News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

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

Lunch Spot, Café del Soul, Returns

By Julia Kligman Nov 22, 2012

Popular wrap and salad spot Café del Soul announced October 29 that it was fighting a “losing battle” with a German cockroach infestation, and reported “live roach activity” on their Facebook...

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Graphic by Emma Talkoff

Lack of Extra Credit May Limit Food Drive

By Emma Sandrolini Nov 19, 2012

The annual canned food drive, running from November 5 to 20, may be affected by a change in the math department’s incentives for donation of non-perishable canned food. In years past, some math teachers...

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Students Miss School to Attend Giants Victory Parade

By Cody Duane-McGlashan Nov 18, 2012

The San Francisco Giants celebrated their second World Series win in three years with a victory parade on October 31, an event many students skipped school to attend. “Unfortunately, we were not able...

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Hawk Talk: Hurricane Sandy

Hawk Talk: Hurricane Sandy

By Sonja Hutson Nov 7, 2012

Post-tropical superstorm Sandy, one of the largest storms the northeast has seen, made landfall the night of Monday, October 19 around Atlantic City, New Jersey and over the past few days has impacted...

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Principal Thomas Drescher Announces Resignation

Principal Thomas Drescher Announces Resignation

By Wesley Emblidge & Justin Schmidt Nov 6, 2012

On November 6, current Tam principal Thomas Drescher announced that he will be resigning as of June 30, 2013. Drescher has been the principal at Tam for the past six years, but in the spring will be completing...

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Thirty-year-old artwork unearthed and displayed

Thirty-year-old artwork unearthed and displayed

By Bella Levaggi Nov 6, 2012

In late September, students and staff members observed that numerous mosaic eyes had been mounted on an exterior wall on the top floor of Palmer Hall. The two rows of eyes have each been painted with some...

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Ms. Springer featured on the Symetra website.

Springer wins Symetra Hero Award

By Daniel Carroll Nov 4, 2012

English and Leadership teacher Chelsea Springer was selected as one of this year’s sixteen Bay Area Symetra Heroes, and was presented with a $1,000 check and two 49ers tickets on October 3rd. The award...

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Seniors Change Names on Facebook

Seniors Change Names on Facebook

By Veronica Russell Nov 2, 2012

This fall, some seniors have changed their names on their Facebook profiles to avoid unwanted attention from colleges who search the Internet for their applicants. According to a survey of admissions...

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Hawk Talk: Gay-Straight Therapy

Hawk Talk: Gay-Straight Therapy

By Sonja Hutson Nov 1, 2012

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill outlawing gay-straight therapy for minors in California on September 30. Gay-straight therapy entails attempting to change the sexual orientation of an individual by...

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Team students return to Tam

By Elizabeth Archer Oct 26, 2012

Seven Team students returned to Tam this fall after a junior year spent participating in backpacking trips, community service and wilderness medicine education. The students volunteered and took three...

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Misbehavior Mars Homecoming Dance

Misbehavior Mars Homecoming Dance

By Sarah Asch & Natasha Harvey Oct 20, 2012

The homecoming dance held in Ruby Scott Gym on September 29 was interrupted when chaperones turned on the lights. after complaints from female students about feeling unsafe and being groped. There was...

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Frenchies arrive at Tam

By Sara Blackburn Oct 19, 2012

Twenty five students from Orthez, France arrived in Mill Valley on October 19. This is the 18th annual exchange program with Tam’s sister school in France. French language students are matched with an...

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