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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

By Kennedy Cook, Editor in Chief Jun 6, 2018

Despite her doctor’s warnings, she played on. To senior Alexis Travers, basketball was everything. Her first time playing on a basketball team was in fifth grade. “When I was little, I wasn’t...

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Yamaecha Davis and Ta’ Naejah Reed: Fighting for an End to Gun Violence

Yamaecha Davis and Ta’ Naejah Reed: Fighting for an End to Gun Violence

By Abigail Frazee May 22, 2018

On April 20th, Tam High students partook in the national walkout to protest gun violence and to remember the lives lost twenty years ago in the Columbine shooting. Students and guest speakers spoke, including...

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Aiming Towards the Future

Aiming Towards the Future

By Eddie Schultz May 22, 2018

Freshman Sam Smith had an immediate impact in her first season on varsity lacrosse, helping the girls’ team to a 5-3 MCAL start (as of May 7). “I was really nervous my first game, I remember I was...

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The Secret Life of Joe Rico

The Secret Life of Joe Rico

By Eddie Shultz Apr 23, 2018

It’s midnight on a Tuesday and Senior Joe Rico is just finishing up repairing the front suspension of his MG Midget. It’s a white two-door roadster about the size of a twin bed. Most Tam kids have...

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Haynesworth And Johnson Win Tam Student Athletes Of The Year

Haynesworth And Johnson Win Tam Student Athletes Of The Year

By Josh Love Apr 23, 2018

On March 13, Principal J.C. Farr and Athletic Director Christina Amoroso announced the Tam student athletes of the year: seniors Noah Haynesworth and Reilly Johnson. Haynesworth had a three-year varsity...

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Tam’s Project Green Challenge Finalist

Mar 21, 2018

Senior Catalina Lane was named a finalist of the Project Green Challenge, an environmental action competition created by local nonprofit Turning Green, this fall. The challenge aims to “inform, inspire...

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A New Perspective: Queensland, Australia

A New Perspective: Queensland, Australia

By Savannah Malan Feb 8, 2018

Hi, my name is Savannah, and I grew up in Australia. Technically, I am from New Zealand and South Africa, considering I have citizenship in both of these countries, but in my heart, I’m a straight up...

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Confident Hemmeter Makes Hawks Even Scarier

Confident Hemmeter Makes Hawks Even Scarier

By Jack Loder Jan 16, 2018

Senior Ryan Hemmeter turned and pumped his fist, letting out a roar as he watched his third three pointer in as many possessions splash through the hoop during the third quarter of last week’s dramatic...

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Perspectives: Zihao Wang in Changsha, China

Perspectives: Zihao Wang in Changsha, China

By Zihao Wang Dec 18, 2017

My name is Zihao Wang. I’m from ChangSha-Hunan, China. I’m a Junior. I moved here when I was 13. I’m 16 right now. Many people ask me, do I like America or China better? It is very complicated....

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Go-To Guy (Hans Goto Profile)

Go-To Guy (Hans Goto Profile)

By Jack Loder Dec 18, 2017

The Dos Equis Most Interesting Man in the World has company. You won’t find him climbing the world’s tallest mountain, or wrestling crocodiles in the Nile. He resides in the corner of the Tam library’s...

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Just for the Halibut

Just for the Halibut

By Adam Tolson Dec 18, 2017

Not many people can say that their job is also their favorite activity, especially high school students, but senior Willie Norton is getting paid to do what he loves. Norton has spent the past six summers...

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By Sophia Krivoruchko Dec 18, 2017

  Four hours of gymnastics a day “isn’t a big deal” to junior gymnast Nicole Leary. This is her second year training at Novato Gymnastics after transferring from Gymworld Gymnastics in...

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