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Pending Contract with New Tech Delayed

Pending Contract with New Tech Delayed

By Sarah Asch April 24, 2014

In an email sent to parents on April 11, the Tam administration announced that its proposed contract with the New Tech Network, that would have gone into effect next school year, will be postponed until...

Mock Trial Wraps Up Season at State

Mock Trial Wraps Up Season at State

By James Finn April 22, 2014

Mock Trial traveled to San Jose to participate in the annual California State Mock Trial Finals on March 21. Although the team failed to place in the competition, juniors Sam Allen, Tam News reporter Hannah...

Smarter Balance Test Cancelled

Smarter Balance Test Cancelled

By Holly Parkin April 22, 2014

According to an email sent to faculty by the Tam administration on April 1, the Smarter Balance testing pilot will no longer take place this spring. As previously reported, there will also be no special...

Womyns Club Raises Awareness About Feminism

Womyn’s Club Raises Awareness About Feminism

By Kyle Kearney April 20, 2014

Seniors Helen Gallagher and Emily Tull founded the Womyn’s Club this year to bring together students who are interested in discussing women’s rights issues. “Our goal is to break the stigma behind...

Whooping Cough Virus Infiltrates Tam

Whooping Cough Virus Infiltrates Tam

By Nic Mosher April 20, 2014

Multiple cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been recorded in the past few months at Tam, despite emails and letters from the Tamalpais Union High School District mandating that all...

Spring Dance Cancelled

Spring Dance Cancelled

By Jordan Blackburn April 11, 2014

Tam’s Leadership program was forced to cancel its spring “Throwback” dance on Wednesday, March 19, which was scheduled to occur on Friday, March 21, due to a lack of ticket sales. “The dance was...

Curriculum Informational Meeting Full Video

Curriculum Informational Meeting Full Video

April 8, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyNasW-bFCo Video: The Tam administration held an informational meeting for parents on April 3 in Ruby Scott Gym as a “Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Overview,”...

Admin Hosts Informational Meeting on Project-Based Learning and New Tech

Admin Hosts Informational Meeting on Project-Based Learning and New Tech

By Sarah Asch & Emma Boczek April 4, 2014

The Tam administration held an informational meeting for parents on April 3 in Ruby Scott Gym as a “Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Overview,” including discussion of a proposed contract with...

Waning GSA Club to Attempt Revival

Waning GSA Club to Attempt Revival

By Emma Boczek March 29, 2014

The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) ceased meetings this semester due to a lack of demonstrated interest and poor attendance in the fall. The club may experience a resurgence in the coming months with the...

Teachers Pilot New Haiku Online Gradebook

Teachers Pilot New Haiku Online Gradebook

By Avi Cahn March 25, 2014

This semester a group of teachers have begun using Haiku, a website created to input grades on a four-point scale. The website, offered by the district for teachers to pilot, is a way to implement the...

Home Burglaries Increase in Marin County

Home Burglaries Increase in Marin County

By James Finn March 25, 2014

Marin residents have experienced the effects of a surge of household thefts in recent months. According to news outlets including the Mill Valley Patch and the Marin Independent Journal, intruders have...

Junior Lily Buder Wins Grant from Tutor Corps

Junior Lily Buder Wins Grant from Tutor Corps

By Holly Parkin March 25, 2014

The Tutor Corps Foundation awarded junior Lily Buder the $250 Susan Lindquist Community Service Grant on February 25. Buder received the grant for the volunteer program she has created in partnership with...

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