Taft Elementary School

Students from our STEAM class recently participated in the U.S. Army Outreach Junior Solar Car Competition held in New London, Ohio. This event was an excellent opportunity for ou...

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Youngstown City School District Title I Parent Survey! Your scholar has been attending a Title I school wide school during the 24-25 school year. Title...

The Offices of Special Education and School Improvement will be holding the Annual Spring Federal Programs Public Meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2025 , in the East High School Audi...

The District welcomes YCSD families feedback in our annual survey, which covers your thoughts on critical school issues, including school communication, school climate, family inv...

Taft Elementary’s Literacy, Math, and Science Night a Grand Slam Success! Taft Elementary’s Literacy, Math, and Science Night was a tremendous success! With a fun-filled basebal...

Dear Families and Community, YCSD is embarking on the "Portrait of a Graduate," developed with students, staff, and the community to identify the durable skills and competencies ...

At Youngstown City School District, we encourage you to make your mental health a priority. Help us break the stigma about asking for help. Whatever you’re going through, the 98...

We received a very special guest today! Chomps from the Cleveland Browns gave us a big surprise! Taft was selected for his visit because of our great attendance! Thank you parents...

SAVE THE DATE! Literacy, Math and Science Night! Come see our science fair which will be located in the library! We will have math and literacy stations in our gymnasium. This is...

Congratulations to 5th grader Jason P! He is the winner of the Taft Elementary Spelling Bee. The runner up is 4th grader Alyvia W. Jason will be representing Taft Elementary at ...

The 5th Grade Scholars from Taft and Paul C. Bunn Elementary spent 3 days at Camp Fitch on Lake Erie. They were accompanied by 5 teachers and 5 high school scholars from Chaney Hi...

Thank you Officer Curry, Officer K-9 Rex , Officer Parker & Officer Simmons from YPD for coming to read and talk with our 3rd graders.

This past Friday, Taft Elementary held a Family Night to conclude the first session of Taft's 21st Century After School Program. YCSD was awarded this $850,000 five-year grant ...

Please RSVP to this event. A flyer was sent home with your scholar. We are asking for only 2 family members to each scholar.

Attention 5th Grade Parents!!!!!! If your scholar is going to Camp Fitch Please try to attend! This is very important. You may bring your scholar home after the meeting

You are invited to the 1st semester Award ceremony at Taft Elementary. Teachers will be sending a message if your scholar is receiving an award. Scholars can only have 3 guests to...

Taft will be having a food drive this upcoming week to benefit McKinney-Vento and The Hope of Resource Foundation. All donated food items will be delivered Friday. The class with ...

Each homeroom will be decorating a pumpkin. Pumpkin pictures will be posted to our Taft Facebook Page on Oct 29th. Voting will begin Oct 29th and end Oct 31st. The class picture w...

I am excited to announce that The Social Services Department is having a food drive. Please bring the donations to the Taft and give them to Mrs. Scissum or Mrs. Matlock. Donatio...

Youngstown City Schools is hosting its last free screening of the Right to Read documentary on Friday, October 25, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Youngstown Event Center, 12 E...