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Principal’s Message...

Welcome to Earl D. Taft Elementary School, and thank you for taking the time to explore our website. Taft School is a sprawling one storied elementary school housing Grades 1-4. The school has 31 classrooms with an enrollment of approximately 600 students from diverse backgrounds. It is the mission of the school to help students: communicate effectively, think analytically, and act responsibly.

Our staff works hard to make Taft School a great place to be.  Our incredibly dedicated staff works hard to ensure that each child meets his or her full potential.  Our goal at Taft School is to provide students with an excellent standards based curriculum, keeping in mind that all students do not learn at the same pace or in the same way, offering support to help them reach those standards. In addition, we believe that an educational program is not complete without art, music, technology, library and physical education. We strongly support the need to educate the whole child.

Here at Taft, we believe that the development of strong reading and math skills is important to the success of our students. Therefore, our students are provided with research based reading approaches, such as guided reading practices and small group instruction. This year we continue to implement StoryTown Reading. We are currently in our fourth year of implementation of the Scott Foresman Mathematics Program. Both of these programs offer support for struggling learners and enrichment to advanced students.  RTI (Response to Intervention) is built into the teaching schedules to address these students' needs.

To help students behave responsibly, we use the Open Circle program in our classrooms. Open Circle helps all participants to work together to resolve conflicts in a curriculum that addresses social and emotional learning. We use this as part of our approach to bullying prevention. It is our hope that the children will internalize their understanding of Open Circle’s message and use them outside of the circle.

We believe in open communication between home and school. We welcome and value parental involvement as an integral part of our school community. We are very fortunate to have a very active PTO in our community working along with and supporting the school and district initiatives.  Our PTO works tirelessly to raise funds to provide financial support for our excellent programs, provide assistance through volunteers, and form a partnership that benefits students and staff alike. Through their efforts, Taft School is enriched on a daily basis.

Lori J. Fafard
Principal