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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News stories about Tamalpais High School and our surrounding communities

Holocaust Survivor Speaks At Tam

Holocaust Survivor Speaks At Tam

By Kara Kneafsey, Editor in Chief Feb 14, 2018

The Jewish Student Association hosted Holocaust survivor Lori in room 2020 at lunch on February 1. She spoke about her life to a crowd of around 70 students, showing them various personal items, and then...

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Another Breakthrough Day in the Works

By Eddie Schultz Feb 8, 2018

Another Breakthrough Day, a discussion-based event aimed at addressing racial issues in the Tam community, is currently being arranged by the Tam Unity Committee. It is tentatively scheduled...

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Administration Prepares for Enrollment Growth

Administration Prepares for Enrollment Growth

Feb 8, 2018

Two new portable classrooms will likely be added to Tam’s back parking lot in the fall as part of a short-term effort to accommodate enrollment growth, according to principal J.C. Farr. Those...

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Teacher Speaks Out About Alleged Sexual Harassment in TUHSD

Teacher Speaks Out About Alleged Sexual Harassment in TUHSD

By Madeline Asch and Marie Hogan Feb 7, 2018

Tam teacher Eva Rieder spoke at the February 6 Tamalpais Union High School District [TUHSD] board meeting following allegations voiced by Redwood math teacher Jessica Crabtree at the January 23 TUHSD...

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Junior Mac Castaneda rides a massive wave at Ocean Beach in January.

Tam Students Take On Mavericks

By Ava Finn, Ava Finn, Ava Finn, and Ava Finn Feb 2, 2018

Three Tam students surfed Mavericks, the notorious 25- to 30-foot break located north of Half Moon Bay, on January 11. Junior Mac Castaneda, junior River Galland, and senior and Tam News reporter Jacob...

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Unity Poster Winners Announced

Unity Poster Winners Announced

By Johanna Meezan, News Editor Jan 24, 2018

Art students in Drawing and Painting classes competed in a Tam High PTSA-sponsored poster contest in late December to promote Tam unity with the phrase “We Are One.” Several students, parents, grandparents,...

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Spectators' Behavior Criticized by Admin

Spectators’ Behavior Criticized by Admin

By Ravi Joshi-Wander Jan 19, 2018

Principal J.C. Farr held a town hall-style meeting in Gus Gymnasium to address the behavior of students at recent boys varsity basketball games, played at Marin Catholic High School and Redwood High School,...

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Board Considers Parcel Tax Increase

By Samantha Locke Jan 12, 2018

The Tamalpais Union High School Board of Trustees will vote on whether or not to propose an increase in parcel taxes, if they can garner enough community support, according to an announcement made at the...

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New Field Trips Approved in 2018

By Shane Lavezzo Dec 18, 2017

Amid concerns about student equity, the Tamalpais Unified High School District Board of Trustees approved field trips to Hungary/Serbia, Belize, and London in 2018, at the board meeting on November 15. As...

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CAASPP Test Results Released

CAASPP Test Results Released

By Fergus Campbell and Abby Frazee Dec 18, 2017

This past March, juniors at schools in the Tamalpais Union High School District all took the updated version of the Smarter Balanced Assessment, which shed further light on the academic achievement gap...

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Photos: Winter Rally

Photos: Winter Rally

By Kylie Sakamoto Dec 18, 2017

Tam held its annual winter rally in Gus Gym, on December 1. The rally opened with a performance by Music Together, singing Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. Music Together is a club at Tam that sings covers...

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Marin County Local District Election

By Cal Mitchell, Reporter Dec 18, 2017

A countywide election was held to determine various positions in each local district across Marin County, on November 7, 2017. Townships across the county opened their polls for both individual candidates,...

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