Taft's NJROTC unit won a Distinguished Unit award every year from 2001 to 2014.[2]
In the late 1990s—to stanch the loss of students—Chicago Public Schools made significant changes to the school to attract more neighborhood students. These included an NJROTC unit, a selective-enrollment academic center for 7th and 8th grade students, and an International Baccalaureate Diploma program. Taft's IB program became authorized in 2001, and since 2014 has been a "wall-to-wall" IB World School.
Taft competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The boys baseball team were Public League champions in 1968, CPS quarter-finalists in 1985, and regional champions in 2009. The girls volleyball team were Public League champions in the 1979–80 season.[3]
^Nadig, Brian (July 15, 2023). "Taft gives update on graduates, new putting green". Reporter. Vol. 58, no. 29. Edgebrook, Wildwood, Sauganash, Lincolnwood, Skokie, and Niles, Illinois: Nadig Newspapers. p. 13.
^Havill, Adrian (2001). The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. xix. ISBN0-312-98629-7. Robert Philip Hanssen, a senior at Chicago's William Howard Taft High School in 1962, also saw the first James Bond movie that year.
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