March 21, 2019
Seven Taft High School seniors were selected to participate in the Senior Exhibition at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition (IHSAE) on Sunday, Feb 24 at the Bridgeport Art Center for a chance to win scholarship...
March 21, 2019
Taft’s Student Voice Committee (SVC) put up an opinion box for eagle students and teachers to voice their ideas or opinions to the administration. The SVC started the opinion box in order to help the...
Reporter, Rachel Demata
March 21, 2019
The annual Taft student art exhibition at the Perkolator Cafe has returned temporarily for any and all to see from Feb. 1 through 24. The Perkolator Cafe hosted the exhibition along with the reception on the opening day,...
March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
Olympiads Test their Knowledge
March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
William Howard Taft’s basketball team managed to win against the Ogden Owls on Monday, February 4th with a final score of 58 to 52. This now pushes the Eagles into...
March 21, 2019
The Taft Eagle wrestlers pushed their way up to the 2019 IHSA State Wrestling Championships held at the University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign, on the weekend of...
Ballin’ into Senior Night: Girls Basketbal
March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
Taft Wrestling Team Senior’s Night
February 13, 2019
Andres Hernandez, Reporter
February 13, 2019
The International Baccalaureate (IB) senior Film students presented their IB film projects to entertain any and all eagles that attended in the auditorium on Jan 6. One of the projects presented was titled “Sleepwalker”...
Melissa Parra, Reporter
February 13, 2019
This winter, freshman Kaila Del Toro (Div. 226 ) joined the wrestling team, being one of the few female wrestlers at Taft. Del Toro has always had a passion for physical activities. Growing up, she enjoyed...
Keely Simon, Reporter
February 13, 2019
On Jan.17 William Howard Taft’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) club qualified for state competition for the first time ever at the 2019 Business Professionals of America citywide competition. Sponsored...
February 13, 2019
February 13, 2019
Spoken Like A True Poet: Taft’s 2019 Poetry Out Loud Winner
February 12, 2019
Patricia Magpantay, Reporter
March 21, 2019
Dating in high school is one of the more common cliches of being a teenager. It is a time of discovery and growth that every upcoming adult needs to understand and explore. Dating can be an exciting experience for high schoolers....
Andres Hernandez, Reporter
March 21, 2019
Here at William Howard Taft, the Local School Committee council previously established a policy that prohibits students’ use of headgear inside the building, but is this rule really necessary- or is it outdated? One of...
Karolina Kraj, Reporter
March 21, 2019
A lot of things happen in a person’s high school life: drama with a boyfriend/girlfriend, stress with grades, and sometimes unplanned pregnancies. Three in ten teenage American girls will get pregnant at least once before...
March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
February 20, 2019
March 21, 2019
The 61st annual Grammy Awards were held Feb. 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Music’s biggest stars were given the chance to win awards, but also swept the stage away with impressive performances. The Grammys...
March 21, 2019
This year for Valentine’s Day, the Helping Hands Club is selling flowers for students and faculty to send to their loved ones. This is the third annual Valentine’s Day flower fundraiser. Students and...
March 21, 2019
Taft High School held its fourth annual IB Film Festival on Feb. 6 in the auditorium. Teachers were able to take their classes to the fest and enjoy the short films on the last day of the semester. The festival...
Isn’t It Romantic: Movie Review
March 21, 2019
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January 24, 2019