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Taft's annual Day of Giving is coming up! Make your gift on or before April 4. 

Renowned professor, philosopher, orator, and author Dr. Cornel West brought his message of love and its power to shape who each of us will become to a Black History Month Morning Meeting talk at Taft.

Taft actively supports its faculty by rewarding excellence in teaching and promoting professional growth through endowed funds, made possible by generous benefactors. Head of School Willy MacMullen '78 recently announced the new chair appointments and sabbaticals, made possible by those funds.

Taft's Public Health Club is working to spread awareness of underfunded diseases, and to share crucial medical information with the school and greater Watertown communities.

Taft's Female Entrepreneur Fellowship is creating opportunities on campus for learning and networking, while offering a supportive space for sharing perspectives and exchanging ideas.

Through a series of events scheduled on and around the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, Tafties explored concepts central to his mission and messaging: equity, social justice, education, service.

Taft is situated midway between Boston and New York, and Taft students benefit from all that both cities have to offer.

A Celebration of Service

When the winners of the American Protégé International Concerto Competition took the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall last month, Taft's Vincent Chen ’24 was among them.

In addition to teaching English at Taft, Nicholson also served as the director of college counseling; he was well-known and respected among college admissions officers around the country. He was senior class dean, editor of the Alumni Bulletin, and a JV baseball coach.

In an uplifting and enlightening address, Becker spoke of his experiences as a Taft student, and of the changes he has seen in the school community since that time.

After a six-month search involving hundreds of candidates from around the world, we are pleased to announce that Peter Becker ’95 will serve as Taft’s next head of school.