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Public school in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Taft Charter High School

Address

5461 Winnetka Avenue Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California 91364 United States
Coordinates	34°10′08″N 118°34′23″W / 34.1689°N 118.5730°W / 34.1689; -118.5730
Information
Type	Public
Established	1960
Principal	Daniel Steiner
Staff	98.75 (FTE)
Enrollment	2,236 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	22.64
Color(s)	Red, gold and black
Athletics conference	CIF Los Angeles City Section
Nickname	Toreadors
Newspaper	Taft Tribune
Website	Official Website

William Howard Taft Charter High School is a public school located on the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Winnetka Avenue in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school gained affiliated charter status beginning with the 2013–2014 school year.

History

Named after former U.S. president William Howard Taft, the school first opened in 1960.

It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.

In the 2013–2014 school year, Taft High School became a charter school.

Notable alumni

Jeshua Anderson – track and field sprinter
Rick Auerbach – MLB shortstop 1971–1981
Steve Bartek – musician, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Oingo Boingo
Matteo Barzini – Italian filmmaker
Justine Bateman – actress, TV series Family Ties
Mike Bercovici – college and pro football quarterback
Sandra Black - Member of Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers
Scott Bloch – Office of Special Counsel
Mike Borzello – 5-time World Series champion. Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees
Craig Buck – Olympic volleyball player
Phil Buckman – musician, actor, and voiceover artist, bass player for Filter
Kihei Clark – NCAA champion basketball player at Virginia
DeAndre Daniels – professional basketball player, college player at UConn
Bryce Dejean-Jones – basketball shooting guard
Larry Dierker – MLB pitcher, manager, broadcaster
Spencer Dinwiddie – NBA guard for the Los Angeles Lakers
Larry Drew II – basketball point guard
Eazy-E – rapper, West Coast hip hop
Everlast – rapper/singer House of Pain
Jordan Farmar – basketball point guard, 2-time NBA champion
William Finnegan – Pulitzer Prize winning writer surfing essayist
Jeff Fisher – Former NFL player and Tennessee Titans coach from 1995 to 2010, as well as the St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams from 2012 to 2016
Char Fontane – actress and singer
Barry Green – orchestral and solo double bass player and teacher
Guy Hansen – professional baseball pitcher and coach
Steve Hartman – sportscaster
Ice Cube – rapper, actor, director, producer, Friday, Are We There Yet?, Straight Outta Compton
Airabin Justin – NFL and CFL defensive back
Gabe Kapler – Former MLB outfielder and current San Francisco Giants manager, 2021 National League Manager of the Year
Brad Kearns – professional triathlete, Guinness world record speedgolfer, The New York Times bestselling author
Kevin Kennedy – MLB manager and radio-TV baseball commentator
Dave Koz – smooth jazz saxophonist, radio personality
Lisa Kudrow – actress, TV series Friends
Pete LaCock – MLB first baseman and coach
Dale Launer – comedy screenwriter
Ken Levine – Emmy-winning comedy writer, screenwriter, radio announce and play-by-play commentator
Epic Mazur – vocalist, rapper, and record producer
Maureen McCormick – actress, TV series The Brady Bunch
Danny Boy O’Connor – rapper, House of Pain
Susan Olsen – actress, TV series The Brady Bunch
Kelly Paris – MLB third baseman
Dana Plato – actress, TV series Diff'rent Strokes
DaShon Polk – NFL linebacker
Paul Pratt – NFL defensive back for Detroit Lions
Jordan Roberts -- Screenwriter, Academy Award-winning films, March of the Penguins and Big Hero 6.
Malcolm Smith – Super Bowl XLVIII champion and MVP
Steve Smith – NFL wide receiver, Super Bowl XLII champion
Jan Smithers – actress, TV series WKRP in Cincinnati
Jeff Stork – volleyball Hall of Famer, member of 1988 Summer Olympics gold-medal U.S. men's team
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan – NASA Space Shuttle astronaut
Michael Thomas – NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver, New Orleans Saints
Justin Tryon – NFL cornerback
Mark Tulin – musician, founding member of The Electric Prunes
Wilmer Valderrama – actor, TV series That '70s Show
Holly Beth Vincent – musician, member of Holly and the Italians
Duffy Waldorf – professional golfer, member of UCLA Sports Hall of Fame
Quincy Watts – athlete, winner of two gold medals at 1992 Summer Olympics
Darrion Weems – NFL offensive tackle
Jane Wiedlin – musician, singer and original member of band The Go-Go's
Brad Wilk – drummer for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
Antwaun Woods – Nose tackle for the Dallas Cowboys, college Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2016
Robin Wright – actress, The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump, House of Cards, Wonder Woman
Larry Yount – MLB pitcher
Robin Yount – Baseball Hall of Fame player, 19 seasons with Milwaukee Brewers of MLB

In popular culture

There have been a handful of films and TV shows filmed at Taft. The 1976 film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble was filmed at the high school, as well as the films Mask (1985), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Prom (2020), and the television series Never Have I Ever (2020).

References

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"Jeshua Anderson". Washington State High School. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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"Scout Who Discovered Saberhagen Convinced the Royals With Radar Scout Who Discovered Saberhagen Convinced the Royals With Radar". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 1986. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
"GIVING IT THAT XTRA EFFORT: San Diego Station Establishes a Base in Redondo Beach and Tries to Reach L.A. Sports Audience". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 1991.
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"HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS DIGEST: AN EARLY GLANCE AT TOP TEAMS AND PLAYERS : Golf : Taft Again Has Another Solid Team". Los Angeles Times. March 13, 1987. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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External links

v t e Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Geography
Areas	Warner Center
Education
Primary and secondary schools	Los Angeles Unified School District El Camino Real Charter High School William Howard Taft Charter High School Louisville High School
Other education	Los Angeles Community College District Los Angeles Pierce College Los Angeles Public Library
Other
Landmarks	Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital Warner Center Los Angeles Metro station
This list is incomplete.

