Madyson Suggs, Features Editor
December 9, 2019
‘Tis the season to be jolly at Taft’s annual Christmas parade. The Christmas parade will be held on Mon., Dec. 9 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Center Street in Taft. The parade will include school bands, color guards, and cheerleaders from the Taft City School District and Taft Union High School. The lineup has been announced and shows the groups, organizations, schools, and more that will be participating. Santa will also be making a special appearance. V1 - Taft Police Department V2...
Emily LeDuc, News Editor and Reporter
December 4, 2019
The Golden Empire School Financing Authority or G.E.S.F.A is an organization for the joint powers of Kern High School District and Taft Union High School District. For the last thirty years, payments to G.E.S.F.A. and K.H.S.D fluctuated between one million and over ten million annually. That makes it difficult to budget and planning as well as saved expenses for unexpected surplus deficits. The agreement was renewed in 2016, furthering TUHSD’s obligation for another thirty years. In June...
Anastasia Motz, Chief Photographer
November 6, 2019
Many unexpected things have happened this year, including a sudden power outage throughout Taft. PG&E had a problem with the power Friday, October 17 during lunch, which caused the power to go out for a short period of time. Many people started screaming, “It’s the apocalypse!” While other people started chanting, “Let’s go home!” All students that were in the cafeteria or in classrooms talking to teachers were told to go into the quad and wait for someone to tell them what to do...
Alo Maino, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2019
Taft High started it's annual Winter Week on Monday, November 9, 2019, and will continue until Friday, December 13, 2019. Winter Week is during Taft High's dead week before finals. The dress-up days are, as follows: Monday - Christmas Spirit...
Nathaniel Morris, Clubs and Curriculum Editor
December 6, 2019
Taft Union High School has a wide range of arts to offer to TUHS staff, students, and family. Since it is the Christmas season, the band, string orchestra, jazz band, and choir have prepared all sorts of diverse Christmas music to provide for the community. Conductor...
Nathaniel Morris, Clubs and Curriculum Editor
November 19, 2019
After months of in-school and after-school practices, football games, and an otherwise loaded schedules, the TUHS band's marching season ended. They claimed third at Simi Valley, 1st at Frontier High School, 5th (only .67 points away from 2nd) at Fresno...
Cheyanne Landreth, Reporter
January 15, 2020
A bible study group for girls has made its way to TUHS. Caitlin McAfee is the creator of the whole idea which starts on Jan. 15. The meeting will be during lunch in room 267. McAfee...
Nathaniel Morris, Clubs and Curriculum Editor
December 16, 2019
Last week was the first annual Staff vs. Senior volleyball game, and the seniors won by a small margin. According the Gary Rennie, the announcer for the event, whichever...
Emily LeDuc, News Editor
December 16, 2019
The Wildcat to Watch dinner is a time to recognize our fellow Wildcats for their extraordinary effort and dedication to do their best. The dinner was lively and full of...
Alo Maino, Editor-in-Chief
December 16, 2019
Ten students from the Taft High Band auditioned for a spot in the Kern County Honor Band and Orchestra on Monday, December 9, 2019. Once the Christmas parade was finished,...
Nathaniel Morris, Clubs and Curriculum Editor
December 16, 2019
Ah, dead week. The time where students and teachers alike are supposed to be relaxing--no homework, extra quizzes and tests, or otherwise anything planned that would hinder...
Nathaniel Morris, Clubs and Curriculum Editor
December 16, 2019
Being a first-year choir student at TUHS, I was mildly surprised to have made it to honor choir. I had only about three months of technical training at the time of the audition,...
Conner Harris, Reporter
December 4, 2019
Thursday, November 14th, the Taft High Cross Country team attended the League Championship, which was hosted by the Foothill Trojans in Bakersfield, California. The JV Boys team was lead by their Senior runner,...
Cheyanne Landreth, Sports Editor
November 19, 2019
The frosh-soph volleyball team gained valuable experience this year. Jayde Gonzalez said, ”Something that I have most improved in this season was my hitting...My favorite thing from this season was the activities that we...
Alo Maino, Editor-in-chief
November 19, 2019
The TUHS varsity girls tennis team made their way on a 3-hour drive to Kerman for the Valley D-4 finals on Tuesday, November 12th. During the singles, we had two winners, #2 Arelie Paz and #5 Cindy Perez. Our #1 for...