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William H. Taft Elementary is involved in numerous worthy causes in the community, in addition to running many programs and activities internally. We believe that the only way to truly set a positive example for students is to be an active leader in our community. At the right, you can see pictures from some our most recent school activities. Below you will find some of the organizations that we are affiliated with, as well as a description of some of our recent in-school activities.

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Constitution Day - Sept. 14, 2003:	Family Reading Nights - Oct. 2003:	Campus Beautification Day - Oct. 25, 2003:	"Magic Number" Celebration - Oct. 27, 2003:
Taft students performed at the William H. Taft National Historic Site. The Bell Choir and Choir perform. Students also signed a copy of The Constitution to commemorate the day.	Friendship Reading Center, Inc. sponsored Family Reading Nights at Taft Elementary during October. The nights included stories, crafts and pizza. In addition, students sold baked goods, with all proceeds going towards the fight against Breast Cancer.	The Home Depot of Western Hills contributed all plants and materials for this project, and students from Sycamore High School, along with parents, staff and stuents of Taft Elementary complete a landcaping project on our grounds.	Students who were reading on grade level were rewarded with breakfast, a certificate and a book to keep for their efforts.
Mock Election Day - Nov. 4, 2003:
Ms. Carolyn Hill and students prepare a "Mock Election" and all students and staff in the building vote on school-related issues.

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Friendship Reading Center	Christ Hospital School of Nursing	Anthony Muñoz Clinic
The Friendship Reading Center is a non-profit organization in the Mt. Auburn community. Taft Elementary students attend the off-campus site after school daily for tutoring and literacy programming. Additionally, FRC hosted monthly Family Literacy Nights at Taft.	Taft Elementary works with Christ Hospital School of Nursing in an expanding capacity. In 2002-2003, they were an integral part of our Saturday Tutoring Program. Volunteers from the CHSN tutored targeted students every Saturday from January through March. This year, that program will expand to begin in October, and will include many more tutors from the community, still including CHSN. Additionally, our students perform for CHSN and special holiday activities occur between the school and the CHSN.	We are proud of our ongoing relationship with this in-house clinic. Expansion efforts have included the addition of NORCEN Behavioral Health Systems and St. Aloysius, as well as expanded services to include a part-time physician, and psychiatric services. An expanded health referrals system is also a trademark of this collaboration.
SPARK People	Wm. H. Taft National Historic Site	Children's Meeting House - Sister School to Taft
SPARK People is located in the Mt. Auburn community, and is dedicated to providing leadership to the community. SPARK works with students in grades 7 and 8, providing leadership training in community service activities.	Taft Elementary continues to be involved in programming. Our Bell Choir and vocal groups have performed at the center for special events and participate in various types of programming.	We are pleased and proud to be entering into a relationship in 2003-2004 as a "sister school" with Children's Meeting House. They are very interested in helping us meet some fundamental needs that we have, and to collaborate on building a reciprocal relationship that focuses on cultural awareness and shared community.
Center for Peace Education	Council of Christian Communions	Taft, Stettinius and Hollister Law Firm
The Center for Peace Education will be working with students in grades 4-8, providing small group sessions dealing with topics such as peer mediation, problem-solving, leadership and peaceful conflict resolution.	The Council of Christian Communions provides an after-school program in Bible study for students choosing this involvement. The group uses Bible parables as the basis for discussing skills of interacting with others.	The Taft, Stettinius and Hollister Law Firm has recently joined Taft Elementary as a Partner in Education, providing mentoring, tutoring and other special programming. Taft is proud and honored to be partnered with such a committed organization.