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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Meet Our New AP: Tenisha Tate

Meet Our New AP: Tenisha Tate

Oct 18, 2018

Walking into the room 108 in the administrative office, one may remember a tie-clad Mr. Rice there to greet them. Now it’s Assistant Principal Tenisha Tate’s room, and she has already made it her own. “I...

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Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Daniel Philpot

Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Daniel Philpot

By Kara Kneasfey Sep 24, 2018

New history teacher, Daniel Philpot, is sympathizing with his freshman as he also learns to navigate Tam’s campus. “[My first few weeks] have been great, a real change of pace. I was coming from a...

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Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Erin Gilbert

Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Erin Gilbert

By Logan Little, Editor in Chief Sep 24, 2018

Erin Gilbert learned her first spanish verb conjugations in Hogeter classroom 201; several years later, she’s returned to the same room to teach those exact concepts to a new set of eager students.   “They...

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Tackling Gender Norms

Tackling Gender Norms

By Skye Schoenhoeft, Editor in Chief Sep 20, 2018

Senior Jackie Hernandez is breaking barriers as the first female Tam football player in the school’s recent history. This is Jackie’s first year on the football team, as well as the first sport she...

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Walls to the Balls

Walls to the Balls

By Ava Finn, Editor in Chief Sep 20, 2018

Junior Casey Walls has been playing for the U.S. Soccer Under-16 Boys’ National Team since last November and playing competitively since he was two years old. “I have been kicking a ball since I could...

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The Giant Kiwi

The Giant Kiwi

By Rocky Brown and Milo Levine Sep 20, 2018

  Last season, the boys’ varsity basketball team made it to the MCAL Championship for the first time in 19 years. The team was lead by Tam’s all-time leading scorer, Jack Duboff, and a talented...

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Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Michael Slattery

Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Michael Slattery

By Kara Kneafsey, Editor in Chief Sep 18, 2018

Special Education teacher Michael Slattery has returned to Tam after one year of teaching in Santa Rosa. “I entered into a teaching credential and masters program and so part of that was that I had to...

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Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Rachel Dimon

Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Rachel Dimon

By Niulan Wright, Design Editor Sep 18, 2018

Rachel Dimon is a new Outreach Specialist in the Wellness Center. Before coming to Tam, she worked in the North Bay as a mental health counselor with teens that struggle with behavioral and emotional issues. At...

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Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Jessica Watts

Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Jessica Watts

By Tenaya Tremp, Opinion Editor Sep 18, 2018

Normally, zoology and teaching are two professions that don’t intermingle—unless, of course, the students of a particular class are extraordinarily misbehaved. For Jessica Watts, however, her passion...

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Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Miriam Cook

Tam Welcomes New Faculty: Miriam Cook

By Jessica Bukowski, News Editor Sep 18, 2018

Miriam Cook, a new social studies teacher, is just one month into her first year at Tam, and is already focused on creating the best high school experience for her students. Although Tam’s environment...

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Haight Wins Coach of the Year

Haight Wins Coach of the Year

By Miles Rubens and Miles Rubens Jun 11, 2018

Girls golf coach John Haight was awarded this year’s Coach of the Year award by the Tam Administration. Haight, who has coached the team for ten  seasons, was given the award for his leadership, positive...

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Roddy and Marks Serve Up NCS Banner

Roddy and Marks Serve Up NCS Banner

By Jacob Swergold Jun 11, 2018

Sophomore Mason Marks and senior William Roddy claimed the MCAL doubles title, finishing 2nd in Division 1 NCS, and leading Tam tennis to the MCAL win. Marks and Roddy have been playing together for the...

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