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Spring 2024
Spring 2024
Features
![The Arts at Taft: Intentional and Consequential]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711487709/taft/jesgg3ngkukvlgiifahj/Hero_AddamsFamily_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711487709/taft/jesgg3ngkukvlgiifahj/Hero_AddamsFamily_crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1711487709/taft/jesgg3ngkukvlgiifahj/Hero_AddamsFamily_crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1711487709/taft/jesgg3ngkukvlgiifahj/Hero_AddamsFamily_crop.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1711487709/taft/jesgg3ngkukvlgiifahj/Hero_AddamsFamily_crop.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1711487709/taft/jesgg3ngkukvlgiifahj/Hero_AddamsFamily_crop.jpg","width":2200}])
Debra Meyers / Photography and Video Production by Robert Falcetti
“The idea of moving something from concept to process to product to pride in achievement stays with students who study the arts as they enter the world outside of Taft—in college, in careers, and in parenthood—and helps them find success in those spaces,” says Arts Department Head and Dance Teacher Sarah Surber.
![Be Here Now: Reflections on Connectivity]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711486954/taft/htdm3xxsevptfv4be9fr/ReflectionsonConnectivityHero.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711486954/taft/htdm3xxsevptfv4be9fr/ReflectionsonConnectivityHero.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1711486954/taft/htdm3xxsevptfv4be9fr/ReflectionsonConnectivityHero.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1711486954/taft/htdm3xxsevptfv4be9fr/ReflectionsonConnectivityHero.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1711486954/taft/htdm3xxsevptfv4be9fr/ReflectionsonConnectivityHero.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1711486954/taft/htdm3xxsevptfv4be9fr/ReflectionsonConnectivityHero.jpg","width":2200}])
Eileen Fenn Bouffard ’98
Read excerpts from English Department Head Eileen Fenn Bouffard ’98’s Morning Meeting talk about technology—the way it has changed at Taft and the impact that change has had on our students and school community.
Alumni Spotlights
![Serving the U.S. Globally]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711465954/taft/jinuaz6undury0lolgww/Wisner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711465954/taft/jinuaz6undury0lolgww/Wisner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1711465954/taft/jinuaz6undury0lolgww/Wisner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1711465954/taft/jinuaz6undury0lolgww/Wisner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1711465954/taft/jinuaz6undury0lolgww/Wisner.jpg","width":1576}])
David Wisner ’00
David Wisner ’00 serves as the deputy chief of mission and chargé d’affaires a.i. (ad interim) at the U.S. Embassy in Albania. After joining the State Department in 2008 as a foreign service officer, his career has also taken him to the Central African Republic, Sudan, Algeria, and Washington, D.C.
![Passionate About Literacy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711465955/taft/e1j6b815sf6luixvyj7a/Reycraft.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711465955/taft/e1j6b815sf6luixvyj7a/Reycraft.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1711465955/taft/e1j6b815sf6luixvyj7a/Reycraft.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1711465955/taft/e1j6b815sf6luixvyj7a/Reycraft.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1711465955/taft/e1j6b815sf6luixvyj7a/Reycraft.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1711465955/taft/e1j6b815sf6luixvyj7a/Reycraft.jpg","width":2200}])
Will Reycraft ’04, Sera Reycraft Hoffman ’02, Thad Reycraft ’10
Siblings Will ’04, Sera ’02, and Thad ’10 help run their family’s business, Benchmark Education Company (BEC). What began as a small operation started by their parents 25 years ago has grown into one of the nation’s leading producers of educational programs and resources.
![The Science of Hair Care]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711465955/taft/pdjqs6j8wf6gvsljohpu/Delapenha.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711465955/taft/pdjqs6j8wf6gvsljohpu/Delapenha.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1711465955/taft/pdjqs6j8wf6gvsljohpu/Delapenha.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1711465955/taft/pdjqs6j8wf6gvsljohpu/Delapenha.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1711465955/taft/pdjqs6j8wf6gvsljohpu/Delapenha.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1711465955/taft/pdjqs6j8wf6gvsljohpu/Delapenha.jpg","width":2200}])
Eric Delapenha ’13
Intrigued with the intersection of biology and technology, Eric Delapenha ’13 entered the innovative world of biotechnology, specifically the science of hair care. As CEO and founder of Strands Hair Care and The Hair Lab by Strands, Delapenha blends individual results with mass marketing.
![Navigating Supply Chain Complexities]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711465954/taft/vzkj7r3dznp9ptxgcmde/Hedges.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711465954/taft/vzkj7r3dznp9ptxgcmde/Hedges.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1711465954/taft/vzkj7r3dznp9ptxgcmde/Hedges.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1711465954/taft/vzkj7r3dznp9ptxgcmde/Hedges.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1711465954/taft/vzkj7r3dznp9ptxgcmde/Hedges.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1711465954/taft/vzkj7r3dznp9ptxgcmde/Hedges.jpg","width":2200}])
Sarah Richards Hedges ’88
Sarah Richards Hedges ’88 has been working in the global supply chain sector for almost three decades. Hedges works as a manager in information services at Expeditors International in Seattle, a multinational company that provides transportation of goods while navigating delicate geopolitical customs.