Taft is people.
Taft is students, past and present; faculty and staff; parents and families; connections and community.
Our diverse community is our core, our strength, and what drives our mission.
When that community comes together, extraordinary things happen:
Academics thrive.
Support from our community provides resources that allow us to innovate, expand, and strengthen our academic program to keep pace and lead the way in pedagogy, discovery, and content development.
It allows us to attract and retain exceptional teachers who bring a passion to the classroom that inspires students to explore, thrive, lead, and achieve.
The Arts come alive.
Taft students are singers and musicians, painters and illustrators, actors and set designers, ceramicists, photographers, writers and more. Gifts from the community provide resources that allow our artists to engage and grow across disciplines.
Athletics programs rise.
Taft students compete at every level and in a wide range of sports. From club sport players to Division I recruits, Taft students rely on your support to keep the athletics program strong.
We continue to live our motto.
Support for service programs allows our students to make a positive difference in the broader community, while learning the true meaning of our school motto. They become agents of change, and internalize a lifelong commitment to service.
It is participation that builds connections.
Engagement in school events, programs, and activities strengthens connections between our school and alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends, forming ties that bind and building relationships that lie at the heart of all we do as we work to fulfill the Taft School mission.
Gifts made by December 31 may allow for tax savings.
Gifts can be made securely online at taftschool.org/give using a credit card, PayPal, or Venmo @Taft1890. If you prefer to make a gift by mail, please make your check payable to the Taft School Annual Fund and send it to us at: 110 Woodbury Road, Watertown, CT 06795.
Visit us here for additional gift instructions, options, and information. If you prefer to communicate directly with a member of Taft's Annual Fund team, please contact Anna Kasperuk, Gift Officer, at 800-959-8238 or akasperuk@taftschool.org.