McKenlee Wescott, News Editor
January 15, 2019
On December 10th, TUHS band took 11 students to East Bakersfield High School to show their musical talents. A large amount of young musicians from different schools also attended Kern County Honor Band tryouts. Out of our 11 musicians, 8 were chosen. For Honor Orchestra, Nathaniel Morris will be performing on the bassoon in first chair. For Honor Band, Dennis Posey will be performing on the alto sax in seventh chair. Three of our trumpet players were selected: Taylor Reed in sixth chair, Luis Moncada...
McKenlee Wescott, News Editor
January 15, 2019
Senior Superlatives are more than just a yearbook page. They are a way to represent the memories and personalities of the Class of 2019. Each senior voted for a member of their senior class to be nominated for categories they believed fit the individual best. Each category is allowed to have one boy and one girl. Listed below are the winners of the 2019 senior superlatives. Best Smile: Alana Iotamo and Miguel Toro Best to Bring Home to Mom and Dad: Reagan Montgomery and Gage Smith Best...
January 8, 2019
The Derrick staff will be taking photos of students who are participating in clubs and organizations for the 2019 annual on Friday, January 11. Most of the photos are taken in the morning and will be outside of the main building and music building (see schedule for location). In the case of rain, the photo will be taken inside the building. Students should report five minutes prior to the photo time and be dressed properly for the club pictures. This may include any club/organization shirt, etc. The...
Brett Walls, Reporter
December 20, 2018
Finals week is stressful enough, but when the website you have to take finals on crashes, it gets a lot more frustrating. To some teachers, it made their lives miserable, having to go down to the copy room in the middle of their class to copy the test onto paper. This also makes it stressful on the students because it takes away almost 45 minutes out of their two hours to test. Teachers like Mr. Tofte weren’t very happy at all, “It was frustrating for me but even more for the kids who were...
Isabella Martinez, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2019
Every year, the class officers decorate Christmas trees according to a theme they choose. This year, the freshman class took first place with their Veteran-themed tree; Second place was taken by the seniors, who decorated their tree with pictures of graduating...
Isabella Martinez, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
December 5, 2018
Garden Club is a fairly new club that was founded last February by Caroline Schoneweis who is also the advisor. Even though they only started in February of last school year, they were able to raise a lot of money by fundraising and plant sales. Garden...
Jacquelyn White, Public Information Officer
December 5, 2018
Taft Union High School musicians and singers are busy preparing for the upcoming performances on Dec. 11 and Dec. 14. Two holiday concerts will be performed for the public filled with Christmas music for everyone to enjoy. The concert band, jazz band,...
Mackenzie Miller, Reporter
November 15, 2018
This year our ASB Students are having our annual Canned Food Drive. There are four boxes in the quad by the attendance office decorated for each grade. ASB is collecting canned foods for a Thanksgiving package that will be given to the Alpha House. Please...
Alo Maino, Reporter
January 15, 2019
On Dec. 14, 2018, the Taft High choir held their Christmas concert at the First Baptist Church. The conductor was the Taft High choir teacher, Aaron Mosley, with Trish Wise...
Mackenzie Miller, Reporter
January 15, 2019
Joshua Tofte is a graduate of Taft High; he grew up here in Taft then decided to go to CSUB for about 6 years and transferred to get his master's degree at National University....
Destanie Owens, Reporter
January 9, 2019
Tiffani Satterfield is a 28-year-old TV production teacher at Taft High; she is always on the run taking videos and pictures of anything and everything that catches her eye....
Michael Van Zee, Reporter
January 2, 2019
On Dec. 3, Taft had its annual Christmas Parade. The judges of the parade gave away awards to 10 different people. There were three categories and three different places the...
Taft High adds another member to the family, Maria Alvarez
December 20, 2018
Maria Alvarez is a special education and Leadership/A.S.B. teacher and adviser at Taft High....
Christopher Green, Opinions and Editorials Editor
November 13, 2018
Let the attention be brought to the restroom facilities! To be more specific, let's direct it toward the boys' restroom. Here’s the problem. I stepped into the restroom...
Mariah Nevarez, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2019
The lady 'Cats hadn’t played at home in a while but on Jan. 9, they played Caesar Chaves at home and took care of business. They slayed the Titans and ended the game with the final score of 42-35. This was a physical game,...
Sofia Zendejas, Sports Editor and Reporter
January 15, 2019
The varsity girls soccer team recently played at the Garces tournament. Their first game was against the Firebaugh Eagles. Taft High won 1-0 on Friday, December 14. Skylar Hale scored for her team. The next day, the girls...
Mariah Nevarez, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2019
The lady Wildcats had a very busy winter break. They worked every day during the break other than Christmas day and, on December 27, they began the Arvin tournament of 2018 and ended the tournament on the 29th of December....
Mackenzie Miller, Reporter
January 15, 2019
Kelly Morris is Taft Union High School's football and competition cheer coach. Morris has been coaching for 9 years, she also coached for JFL. She said the competition season,"Is looking good; she is excited for all of the...
Ramiro Gonzalez, Reporter
January 15, 2019
On December 3, 2018, the junior varsity boys soccer team for Taft High went against the Thunderbirds in an intense match in Taft. Irvin Artiano, a freshman at Taft High and a captain for the Wildcats, scored for the team,...