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A great first day with ALL the kids today! 6th graders were amazing yesterday, and it was wonderful to welcome back the 7th and 8th graders today!

Congratulations to all of our students for their success this year! MANY awards were distributed at our Semester Awards Assemblies yesterday. The photos are of our 99th percentile award winners. The final 8th grade assembly is on Friday at 10am. Families are invited.

University of Iowa Chamber Music Ensemble performing for some of Taft’s band and orchestra students.

Taft Night at the Kernels! Friday, May 19. Tickets are just $10 each. Use this link… ticketreturn.com/prod2new/BuyNe…

A huge thank you to our PTA for supporting Teacher’s Appreciation Week. They provided Donutland donuts, O’s Grill snacks, a trail mix bar and a nice welcome sign!

Join us for the Taft Bike Ride! Sign up link is below… forms.gle/An5M4NGrJLdv8k…

Before and After. Student Leadership cleaned up the school grounds in honor of Earth Day. 🌎 💜💛

Congratulations to our April PARRT Award winners!

Congratulations to Landon Schafer and Orfine Ntole! Both students recently received an award from Quota International of Cedar Rapids. The award recognizes students who have overcome adversity. Quota is CR organization that has helped local residents for over 80 years.

A fun opportunity for Taft families sponsored by the Taft PTA…

The combined Taft 8th Grade Band and Jefferson Wind Ensemble performing our winter concert at Jefferson.

Whichever grade brings in the most Hy-Vee receipts wins the Hy-Vee Challenge. Every receipt counts as 1 point regardless of the $ amount of the receipt. Students should give the receipts to their Advisory teacher. Hy-Vee will donate 2% of the value of the receipts to Taft.

The Taft Jazz Band got to work with guest clinicians Steve Shanley (Coe College) and Jeff Schafer (Cedar Rapids Prairie). They learned a lot from these jazz experts, but the pizza party was the best part!

8th Grade Band in the Prairie concert hall for the NEIBA Large Group Band Festival. Lots of positive praise from the judges. Both the 7th and 8th grade Taft bands earned the “Superior” rating!

Congratulations to the 8th grade Girls Basketball team! City Champions! Their picture will forever be a part of the city championships display in our cafeteria. Well done, girls!

Please see this link for the Live Like Laiken Foundation facebook.com/10003903092518…

We are delayed 2 hours for the start of school (1-19) •School will start at 9:50 •Bus routes will be 2 hours later than usual (hard surfaces only) •All before school practices or meetings are canceled •Breakfast will start at 9:20 •School will dismiss at 2:50 

Taft Students make front page news! Proud of our kids!

We are delayed 2 hours for the start of school for Jan 5 * School will start at 9:50am * Bus routes will be 2 hours later than usual * All before school practices or meetings are canceled * Breakfast will start at 9:20am * School will dismiss at 2:50pm