall
2/1/2007
A series of free, public Friday evening lectures and concerts

Storytime
1/25/2007
Master storyteller Jay O'Callahan performs during two-day artist's residency

Morris Dees
1/22/2007
Renowned civil rights attorney and founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center speaks at Taft

Jazz Clinic
1/19/2007
Renowned Group Five Play Performs and Works With Student Jazz Band

Rockwell Visiting Artist Sarah Amos
1/13/2007
Master printer Sarah Amos spent several days on campus as a Rockwell Visiting Artist. In addition to exhibiting her work in the Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery, Ms. Amos spoke in Morning Meeting and offered workshops with several art classes.

MLK Day
1/12/2007
New Focus of MLK Celebration at Taft

Vanessa Holroyd '90 and Arcadian Winds
1/12/2007
Flutist Vanessa Holroyd '90 performed in Walker Hall on January 12 with her quintet, Arcadian Winds. The performers also held a winds workshop for members of the Chamber Ensemble earlier that afternoon

Kabul Transit
11/30/2006
Professor David Edwards '70 screens documentary on Afghanistan on campus

Writing a Life
11/15/2006
Visiting author Roya Hakakian's most recent work chronicles her adolescent experiences against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.

Engineering Al Dente
11/1/2006
Student compete in pasta bridge competition

Community Service Day
10/27/2006
Students and faculty participate in the school's 11th annual Community Service Day.

Walk for a Cure
10/22/2006
On a recent fall Sunday, more than 50 students and faculty members braved the cold and sacrificed their one "sleep in" to participate in Hartford's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Titanic
10/19/2006
Musical casts off in Bingham Auditorium

Shanghai to Stockholm
9/30/2006
Oscar Shi '08 wasn't always sure he wanted to be a scientist, but his recent visit to Stockholm, Sweden, to participate in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists has inspired him

Super Sunday
9/18/2006
Slip and slide into a new year...

Summer Reading
5/30/2006
Kite Runner Selected for All-School Read

116th Commencement Exercises
5/27/2006

Rumors
5/18/2006

Atticus is at it again
5/11/2006
To Kill a Mockingbird in Woodward Theater

Step Concert
4/30/2006
Photos from the show

Fudan visits Taft
3/28/2006
Visitors from Fudan University High School in Shanghai visit Taft

Orphanage Outreach
3/22/2006
Spring break service trip to Dominican Republic

Collegium Musicum Tours Spain
3/21/2006
Under the baton of Director Bruce Fifer, Collegium Musicum travelled throughout Spain, performing a series of concerts culminating with Mass in Madrid Cathedral.

Spring Dance Concert
3/4/2006
Dance Ensemble performs in Bingham Auditorium

Justice for Sierra Leone
2/28/2006
Former chief prosecutor for the international war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone speaks at Morning Meeting

Atka the Arctic Wolf Visits Taft
2/16/2006
Taft hosted a representative of the Wolf Recovery Project, Atka, an Arctic gray wolf who came on stage and walked the aisles of Bingham Auditorium for students to view first hand.

Hunger Banquet
11/15/2005
Students illustrate injustices of world hunger at Oxfam dinner

Cum Laude Inductees
11/15/2005
A maximum of one-fifth of the Senior Class may be elected into membership in the Cum Laude Society. Thirteen members of the class of 2006 who merit inclusion in the society were inducted today

Rhythm is Life
11/14/2005
Step Team takes the stage

Grease Is the Word
11/9/2005
Poodle skirts and bobby socks make a comeback in Bingham for the fall musical over parents weekend.

Grease is the Word
11/9/2005
Poodle skirts and saddle shoes make a comeback!

Helping Others
10/28/2005
Living the school motto, non ut sibi ministretur sed ut ministret, students and faculty reached out to the broader Waterbury area community to experience the rewards of helping others.

DAMN YANKEES
10/26/2005
Fall musical in Bingham Auditorium hits a home run.