San Fernando Valley schools

Public high schools/notable schools
Los Angeles USD	Arleta HS Birmingham HS Canoga Park HS Chatsworth HS César Chávez LA Cleveland HS East Valley HS El Camino Real HS Francis Polytechnic Granada Hills HS Grant HS Kennedy HS Monroe HS North Hollywood HS Northridge Academy Panorama HS Daniel Pearl Magnet Reed MS Reseda HS San Fernando HS Sherman Oaks CES Sylmar HS Taft HS Valley Oaks CES Van Nuys HS
Burbank USD	Burbank High John Burroughs High
Glendale USD	Clark Magnet High Glendale High Herbert Hoover Other schools are in the Crescenta Valley
Las Virgenes USD	Calabasas Other schools are in the Conejo Valley
Non-LAUSD charter schools and other publics	Charter High School of the Arts High Tech Los Angeles

Private schools

Secular

Buckley
Bridges Academy
Chatsworth Hills Academy
Harvard-Westlake High school
Int'l School of Los Angeles (LILA) Multiple campuses
Oakwood
Sierra Canyon
Viewpoint

Closed	Montclair College Prep

Religious

AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian
Campbell Hall
Chaminade College Prep
The Concordia Schools
Crespi Carmelite HS
de Toledo HS (formerly New Community Jewish HS)
Ferrahian Armenian
Jewish Educational Trade School
Louisville HS
Notre Dame HS
Our Lady of the Valley
Providence HS
St. Genevieve HS
Village Christian
West Valley Christian

Closed	Bellarmine-Jefferson HS Holy Family HS

v t e Los Angeles Unified School District
K–12 schools	James A. Foshay Learning Center Marlton School (special school) Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (complex)
6–12 schools	Boys Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Girls Academic Leadership Academy (magnet) Los Angeles CES (magnet) Rancho Dominguez Prep (zoned) Sherman Oaks CES (magnet) Valley Oaks CES (magnet)
7–12 zoned schools	Eagle Rock HS
7–12 alt. schools	J. P. Widney High School
Zoned high schools	Arleta Banning Bell Belmont Bernstein Birmingham Canoga Park Carson Chatsworth Chávez LA Cleveland Contreras LC Crenshaw Dorsey East Valley ELARA El Camino Real Fairfax Francis Polytechnic Franklin Fremont Gardena Garfield Granada Hills Grant Hamilton Hollywood Huntington Park International Studies Learning Center Jefferson Jordan Kennedy Lincoln Locke Los Angeles Manual Arts Marshall Maywood Academy Monroe Narbonne North Hollywood Northridge Academy Palisades Charter Panorama Reseda Diego Rivera Roosevelt Roybal LC San Pedro San Fernando Santee EC South East South Gate Sylmar Taft Torres University Venice Verdugo Hills Washington Preparatory West Adams Preparatory Wilson
Alt. high schools	Animo (South LA) Animo (Venice) Bravo Medical Magnet CA Academy EAGLES Academy Camino Nuevo Central City College Ready Córtines School of Visual and Performing Arts Crenshaw Arts Tech De La Hoya Animo Downtown Magnets Discovery Charter High Tech Los Angeles King/Drew Leap Legacy Linda Esperanza Marquez Middle College Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet Daniel Pearl Magnet View Park Vladovic Harbor Teacher Prep. Acad. Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets
Zoned middle schools	Emerson Charter Young Oak Kim Acad Walter Reed Virgil others
Zoned elementary schools	Carpenter Community Charter Glassell Park Wonderland Avenue others
Superintendents	Susan Miller Dorsey Ramón C. Cortines Roy Romer David L. Brewer III John E. Deasy Michelle King Austin Beutner Alberto M. Carvalho

v t e William Howard Taft
10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930) 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) 3rd Provisional Governor of Cuba (1904) 42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–1908) Governor-General of the Philippines (1901–1904) 6th Solicitor General of the United States (1890–1892)
Presidency (timeline)	1909 inauguration Dollar diplomacy Income Tax amendment Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act Weeks Act Federal Corrupt Practices Act Wireless Ship Act of 1910 Apportionment Act of 1911 North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 Mann–Elkins Act Radio Act of 1912 Defense Secrets Act of 1911 Pinchot–Ballinger controversy Commission on Economy and Efficiency U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States Chamber of Commerce Ceremonial first pitch State of the Union Address 1912 Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court First Oval Office Wilson transition
Chief Justice, Supreme Court	Supreme Court career Judiciary Act of 1925 Creation of the Supreme Court Building Taft Court cases
Other actions	Taft Commission Insular Government of the Philippine Islands Philippines Civil Governor, 1901–1904 Taft–Katsura agreement 1906–1909 Occupation of Cuba League to Enforce Peace National War Labor Board
Life and legacy	Early life Birthplace, home, and historic site Malacañang Palace Woodbury Point Taft Bridge Bibliography U.S. Postage stamps Taft, Montana High school (New York City Chicago Los Angeles San Antonio)
Elections	1908 Republican National Convention 1908 U.S. presidential election 1912 Republican National Convention 1912 U.S. presidential election
Family	Helen Herron Taft (wife) Robert Alphonso Taft (son) Helen Taft Manning (daughter) Charles Phelps Taft II (son) William Howard Taft III (grandson) Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (grandson) Seth Taft (grandson) Alphonso Taft (father) Louise Taft (mother) Charles Phelps Taft (brother) Henry Waters Taft (brother) Horace Dutton Taft (brother) Peter Rawson Taft (paternal grandfather)
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