William Howard Taft High School (Chicago)
- William Howard Taft High School (Chicago)
Infobox School
name= Taft High School
streetaddress= 6530 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
city= Chicago
state= Illinois
zipcode= 60631
country= USA
district= Chicago Public Schools
principal= Dr. Arthur Tarvardian
motto= Teaching Academics For Tomorrow
type= Public high school
grades= 7-12
enrollment= 2500
enrollment_as_of=
colors= colorbox|royalblue colorbox|silver Royal Blue, Silver
nicknames= Eagles
website= [http://www.tafths.org/ Official website] |
William Howard Taft High School is a high school located at 6530 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is run by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It is perhaps most famous as being the high school attended by the writer of Grease (musical), which he used as inspiration in writing the musical. Taft offers a gifted program from 7-12 grade in which International Bacculaureate is offered in High School.Fact|date=October 2007
Famous alumni
* Jim Grabowski - college and professional football player
*Robert Hanssen - former FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union
* Jim Jacobs - co-writer of the musical Grease (musical)
* Jerry Krause - former Chicago Bulls general manager
* Donna Mills - actress whose best known role was as Abby on the "Knots Landing" tv series
* Lynn Morley Martin - legislator in Illinois and U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1991-1993
* Robert Peroni - Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Tulane University and Northwestern Law School
* Terry Kath [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath] - late musician and founding member/lead guitarist of the band "Chicago"
* Brian Glover - Graduated in 1996. Acclaimed web developer and IT guru. Not to be confused with actor Brian Glover.
* George Somenek - Graduated in 1997. Famed fantasy sports expert.
External links
* [http://www.tafths.org/ Official Website]
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