Remembering Oscie
10/11/2005
A TRIBUTE TO DONALD OSCARSON '47

Puppets!
9/24/2005
Ralph Lee '53 and Mettawee Theater company's outdoor performance of Caucasion Chalk Circle

Super Sunday
9/19/2005
Nothing like getting to know your classmates with a little tug-of-war.

Celebrate the Earth
5/30/2005
Collegium Performs Missa Gaia, Earth Mass

Master of Debate
5/17/2005
Yale's ROLLIN G. OSTERWEIS '25

GONZALEZ WINS BERKLEE AWARD
5/12/2005
At the Berklee College of Music's annual Jazz Festival, Senior Freddie Gonzalez received a Judges' Choice Award for his performance on trombone.

MATH OLYMPIAD
5/12/2005
Khoa Do Ba '07 scores well enough on the AMC-12 and other math competitions to be invited to the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME)

"CUCKOO'S NEST" STAGED IN WOODWARD THEATER
4/30/2005
In late April, Theater teacher Rick Doyle staged "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Orphanage Outreach
3/30/2005
Volunteers travel to Dominican Republic over spring break for service-oriented trip

COLLEGIUM IN ITALY
3/27/2005
Collegium's Spring tour of Italy included concerts in Rome, Florence, and Venice, culminating in a Palm Sunday Mass at Venice's San Marco.

GUITAR CONCERT IN WALKER HALL
2/24/2005
CLASSICAL GUITAR DUO of LOUIS ROMAO & FREDERICK KRUG

Winter Formal
2/19/2005
The smashingly successful Winter Formal Dance revolved around a James Bond Theme.

Blizzard Dumps 18" on Campus
2/15/2005
High winds blew 18 fresh inches of snow on campus last night, setting the stage for the Winter Formal Dance tonight.

BRIDGET STARR TAYLOR '77
1/22/2005
Bridget Starr Taylor is an artist and illustrator living and working in New York City.

DIXIELAND JAZZ IN WALKER HALL
1/21/2005
The Taft Dixieland Jazz Band performs in Walker Hall with special guest Omar Butler

Holiday Mood
12/7/2004
69TH ANNUAL SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS

Student Art Show
11/30/2004
Gallery Exhibit opens November 30

CUM LAUDE INDUCTEES
11/9/2004
Recognizing extraordinary scholrship and intellectual endeavor, eleven Taft students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society in a ceremony in Bingham Auditorium today.

9th ANNUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY
11/2/2004
See students and faculty in action as they volunteer in the local community during the school's annual Community Service Day.

Trick or Treat!
10/31/2004
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN FACULTY KIDS PARTY

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
10/17/2004
Taft students participate in the American Cancer Society's Walk for the Cure

"TITANIC" FLAUTIST BACK AT TAFT
10/7/2004
Chris Norman Ensemble concert on Thursday

Mettawee River Theater
9/24/2004
The Heroic and Pathetic Escapades of Karagioziz

Super Sunday
9/15/2004
Let the games begin!

School opens for 115th year
9/8/2004
Yale Dean Joseph Gordon addresses faculty about the increasingly difficult issue of plagiarism

Engineering Excellence
6/7/2004
Two-person teams build a vehicle powered by AA batteries that will move down a six-foot track as a competitor moves in the opposite direction, deposit a hackey sack in a hole and then return in under 15 seconds.

114th Commencement Exercises
5/31/2004
On a crystal clear, windy May Saturday, the Class of 2004 received prizes, honors, and diplomas before marching as the youngest alums of The Taft School.

Senior Dance
5/28/2004
The annual Senior Dinner Dance held at the MacMullens' featured music by Apricot Brandy.

AIDS Memorial
4/29/2004
TREES DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF AIDS VICTIMS

At the Mall
4/25/2004
Thirty-seven Taft students journeyed to Washington, D.C., joining more than a million people on the National Mall to join the "March for Women's Lives"

DANCE ENSEMBLE'S SPRING CONCERT
4/22/2004
Spring performance by the Taft Dance Ensemble in Bingham Auditorium

1616 BIBLE JOINS TORAH
4/21/2004

NYC Concert
4/18/2004
On Sunday, April 18, Collegium performed in the World's Largest Gothic Cathedral--New York City's St. John the Divine. Under Former Cathedral Choral Director Bruce Fifer's direction, Collegium sang a varied concert.

