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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Girl Up Candy Gram Fundraiser

Girl Up Candy Gram Fundraiser

By Kennedy Cook, Editor in Chief Mar 15, 2016

The Tam High Girl Up Club will be selling candy grams on March 14, 15, and 16th for $1 in order to raise money for girls’ education. Girl Up is a thriving club at Tam, lead by sophomores Mohini Bryant-Ekstrand...

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Q & A with Cece Haynesworth about Black History Month

Q & A with Cece Haynesworth about Black History Month

By Tandis Shoushtary Mar 7, 2016

To celebrate Black History Month at Tam, Senior Cece Haynesworth created a wall of #mylifematters posters, honoring the African American students at Tam.    Q: What inspired you to start this...

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Attendance Team Tackles Absences

Attendance Team Tackles Absences

By Samantha Locke and Elissa Asch Mar 7, 2016

Assistant Principal Wendy Stratton and  a group of teachers assembled on February 26 to discuss the issue of recurring absences at Tam. “[We] established the attendance passes...the design and the funding,”...

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Leadership Teachers Step Down

Leadership Teachers Step Down

By Danielle Egan Mar 7, 2016

Jessica Variz and Tim Morgan plan to step down from their positions as leadership teachers at the end of this school year. Variz has taught Leadership for three years in addition to her core English classes....

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Restoring Justice at Tam

Restoring Justice at Tam

By Megan Butt Mar 7, 2016

Tam students have been working to integrate a Restorative Justice program within the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD). The program will allow students who have admitted to school offenses to...

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Committee Designs Wellness Center

By Danielle Egan Mar 7, 2016

With the goal of tailoring a counseling plan to the needs of the student body, the Health and Wellness Center Committee is hard at work assessing student concerns and designing a plan that suits them,...

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Biomedical Class Possible Next Year

Biomedical Class Possible Next Year

By Cam Vernali Feb 11, 2016

Tam might offer a biomedical science course next year, pending student interest, according to the Science Course Offerings slideshow for 2016 - 2017. Science teacher Jennifer Brown, who teaches regular...

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Brown Responds to Chants at MC Games

Brown Responds to Chants at MC Games

Feb 11, 2016

In response to several inappropriate cheers by Tam students at the boys’ varsity basketball game against Marin Catholic on January 15, Principal David Brown released a statement urging students to take...

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Engineering Club Creates Motorized Couch

Engineering Club Creates Motorized Couch

By Megan Butt Feb 11, 2016

The engineering club has recently begun a new project creating a motorized couch. Having worked on more serious projects in the past, members of the club thought it was time for a fun and innovative new...

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Sophomore Caroline Morena crosses the finish line at the Road to the Super Bowl 10k race at Levi’s Stadium.           
photo courtesy of: Isaias Franco

Running for Change Runs Pre-Super Bowl Race

By James Finn, James Finn, and James Finn Feb 11, 2016

The Running for Change Program, led by humanities teacher Isaias Franco, began the year by completing the Road to the Super Bowl 10k race at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on January 10. All seven Running...

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SAGA Pushes for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

SAGA Pushes for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms

Dec 14, 2015

The Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) club is pushing to implement a gender-neutral bathroom system starting this school year. SAGA plans to designate one bathroom on campus as gender neutral and to...

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Young Entrepreneurs Prize Offered to Students

Young Entrepreneurs Prize Offered to Students

By Danielle Egan Dec 14, 2015

Submissions for the annual Young Entrepreneurs Prize (YEP), which recognizes the business ideas of high school students, will be due on January 11. Any student with an entrepreneurial idea can enter. Junior...

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