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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

Freshman Movie Night March 3

Freshman Movie Night March 3

By Ethan Swope, Photographer Mar 3, 2017

A freshman movie night is being held March 3 from 6-9 p.m. in room 2020. The event, put on by Leadership, will be screening the 80’s hit Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Admission is free. Pizza and snacks...

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Mock Trial Wins County for 22nd Consecutive Year

Mock Trial Wins County for 22nd Consecutive Year

By Emily Pavis Feb 27, 2017

Tam High Mock Trial won the Marin County Mock Trial Competition for the 22nd year in a row at the Marin County Superior Court on Saturday, February 4. Tam competed against San Rafael, Marin Academy, Terra...

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Breakthrough Day: 50 Year Anniversary

By Jacob Swergold Feb 26, 2017

On February 27, 1967 Tam Students participated in a teach-in on race relations known as Operation Breakthrough . The teach-in was an attempt to alleviate racial tensions. At the time race relations were...

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Political March on Town Hall

Political March on Town Hall

By Marie Hogan and Raqshan Khan Feb 2, 2017

On January 27 President Donald Trump signed an executive order that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, blocked Syrian refugees indefinitely, and denied entry for citizens...

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Marin Struggles with Continued Flooding

Marin Struggles with Continued Flooding

By Marie Hogan Feb 2, 2017

When king tides and heavy rain combined to caused flooding and road closures in January, it came as no surprise to residents of Mill Valley. “The flooding goes back for as long as we’ve recorded...

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Tam Partner Program with COM

Feb 2, 2017

College of Marin (COM) began a college readiness program in collaboration with Tam High, called Compass, at the start of the second semester. The program’s goal is to improve the readiness of low...

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Decile Ranking System to be Eliminated

By Francis Streitmann Feb 2, 2017

For the past six years college and career specialists in the TUHSD have been working to eliminate class ranks based on grade point averages. District leaders feel that class ranks could “[put] students...

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New Master Plan for Tam Facilities

By Kendall Lafranchi Feb 2, 2017

A District Facilities Master Plan Town Hall Meeting was held on January 26 at Redwood High School. The Master Plan determined the scope of repairs, modernization, upgrades, needed to accommodate the district’s...

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Target Opening in Marin City

By Nicole Anisgard Parra Feb 2, 2017

Target, which will serve as the only grocery store in Marin City, is set to open in early March. It will be occupying the vacant building that housed Best Buy in the Gateway Shopping Center. The new...

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Girls' Varsity Soccer Captain Injured in Game Collision

Girls’ Varsity Soccer Captain Injured in Game Collision

By Maddie Asch and Ethan Swope Feb 1, 2017

Senior girls’ varsity soccer captain Izzy Reeves collided with a player from Justin Siena, sustaining a head injury during a game on February 1. According to senior Addy Ball, a close friend and...

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Bomb Threat at Osher Marin JCC

By Maddie Asch Jan 27, 2017

A bomb threat was called into the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center (JCC) in San Rafael on Tuesday, January 17. It was one of 27 bomb threats to various JCC’s across the nation. According to Iris...

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Student Brings Airsoft Gun on Redwood Campus

Jan 20, 2017

A Redwood High school student was falsely reported to be carrying a firearm on campus on Thursday, January 19. According to an email sent by Redwood’s principal David Sondheim, The Central Marin Police...

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