DANCE CONCERT
4/13/2004
Laureen Rowntree '04 and friends performed a spring dance concert on Bingham stage April 13

Habitat
3/30/2004
Devoting the first week of Spring Break to building homes for Habitat for Humanity in South Carolina, 17 Taft students joined faculty members Baba Frew, Director of Community Service, Peter Frew and Mike Aroesty on John's Island.

Baltimore Consort in Walker Hall
3/4/2004
A sextet of Renaissance musicians who revive the popular music of the past on a variety of intriguing instruments: lute, viol, flute, cittern, bagpipe, early guitar, rebec, recorder and crumhorn.

Vogelstein Dedication
9/30/2002
New dormitory honors board chair John Vogelstein '52 and sons

Admiral Mullen
5/18/2013
What keeps the Former Joint Chief awake at night

DuBois Speaker
5/1/2013
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff to speak on May 14.

In the Gallery
4/16/2013
Paintings and Drawings by Susie Tarnowicz '03 and Botanical Illustrations by Heather Sandifer

A Green Home
3/23/2013
Walking Forward Into the Past

Art from the Heart
1/23/2013
Adjunct Music Faculty Concert on Jan 25

MLK
1/21/2013
Celebrating Civil Right through arts, sports and service to humanity

Alumni Games
1/8/2013
Alumni return to rink and court for the annual hockey and basketball contests.

30th Annual Patsy K. Odden Invitational Hockey Tournament
12/13/2012
Highlights from the first match

Lessons and Carols
12/5/2012
77th Annual Service at Woodward Chapel, 6 and 8 pm.

Jazzed Up!
11/27/2012
Harold Zinno's Big Band, Friday in Walker Hall at 7pm

Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine
11/26/2012
Lecture by Dr. Michael J. Balick of the New York Botanical Garden

Food Drive
11/16/2012
Help us stock the local food pantry!

The Author Wes Moore
11/16/2012
Morning Meeting speaker gives call to action

Woods Hole
11/15/2012
Students take a two-day trip to the renowned oceanographic institute

Research-Grade Microscope
11/12/2012
Putting the study of cell biology in a whole new light

Teachable Moments
11/9/2012
A discussion on character education, Friday, with John Merrow and Dominic Randolph

Puzzling
11/9/2012
Rusty Davis hooks students on physics puzzles.

Teachable Moments
10/31/2012
A discussion on character education, Friday, with John Merrow and Dominic Randolph

Wilcox Captains Bucknell Team
10/5/2012
Four-Year Taft Golfer Also Athlete of Month

Ivy Honors
10/5/2012
Princeton Cornerback Anthony Gaffney '12 named Rookie of the Week

Michael Rothman
9/17/2012
A New York Botanical Garden Scientific Expedition through Illustration

Puppets En Plein Air
9/13/2012
METTAWEE RIVER THEATRE presents "Communications from a Cockroach"

Arrival Day
9/5/2012
Taft welcomes new students.

Living the Arts in Italy
6/22/2012
Now with a gallery of more than 600 images from the trip!

Stellar Performance
6/3/2012
Andres '09 Continues to Shine

Fearless Award
5/31/2012
Roomies wins Halo for Fearless Play

122nd Commencement
5/31/2012
The day captured in photographs

Taft Running Club
5/30/2012
Building community side by side, one step at a time

Living the Arts
5/24/2012
Taft in Italy this Summer

NESCAC Standout Hits Again
5/19/2012
Mastrocola Named to 2012 All-Conference Team

Commencement Speaker
5/17/2012
Taft Parent and Miss Porter's Head Dr. Kate Windsor

Big Mike
5/15/2012
McCabe '07 trains with Green Bay

Skating for Team USA
5/12/2012
John Curry '02 and Max Pacioretty '07 Compete at the IIHF World Championship

