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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

Tam Students Advance to National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist List

Tam Students Advance to National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist List

By Sarah Asch Nov 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...

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Teachers Overwhelmed by Letters of Rec

Teachers Overwhelmed by Letters of Rec

By Dom Quaranta Nov 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...

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Model U.N. Comes to Tam

Model U.N. Comes to Tam

By Jordan Blackburn Nov 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...

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Brief: Safeway Limits Parking for Students

Brief: Safeway Limits Parking for Students

By Austin Peck Nov 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’...

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Peer Resource and Special Ed Unite

Peer Resource and Special Ed Unite

By Hailey Miller Nov 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,”...

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Hawk Talk: Affirmative Action

Hawk Talk: Affirmative Action

By Bella Levaggi Nov 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...

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Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

By Emma Boczek Nov 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...

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New Staff Members Join Tam Community

New Staff Members Join Tam Community

By James Finn Nov 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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Transgender Homecoming Queen in LA

Transgender Homecoming Queen in LA

By James Finn Nov 6, 2013

Cassidy Lynn-Campbell, a transgender student at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California, was voted Homecoming Queen of her class in mid-September. According to the Los Angeles Times, Campbell...

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Grand Theft Auto 5 Sparks Controversy

Grand Theft Auto 5 Sparks Controversy

By Joe Russell Nov 6, 2013

Rockstar Games released the fifth installment to the popular and controversial game series Grand Theft Auto (GTA), on September 17. The first day of its release, GTA V made over $800 million, the most...

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"Eraser Law" Will Change Social Media for Teens

“Eraser Law” Will Change Social Media for Teens

By Haydn Wall Oct 29, 2013

A new bill known as the “Eraser Law” was signed by Governor Jerry Brown on September 23. The bill, SB 568, will act as an online eraser for minors, allowing them to permanently delete any social media...

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