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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

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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Rally MC’s Announced

By Elissa Asch Dec 18, 2017

Seniors Jack Loder and Liam Shore were announced as our Rally MC’s for this school year on September 14. After an initial audition and callback, a panel of leadership students and advisors decided on...

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Breaking News: Bomb Threat at Tam

By Ethan Swope, Photographer Dec 15, 2017

Principal J.C. Farr sent out an email addressed to parents and guardians warning of an apparent bomb threat for Friday, December 15. The email stated that administration discovered the threat in writing...

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Fire Hydrant Causes Flooding on Shoreline

Fire Hydrant Causes Flooding on Shoreline

By Kennedy Cook, Editor in Chief Dec 12, 2017

At around 4:30 pm on December 12, a commuter bus hit a fire hydrant on Shoreline Highway in front of The Proof Lab. “The bus was straightening out and the tail end swung into the fire hydrant,”...

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ASB Conducts Schoolwide Blood Drive

By Kennedy Cook & Michael Diamandakis Dec 12, 2017

Tam’s leadership class organized a blood drive in the student center, on October 30. According to co-commissioner of Leadership’s Outreach Committee, senior Ellie Evans, the Tam community’s participation...

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California Becomes First State to Offer Non-Binary Option

By Logan Little, Editor in Chief Dec 12, 2017

It will be possible to identify as gender non-binary on California driver’s licenses and state documents, starting in 2019. Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 179 or the Gender Recognition Act on...

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