FBLA Workshop Series
5/12/2012
William C. Taylor '77 to Speak Alumni Weekend

Moorhead '62 Honored
5/10/2012
Horace D. Taft Alumni Medal and Citation of Merit

Science Speaker Series
5/9/2012
Dr. Paul Ehrlich '62, Allergy and Immunology Specialist

Benefit Concert
5/8/2012
Bailey Outerbridge '12 Opens for Grammy-winner Natalie Cole

Run for a Cause
5/4/2012
5k to Benefit Alums' Non-Profit

High Note
4/29/2012
Strong Performances in Piano Competitions

The Psychology of Sport
4/28/2012
Dr. Bob Rotella Visits Taft

DuBois Speaker
4/26/2012
Gen. James Cartwright on Campus May 3

"Roomies" on Stage
4/26/2012
Original Spring Play Explores Current Issues

Potter Gallery
4/26/2012
Class of '62

I pledge...
4/23/2012
Day of Silence is also day of reflection

OneHELPS
4/22/2012
Changing the Game in the Bahamas

Big Hitter
4/22/2012
Mastrocola '08 Receives D3 Baseball Recognition

Battleship Opens Down Under
4/19/2012
Berg '80 at the Helm

National Economics Challenge
4/19/2012
Taft wins Connecticut, moves on to semifinals

St John the Divine
4/18/2012
Collegium Musicum Takes Show on the Road

Earth Day 2012
4/17/2012
Get Involved Sunday, April 22

Boston Bound
4/10/2012
Instrumental Music Groups to Perform in Historic Venue

Orchestra Concertmaster
4/3/2012
Tae Young Woo '12 Heads to Hollywood

Science Olympiad
4/1/2012
Team Taft Excels in Debut

In the Gallery
3/27/2012
Faculty show opens March 30

Science Fair
3/26/2012
Zheng '13 Earns Accolades, Cash and Prizes

Kosova Named Morehead-Cain Scholar
3/14/2012
Merit Scholarship to Chapel Hill

Our Compliments to the Chef!
3/4/2012
Reveron a Pro

National Test Taps Taft Teachers
3/4/2012

Mozart's Solemn Vespers
3/1/2012
Music For A While Performance Series

Florida Bound
3/1/2012
Big Red heads south for spring training (Revised Dates)

From Ballet to Bollywood
2/29/2012
Winter Dance Concert 3/2 and 3/3

WORLDfest 2012
2/20/2012
Celebrating the Cultures of Our Community

Apple icon
2/19/2012
Current parent Phil Schiller talks with Taft group of future business leaders

New York Botanical Garden Lecture At Taft
2/18/2012
Renowned Botanist Dr. Scott A. Mori to Speak

Blood Donors Give Generously
2/15/2012
Best Results Since 2005

Paduano Series Explores Asian-American Civil Rights Movement
2/14/2012
Filmmaker Curtis Chin Visits Taft

Taft Students Visit The New York Botanical Garden
2/14/2012
New Partnership in Bloom

Harvey Takes The Stage
2/12/2012
Photos now online

Scotty Cup
2/11/2012
Odden Arena Hosts Annual Alumni Hockey Game

Visual Arts Students Show in Potter Gallery
2/10/2012
February 10-March 2

Caitlin Morton '12 Take First Prize in Art Show
2/1/2012
Seniors Brownstein and O'Meara Also Recognized

Games, Gowns and Good Deeds
1/24/2012
Scrabble Friday, Dress Exchange Sunday

Ready Robots!
1/20/2012
Gearing Up For Competition

Renaissance Ensemble In Concert
1/19/2012
Exsultemus Comes to Woodward Chapel January 27

MLK Celebration 2012
1/18/2012
Honoring King's Legacy

Yong '14 Wins Squash Title
1/18/2012
2011 US Junior Open Champion

Big Red Goes Green
1/11/2012
Green Cup Challenge Begins January 18

Taft In Sundance
1/10/2012
The movie Goats, filmed last spring on campus, premieres at 2012 Sundance Festival

Taft Honors the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
1/9/2012
Events scheduled for January 15 and 16

Ken Nigro Jazz Band Comes to Taft
1/3/2012
Music For a While Continues Friday, January 13

Everett Brownstein '12 in Potter Gallery
1/2/2012
Opening Celebration January 6, 5 to 7 p.m.

