William Howard Taft High School (San Antonio)

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William H. Taft High School
Willam Howard Taft High School Logo.svg
Address
11600 Culebra Road

San Antonio
,
Bexar County
,
Texas
78253

United States
Coordinates29°29′54″N 98°43′18″W / 29.498255°N 98.721580°W / 29.498255; -98.721580Coordinates: 29°29′54″N 98°43′18″W / 29.498255°N 98.721580°W / 29.498255; -98.721580
Information
School typePublic, high school
Founded1985
School districtNorthside Independent School District
SuperintendentDr. Brian T. Woods[2]
PrincipalMartha Cortinas-Fernandez
Vice PrincipalRichard Halle
Academic DeanJacquelyn Lambert
Assistant PrincipalLeandra Valdez
Jennifer Rios
Fernando Nieto
Brett Jeffries
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,146[1] (2021)
LanguageEnglish
CampusSuburban
Color(s)    Red and white
Athletics conferenceUIL Class AAAAAA
MascotRaider
Sports District28-6A
Feeder Middle SchoolsH.B. Zachry
John B. Connally
Coke R. Stevenson
Wallace B. Jefferson
Dolph Briscoe
John Folks
Rival schoolsWilliam J. Brennan High School
Earl Warren High School
Sandra Day O'connor High School
WebsiteOfficial Website

William Howard Taft High School is a public high school in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) of San Antonio, Texas, United States. As with all NISD high schools, the school is named for a United States Supreme Court justice, in this case former Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who was also the 27th President of the United States.

Taft High School was the fifth NISD high school, and the first outside Loop 1604. It is home to the magnet school Communications Arts High School which focuses primarily on college readiness and technology. The building was designed by Noonan, Dockery, and Rittimann Architects and was built by the H.B. Zachry Company.

Taft was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98.[3] In 2017, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency, with a 2-Star Distinction for Academic Achievements in Social Studies and Top 25 Percent Closing Performance Gaps.[4]

Athletics[]

The Taft Raiders compete in the following sports:[5]

Marching Band[]

The Taft Raider Band has over 130 students from Communications Arts and Taft. The band qualified for the state marching contest in 2014.

Notable alumni[]

  • Derek Cecil (Class of 1991) — Actor; starred in House of Cards on Netflix[6]
  • Otis McDaniel (Class of 2004) — Gold medal winning sprinter specializing in the 100 and 200 meters dashes[7]
  • Ike Ofoegbu (Class of 2004) - American-Nigerian Israeli Premier Basketball League player
  • James Roday (Class of 1994) — Actor, director, screenwriter; born James David Rodriguez and most well known as one of two lead actors on the USA Network series Psych[8]
  • Haley Scarnato (Class of 2000) — Singer; placed 8th on Season 6 of American Idol[9]

References[]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Northside ISD Superintendent
  3. ^ "National Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-2017, Page 198, PDF" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  4. ^ "TEA 2017 Accountability Reports". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  5. ^ The Athletics Department
  6. ^ Derek Cecil Biography at IMDb
  7. ^ Otis McDaniel Profile at IAAF
  8. ^ James Roday Biography at IMDb
  9. ^ Haley Scarnato Biography at IMDb

External links[]

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