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Taft Elementary School
959 Mission Grove Pkwy N.
Riverside, CA 92506
951-776-3018
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 Taft Elementary School
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|  Welcome to the Taft Elementary School Website!
Taft Elementary School
959 Mission Grove Parkway North
Riverside, CA 92506
(951) 776-3018
“Home of the Tigers”
Colors: Blue and White
Taft Elementary School opened its doors in September 1988. It was named after William Howard Taft, the twenty-seventh president of the United States. President Taft dedicated his life to public service including government, law, and teaching.
Taft Elementary School serves approximately 750 students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade including both a primary and upper grade Special Day Class. Taft has a diverse student population and teachers and students work daily toward high levels of learning for every Taft student.
Taft Elementary offers an abundance of community building partnerships in areas such as:
Taft night out (area restaurants)
Elementary band
Parent support groups such as SSC, PTA, and ELAC
First Friday Morning Parent Discussions
Taft PTA movie night
PTA Reflections participation
Lunch with your student
Dinner on the green
Science Fair participation
History Day participation
Annual Taft talent show
Memorial Day “red, white, and blue” celebration
HEARTS after school program
Taft Mission Statement:
The purpose of our mission statement is to guide the work of every staff member as he/she interacts with students on a daily basis. Our Taft mission statement focuses on every student learning and applying grade level or above instruction and learning. Our goal is for every staff member, student, and parent to see evidence of and feel our school’s mission on a daily basis.
Our Mission:
At Taft Elementary School, our mission is to ensure that all students receive, learn, and apply grade level instruction. Teachers will facilitate this learning with best first instruction and targeted interventions to support each student’s progress toward attainment of grade level or above proficiency. Taft students will demonstrate their learning and application of essential skills and knowledge on formative and summative school, district, and state assessments, and teachers will utilize student achievement data to guide instructional decisions and planning.
Taft Vision Statement:
Our school’s vision statement is all about the kind of school we hope to become. It defines Taft Elementary as a place where student excellence and learning combine with a positive, caring, and knowledgeable school community. Continued progress toward our school’s vision motivates and inspires every Taft staff member to work tirelessly toward extraordinary excellence for Taft students.
Our Vision:
At Taft Elementary School, we aspire to become a Professional Learning Community that:
*Recognizes and celebrates the diversity, strengths, and inquisitive spirit of every Taft student.
*Creates a safe environment where students develop character traits that support a successful school experience.
*Expects student excellence and high levels of learning for every Taft student.
*Plans and implements rigorous instruction that results in mastery of the learning objective.
*Utilizes student learning outcomes for analysis of instructional effectiveness, lesson preparation, and adjustment.
*Formally, informally, and regularly communicates progress toward learning goals with both parents and students.
*Learns and builds upon existing pedagogy through grade level, vertical, and school-wide articulation.
*Continues to grow professionally through ongoing staff development, training, and/or continuing education.
Parent Involvement:
Taft parents are involved in our school through workshops, advisory groups, and by volunteering in our classrooms. With the support of our PTA, field trips are provided for Taft students and food baskets are distributed to needy families during holiday season.
Taft is a school in which every student is expected to demonstrate positive citizenship on a daily basis. We expect and teach students to treat all students and adults with respect, to follow school rules, and to use their developing problem-solving skills on a daily basis.
Taft Elementary is a great place for learning!
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Taft Students Inquiring About Science! |  Taft Elementary students accepted the challenge and created science fair projects to demonstrate their understanding and application of the scientific process.
| English Learner Parent Training - Success for Every Student |  Parents of English Learners came out to learn more about how they can help their child achieve. Parents were given explicit information and details on how they support and engage in their child's learning. Each student attended the training with his/her parent. Student and parent reviewed the child's progress on the CELDT, CST, as well as Reading Lions and math benchmark testing. All of these mea... read the full article
| REEF Grants: Enhancing Learning at Taft | We are proud to announce that six Taft teachers submitted proposals and received funding from the RUSD's Riverside Educational Enrichment Foundation (REEF).
Mr. Jones, our band teacher; Mrs. Diaz, second grade teacher; Mrs. Anderson, second grade teacher; Mrs. Powell, second grade teacher; Mrs. Como, second grade teacher; and Mrs. Barrett, fourth grade teacher, all received grants that wi... read the full article
| RUSD students to earn regal recognition at Riverside Dickens Festival | Queen Victoria will personally congratulate three RUSD middle school writers this weekend as winners of the annual Dickens Festival Essay Contest. The students will be honored at a special presentation to take place on Saturday, February 6, 2010, as part of the Riverside Dickens Festival in... read the full article
| RUSD earns multi-million dollar math grant |  RCC and UCR professors and district math specialists will be supporting teachers and students through the Pythagoras Project, a mathematics grant valued at more than 2.2 million dollars. The grant is made possible through the California Mathematics and Science Partnership.
The program, named after the mathematician Pythagoras, is a three-year project partnering RUSD with Riverside City College ... read the full article
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