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Month in Review: November

Month in Review: November

By TBN December 12, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqTBFUBM3oM November's Month in Review includes interviews with senior Maddie Hill and English teacher Abbey Levine.

Fall Food Drive Runs Through December 6

Fall Food Drive Runs Through December 6

By Cody Duane-McGlashan November 29, 2013

Leadership is putting on its annual fall food drive, which aims to collect canned and nonperishable foods for the Marin and San Francisco Food Bank. “Donating food is vital to do during the holiday...

School Board Election Results

School Board Election Results

By Sonja Hutson November 25, 2013

Chuck Ford, Sheri Mowbray and Laura Anderson were elected to the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) Board of Trustees (also known as the School Board) on November 5. As previously reported,...

Lauren Killingsworth Receives $1,000 Grant

Lauren Killingsworth Receives $1,000 Grant

By Isaac Cohen November 23, 2013

Tam High-Martin Luther King (MLK) Science Outreach, founded by senior Lauren Killingsworth, received a $1,000 grant this summer to continue bringing science labs and tutoring to students at MLK Middle...

Tam Students Advance to National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist List

Tam Students Advance to National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist List

By Sarah Asch November 21, 2013

Five Tam students are National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists this year. Seniors August Kiles, Reed Sawyers, Grace Lightner, Aubrey Dority, and Tam News reporter Haydn Wall received the honor. In order...

Teachers Overwhelmed by Letters of Rec

Teachers Overwhelmed by Letters of Rec

By Dom Quaranta November 20, 2013

Teachers and counselors face pressure from students requesting letters of recommendation. “More and more seniors are applying using Early Action and Early Decision, therefore our letters of recommendation...

Model U.N. Comes to Tam

Model U.N. Comes to Tam

By Jordan Blackburn November 17, 2013

The first official meeting of Tam’s Model United Nations (MUN) club took place in social studies teacher Luc Chamberlin’s room in Lower Keyser Hall on October 23. Junior Elli Goldberg founded the club...

Brief: Safeway Limits Parking for Students

Brief: Safeway Limits Parking for Students

By Austin Peck November 13, 2013

Many students have grown accustomed to parking in the Safeway lot, but new enforcement policies have made these spots less than ideal. Starting in October, Safeway officials began a crackdown on students’...

Peer Resource and Special Ed Unite

Peer Resource and Special Ed Unite

By Hailey Miller November 9, 2013

Peer Resource will continue their work with Michael Lovejoy’s Special Education class this school year. Every Wednesday and Friday for 45 minutes, these two groups combine to “build a social connection,”...

Hawk Talk: Affirmative Action

Hawk Talk: Affirmative Action

By Bella Levaggi November 8, 2013

In 2006, the state of Michigan passed a public referendum that barred the preferential treatment of college applicants based on gender or race. This move against a practice commonly referred to as “affirmative...

Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

By Emma Boczek November 8, 2013

Bicycle theft has increased on campus this semester with five bikes stolen on October 17 alone, according to an email sent to Tam parents on October 18 by Principal Julie Synyard. “We know we’ve...

New Staff Members Join Tam Community

New Staff Members Join Tam Community

By James Finn November 6, 2013

With the start of the 2013-2014 school year, the Tam administration has hired new teachers. These new staff members bring with them a wide range of passions, expectations and backgrounds. Math teacher...

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