Mia Naples, Reporter
January 19, 2021
The 2021 Taft senior committee is making plans despite the challenges of remote learning.
Faith Fonseca, Reporter
January 12, 2021
There are several new teachers working in Taft’s Language and Literature department this year and the Taft Today caught up with Emma Levine and Maggie Madden to find out more about them and how the transition to Taft is going.
Mia Naples, Reporter
December 20, 2020
Taft’s debate team won first place in a recent competition against opponents Brooks, Chicago Ag, Kenwood, Lindblom, Lincoln Park, Phoenix, Pritzker, and Von Steuben.
December 18, 2020
Taft students are dressing up and showing their school spirit for Winter Spirit Week before classes end for winter break. Spirit week has been done at Taft each year, but due to current constraints because of the pandemic, getting the word out that it was spirit week in a remote setting has called for spirit week to be conducted differently.
Staff & Teachers Of The Month: December
December 17, 2020
Aleksandra Goman, Maria Avos, Kathleen Aghakhan, Hilda Canderlaria-Diaz, and Summer Lazar were chosen as Taft’s teachers and staff members of the month for December.
Esports Club Grows With Students At Home
December 10, 2020
While remote learning has led some Taft clubs to have difficulties, the esports club appears to be doing better than ever.
Maddy Cotter, Reporter
November 5, 2020
The pandemic is bringing many changes to Taft’s 2020-2021 sports seasons, but some things stay the same--Taft’s 16” softball team made it to the city championship. The...
Isabel Comacchio, Editor
October 20, 2020
Senior Lucas Guidone continued his undefeated season, winning the boys cross country City Championship. His history-making performance helped spur the Eagles to a second-place finish as a team--the best in school history.
Chloe Clark, Reporter
October 16, 2020
An abbreviated high school golf season just finished and it was a season unlike any other. The pandemic created new challenges for Taft golfers and even brought some new rules to the game.
Girls Golf Finishes Pandemic-Shortened Season With Strong Finish At City
October 16, 2020
Highlights from this year’s girls golf season include a pair of second-place finishes and having five of Taft’s six golfers qualify for the CPS girls golf city finals.
Taft Cross Country, Guidone, Run Past Adversity
September 30, 2020
Wrestlers complete City 3-peat – “No mercy”
February 5, 2020
Mia Naples, Reporter
November 17, 2020
New Spanish II Teacher Karina Maya comes into Taft during COVID-19 and shares her experience about being a new teacher.
Yasmine Soria, Editor
February 5, 2020
Numerous Taft students were recognized as Illinois State Scholars by the State Scholar Program in early December. The State Scholar Program publicly and personally identifies graduating high school seniors who possess superior...
Katarina Ilic, Reporter
February 5, 2020
Congratulations are in order for seniors Anthony Metz (Div. 017) and Tej Patel (Div. 047), who both received their early decision acceptance letters from Northwestern University in December. Northwestern University is a...
February 5, 2020
February 5, 2020
Meet the new lunchroom manager
February 5, 2020
Vivian Aviles, Editor
November 1, 2020
Voting is not hard. Voting is not time consuming. Voting is not something to put on the back burner. Voting is urgent, voting is detrimental, voting is necessary. Choosing to not vote means failing as an American citizen and telling the government that they can do as they please. Don’t be lazy, don’t be careless. Just go vote.
Xzavier Aguilar, Reporter
February 5, 2020
The rich are often looked upon in different ways. Some are selfless people who give back while other are greedy and only care for themselves. Natural disasters always have relief foundation America’s Disaster Relief foundation,...
Vivian Aviles, Reporter
February 5, 2020
Social media has changed the inner-workings of modern day relationships, and while it offers certain benefits, it has also negatively affected the important aspects within them. The key element to any relationship is trust....
‘Cruel and unusual’ or justice?
February 5, 2020
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Vivian Aviles, Editor
December 1, 2020
Throughout Positions, Grande showed growth as a musician. Though she is typically known for being a kind of trap-pop princess, Grande was able to experiment with other genres of music, such as R&B, through collaborations with artists like The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign on tracks Off the Table and Safety Net.
Melody Resto, reporter
February 5, 2020
If you haven’t heard yet, the second season of the Netflix Original series You came out on Dec. 26 and it has American thriller fans raving. The main character is Joe Goldberg, played by actor Penn Badgley, while Beck...
Vivian Aviles, reporter
February 5, 2020
On Dec. 13, former One Direction member Harry Styles further advanced his solo career by releasing his sophomore album, Fine Line. This much anticipated album is a reflection of growth and independence that Styles has experienced...
February 5, 2020
December 20, 2019
What to see in Chicago this winter
December 20, 2019