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New P.E. Curriculum to be Implemented in January

New P.E. Curriculum to be Implemented in January

By Riley Kuffner and Joe Russell December 16, 2013

The P.E. department will institute a redesigned curriculum in the second semester of this school year. Before the new curriculum, P.E. classes were essentially split, with half the time spent in the classroom...

Common Core Standards Replace STAR Testing

Common Core Standards Replace STAR Testing

By Holly Parkin December 16, 2013

In connection with new Common Core standards, a standardized test called the Smarter Balanced test will be implemented at Tam in the 2014-2015 school year, replacing Standardized Testing and Reporting...

Alumni Association to Fix Tam Clock

Alumni Association to Fix Tam Clock

By Bridget Lowry December 14, 2013

The alumni association plans to fix the Wood Hall clock tower beginning on December 20 with completion planned for January 8. The clock has not kept time for more than 50 years, and the three separate...

District Video Replaces Annual Written Report

District Video Replaces Annual Written Report

By Emma Talkoff December 12, 2013

The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) released a video, “Preparing Learners and Leaders for the 21st Century,” to parents and community members on November 19 as part of the district’s...

Month in Review: November

Month in Review: November

By TBN December 12, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqTBFUBM3oM November's Month in Review includes interviews with senior Maddie Hill and English teacher Abbey Levine.

Fall Food Drive Runs Through December 6

Fall Food Drive Runs Through December 6

By Cody Duane-McGlashan November 29, 2013

Leadership is putting on its annual fall food drive, which aims to collect canned and nonperishable foods for the Marin and San Francisco Food Bank. “Donating food is vital to do during the holiday...

School Board Election Results

School Board Election Results

By Sonja Hutson November 25, 2013

Chuck Ford, Sheri Mowbray and Laura Anderson were elected to the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) Board of Trustees (also known as the School Board) on November 5. As previously reported,...

Lauren Killingsworth Receives $1,000 Grant

Lauren Killingsworth Receives $1,000 Grant

By Isaac Cohen November 23, 2013

Tam High-Martin Luther King (MLK) Science Outreach, founded by senior Lauren Killingsworth, received a $1,000 grant this summer to continue bringing science labs and tutoring to students at MLK Middle...

Tam Students Advance to National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist List

Tam Students Advance to National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist List

By Sarah Asch November 21, 2013

Five Tam students are National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists this year. Seniors August Kiles, Reed Sawyers, Grace Lightner, Aubrey Dority, and Tam News reporter Haydn Wall received the honor. In order...

Teachers Overwhelmed by Letters of Rec

Teachers Overwhelmed by Letters of Rec

By Dom Quaranta November 20, 2013

Teachers and counselors face pressure from students requesting letters of recommendation. “More and more seniors are applying using Early Action and Early Decision, therefore our letters of recommendation...

Model U.N. Comes to Tam

Model U.N. Comes to Tam

By Jordan Blackburn November 17, 2013

The first official meeting of Tam’s Model United Nations (MUN) club took place in social studies teacher Luc Chamberlin’s room in Lower Keyser Hall on October 23. Junior Elli Goldberg founded the club...

Brief: Safeway Limits Parking for Students

Brief: Safeway Limits Parking for Students

By Austin Peck November 13, 2013

Many students have grown accustomed to parking in the Safeway lot, but new enforcement policies have made these spots less than ideal. Starting in October, Safeway officials began a crackdown on students’...

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