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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

Fire in Sausalito

By Griffin Chen & Aaron Young Oct 26, 2017

  At around noon on October 17, a fast-moving brush fire broke out along the southbound side of Highway 101. Local fire departments, with assistance from the California Department of Forestry and...

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Tam’s New Attendance Enforcement

By Milo Levine, Editor in Chief Oct 26, 2017

This year the administration has amped up its attendance enforcement to counter Tam’s abysmal absence and tardiness record. “Tam High [absences] are excessive … for our district [and] excessive for...

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Gluten-Free Bakery to Open in Lumber Yard

By Zoe Cowan, Features/Photo Editor Oct 26, 2017

Owners of Flour Craft Bakery in San Anselmo, Heather Hardcastle and her husband Rick Perko, will open a second location of the gluten-free bakery in the Mill Valley Lumber Yard in the spring of 2018. The...

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MVMS Skate Park Renovations

MVMS Skate Park Renovations

By Ava Finn, Editor in Chief Oct 26, 2017

On September 23, local surf and skate shop Proof Lab hosted a fundraiser in conjunction with the Mill Valley Middle School (MVMS) 8th graders, Good Earth, Equator Coffee, and State Room Brewery. Families...

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Northern California Wildfires

Northern California Wildfires

By Josie Spiegelman, Skye Schoenhoeft, and Lila Bullock Oct 26, 2017

A wildfire broke out in Napa County, California, at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, and has been followed by four other major outbreaks. As of October 17, the series of fires has burned 340...

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Redwood Receives School Shooting Threat

By Samantha Ferro and Samantha Ferro Sep 29, 2017

Graffiti threatening a school shooting was found in a bathroom at Redwood High School on September 28, according to Redwood principal David Sondheim. The threat was the second Redwood has faced this month....

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Tam College Counselor Resigns

Tam College Counselor Resigns

By Zoe Wynn Sep 23, 2017

College and career counselor Elizabeth Stoner has left Tam to to take a job at Marin Promise. Stoner began working at Tam at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year and resigned shortly before the beginning...

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Back to School Dance Loses Hundreds

By Miles Rubens Sep 23, 2017

Tam’s inaugural Back to School Dance, on August 25 in the student center, lost approximately $1,200 of leadership funds. The total cost of the dance was $3,600, according to Senior Class President...

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AVID Program Debuts at Tam

AVID Program Debuts at Tam

Sep 23, 2017

This school year will see the trial run of a new program: Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). In broad terms, it aims to impart specific learning strategies to students in demographics that...

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Race Matters Panel

By Samantha Ferro, Opinion Editor Sep 22, 2017

Over the next two months, Marin County is offering a series of panels and workshops called Race Matters. The panels are about how race overlaps with topics like criminal justice, health, jobs, environment,...

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Rally MC’s Announced

By Elissa Asch Sep 22, 2017

Seniors Jack Loder and Liam Shore were announced as 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 the...

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Redwood Receives Bomb Threat

Redwood Receives Bomb Threat

By Elissa Asch & Milo Levine Sep 22, 2017

Redwood High School received a bomb threat, which was promptly followed by a schoolwide lockdown and evacuation, on the morning of September 19. Redwood principal David Sondheim sent an email to the Redwood...

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