November 2026 Taft Tiger Tales

November 2, 2026

Dear Families,

This has been an amazing first quarter at Taft. I am so impressed with your deep commitment to our community, to your children, and to our team. Thank you!  We love having your kids here and we are honored to work with you. Student-led conferences were a highlight of October. Our district is seeking feedback on conferences and report cards, you can share that here. 

Thanks to a generous donation from one of our community partners, we are able to gift T-Shirts to every single Taft student this week!  On Monday, before our next reading assessment, your kids will come home with a shirt celebrating our community schools goals.  Please encourage them to wear it with pride!  We will wear ours on Fridays, but they can wear it all they want. Our goals this year are to ensure that everyone is welcome and belongs at Taft (every learner), that all learners make substantial growth in literacy (grows), and that all students attend regularly and on time (every day). If you want to contribute to efforts like these please donate or share our foundation donation site! 

This month school is closed for Election Day on November 3.  Please vote and visit our Taft Family Collective's annual Election Day Bake Sale here at Taft! 

Our Taft Tiger P.R.I.D.E. trait for November is respect. After school this week you might ask your child(ren):

Thanks for your support and many contributions to make Taft a place where every learner grows every day.

In deep appreciation,

Amy Collinge

Principal & Lead Learner

Taft Elementary

Every single teacher and staff member at Taft works diligently to ensure that Taft is a place where every learner grows every day.  Your positive words mean the world to us!  If you want to recognize a teacher or staff member for how they have positively impacted you, your child, or your family please send them a tribute here.   We will share your kind words with them and ensure that they are recognized!