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Photos and awards from Taft's 129^th Commencement

The 2019 Upper Mids Award Ceremony was held Thursday, May 16 in Taft's Bingham Auditorium. The annual Awards Ceremony recognizes excellence across disciplines and throughout the school community.

Taft stage performers and technicians earned coved Halo Award nominations for their exceptional work.

Nikki Mayhew Greene '93 is Assistant Professor of Art History at Wellesley College and the Visual Arts Editor of Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora, published by Harvard University (Indiana University Press).

Taft's Fourth Annual Day of Giving
May 1, 2019

Taft will become the first boarding school in the NEPSAC conference to equip its entire roster in the top-rated helmet.

"Larry has lived out our motto in an incredible fashion," says Headmaster Willy MacMullen '78. "He has been a leader in the environmental and conservation fields...He is at once a 'big picture' leader, with strategic vision, the ability to shape policy and connect with leaders around the world; and yet he also knows what it is to roll up his sleeves and mentor young people, clean water, and preserve habitats."

Morris on Fogo Island, Newfoundland. Photo credit: © Dennis Minty 2017

Eight young women from Taft competed in the Girls in Math at Yale competition, where they took home top honors. 

Six professional actors from the Lenox, MA, based Shakespeare & Company visited Taft recently for a full day of hands-on workshops.