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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

Poetry Recitation Competition Draws Student Performers

By Jordan Blackburn Feb 20, 2013

The Marin County Poetry Out Loud contest was held at the Mill Valley Public Library on February 16. Junior Shayna Warner of Marin School of the Arts won and will be advancing to the statewide competition...

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Tutoring Program Connects Tam and MLK

By Riley Kuffner Feb 14, 2013

The Honor T/CSF club started a program this month to provide tutors for middle-school students at Martin Luther King (MLK) Academy in Marin City. The program was organized by junior Lauren Killingsworth,...

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Hawk Talk: Gun Regulations

By Sophie Newman Feb 14, 2013

After recent incidents such as the Aurora, Colorado movie theatre rampage, the Oregon mall shooting and the Newtown school massacre, a battle between gun rights supporters and gun safety activists has...

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STANDING GROUND: Darla Deme is one of several classified staff members requesting higher pay.

Classified Staff At Impasse Regarding Wages

By Justin Schmidt, Maddie Elias Feb 14, 2013

The Tam district has reached an impasse in contract negotiation with the classified staff, which includes non-teachers such as secretaries and custodians. Classified and clerical staff workers operate...

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GALLERY: Behind the Scenes of the 2013 Winter One Acts

GALLERY: Behind the Scenes of the 2013 Winter One Acts

By Anna Vandergriff Feb 12, 2013

The 2013 Winter One Acts presented by the Conservatory Theater Ensemble (CTE) ran from January 16 to February 2. The One Acts are a festival of Advanced Drama student-directed and acted short plays. Cast...

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Team students on their Sierra trip last year. Photo by: Kira Collins.

District Announces that Team will Continue

By Billie Mandelbaum and Emma Boczek Feb 11, 2013

On February 11, the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees and Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel announced that Team, the experiential learning program open to juniors in the Tam District,...

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HALL MONITOR: A new district policy proposes that unexcused absences can no longer lower students' grades. Photo by: Sophia Ellingson

District Proposes New Unexcused Absence Policy

By Sonja Hutson Feb 11, 2013

The Tamalpais Union Board of Trustees is drafting a new policy on consequences for unexcused absences. The new policy, which continues to be revised with input from the community and is not yet in effect,...

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WELCOME ABOARD: Dr. Robert Vieth will act as principal for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year.                Photo by: Jordan Blackburn

Principal Drescher Resigns Early; Dr. Robert Vieth Hired as Interim Principal

By News Staff Feb 11, 2013

Principal Thomas Drescher announced his immediate resignation on January 28, a sudden change from his previously planned resignation date of June 30. Drescher sent an email to staff during the day...

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FINALLY LEGAL: The Mock Trial team closed the case on their 18th win at the County championship February 2. Photo by: Rex Chinchilla

Mock Trial Wins County For 18th Time

By Billie Mandelbaum Feb 11, 2013

Tam High’s Mock Trial team gathered in the parking lot of the Marin County Civic Center on the evening of February 2. The team surrounded coach David Vogelstein’s black Ford Mustang as Queen’s...

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Team students on their Sierra trip last year. Photo by: Kira Collins.

UPDATED: Team Program Faces Possible Elimination From District

By Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge and Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge Feb 11, 2013

The Tamalpais Union High School District announced on January 25 that it is considering plans to discontinue the Team program for the 2013-14 school year. Longtime Team teacher Chuck Ford, who has...

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New Mill Valley Location of Sol Food Holds Soft Open

New Mill Valley Location of Sol Food Holds Soft Open

By Randy Shapiro Feb 7, 2013

On February 6, the Mill Valley location of Sol Food held their first soft opening for locals, including many Tam students. Free meal and drink coupons were passed out to many students just outside the...

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EMBLIDGE INSIGHT: "House of Cards" and How Netflix is Changing the Television Model

EMBLIDGE INSIGHT: “House of Cards” and How Netflix is Changing the Television Model

By Wesley Emblidge Feb 4, 2013

A few weeks ago I started watching Aaron Sorkin’s old TV show “The West Wing,” and loved it. I cycled through the first season within a week, and went straight into the next season, not having...

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