Qingyang Xu '13 Named Top Speaker
12/12/2011
Andover Debate Tournament 2011

Honoring a Hero
12/7/2011
Remembering Will Keys ’06

76th Annual Lessons and Carols
12/1/2011
Two services this year, at 6 and 8 pm

Taft Football Wins New England Championship
11/23/2011
Big Red Fans Go Wild as Rhinos Beat Undefeated Kent 28-18

Coach Palmer
11/20/2011
25 Years As Head Cross Country Coach

Four Taft Teams Qualify for New England Championships
11/15/2011
Boys' Soccer, Field Hockey, Football and Volleyball to vie for top honors. Click for schedules.

Adele Myers and Dancers on Taft Stage
11/13/2011
Priti Ghatlia, Myers offer Master Classes to Taft Students

Veterans' Day
11/11/2011
Remembering those who served

Rhino Hockey Star Launches Brain Injury Foundation
11/9/2011
Life-threatening impact inspires Pacioretty to give back

Airlie Anderson Show Opens Friday
11/8/2011
Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery Welcomes Illustrator

Taft-Hotchkiss Rivalry Heats Up
11/8/2011
Saturday is Hotchkiss Day: Show your spirit!

The Big Chill
11/7/2011
Autumn Snow Blankets Taft

British Invasion at Taft
11/7/2011
Beatlemania Hits Bingham

Be Our Guest
11/4/2011
Beauty and the Beast ... now with photo gallery

Taft Vollyball Veteran Shines at St. Lawrence
11/2/2011
Nyasha Miller '08 Claims SLU's Career Kill Title

Cum Laude Scholars Named
11/2/2011
Scholars named

Five Play on Friday
10/29/2011
Jazz Quintet and Classical Choral performances on tap

Think Globally, Act Locally
10/25/2011
17th Annual Community Service Day

Non Ut Sibi
10/20/2011
17th Annual Community Service Day Set for October 24

Physics is Fun
10/18/2011
Taft Wins Physics Olympics at Yale

Piano and Strings Quartet to Perform
10/13/2011
Walker Hall, October 21

Taft Hosts Middle School Runners
10/6/2011
Sara Iannone brings local schools together

East and West
10/3/2011
Rockwell Visiting Artist Opens

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity
10/3/2011
A visit to the FBI

Taft Runner Wins Local Race
9/23/2011
Running for a Cause

Lights, Camera, Action!
9/21/2011
Making movies in the state of Maine

Summer Research Yields Benefits
9/21/2011
Study has implications for cancer treatment.

Super Sunday
9/19/2011
Taft students show their true colors.

Welcome Class of 2015!
9/12/2011
New Students Join a Diverse School Community

Remembering 9-11
9/8/2011
Sunday in Woodward Chapel

Poole Fellows Serve Nepal
9/2/2011
Taft students volunteer at Nepali school this summer.

Celebrating Student Art
8/31/2011
Mark W. Potter '48 Gallery opens with celebration of student work.

Who Done It? No Longer a Mystery
8/12/2011
Dana Bertuglia completes studies forensics at Henry C. Lee Institute

Changing the World with a Smile
8/11/2011
Ricardo Urrutia '12 worked with Operation Smile this summer in Panama. This fall, he hopes to continue his work on the Taft School campus.

Sleep Time
7/6/2011
What does most to improve academic performance? More sleep, of course.

Chalk Walk
6/18/2011
Matthew Petroff documents farewell messages to seniors on graduation day

Brave Ducks
6/9/2011
A new play by Andrew Belcher '02 at NY International Fringe Festival

Good Schools or Bad Schools
6/6/2011
Education correspondent John Merrow ’59 on the NewsHour

121 Commencement Excercises
5/30/2011
Photos of the day

121 Commencement Awards
5/29/2011
And the winners are...

Power Of One
5/24/2011
The all-school summer reading selection

First Team All-NESCAC
5/19/2011
Peter Johnson '08 Named the 2011 NESCAC First Team Goaltender