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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

Autoshop's 1965 Mustang

Autoshop’s quest to restore a ’65 Mustang

By Chris Yip Mar 15, 2012

Every day, cars of all makes and models, as well as their student drivers, pass through the doors of Tam’s auto shop. However, one project car is at school every day and has yet to leave: Tam’s very...

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Special Education and Conservatory Theatre Ensemble collaborate

By Sonja Hutson Mar 15, 2012

CTE and Special Education have made a remarkable collaboration this year, which was first showcased in the Winter One Act Festival. Three Tam Special Ed. Students, Sophomore Jake Severin, Senior Tevin...

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Flipped teaching: a new technique

Flipped teaching: a new technique

By Billy Butler and Declan Katz Mar 15, 2012

This year, a new method of teaching was implemented by science teachers Mary Wuerth and April Tucker. Called “flipped” or “flip” teaching, it aims to educate students with a curriculum of video...

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PTSA meeting examines drug culture at Tam

PTSA meeting examines drug culture at Tam

By Sean Eghtessadi Mar 15, 2012

The Parent Teacher Student Association held a drug and alcohol awareness meeting in the Student Center on February 7. Its purpose, according to current PTSA president Gwen Hubbard, was to “provide a...

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A brush fire broke out near Mill Valley Middle School due to an unknown cause. A nearby Tam News reporter was able to take this picture using a cell phone. Photo by: Chris Yip

Video: Vegetation fire breaks out near Mill Valley Middle School

By Jake Davis & Chris Yip Mar 12, 2012

Mill Valley and Southern Marin Fire Departments responded to a brush fire near Mill Valley Middle School at the Southern Marin Municipal Water District on March 12. The fire started at approximately...

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Norovirus breaks out at SI

By Emma Talkoff Mar 1, 2012

Students at St. Ignatius High School found themselves in a situation last month that SI junior Chris Jadallah likened to “a scene from a zombie movie:” Bathroom stalls were occupied by retching students,...

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Subway

Subway proposes opening a new store in downtown Mill Valley

By Emma Boczek Feb 28, 2012

Subway is proposing to open one of its popular sandwich stores at29 Miller Avenue, in the recently vacated location of a closed Baskin Robbins. This possible new branch, which would be in addition to Subway’s...

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Tam High Mock Trial wins County for 17th year in a row

Tam High Mock Trial wins County for 17th year in a row

By Maggie Whalen Feb 17, 2012

On Saturday, February 4th, Tam High Mock Trial competed in the final round of the Marin County Mock Trial Championship against Terra Linda High School. Tam won by 2.5 out of 1,200 possible points. This...

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Source: protectmarriage.com

Prop. 8 declared “unconstitutional”, case considered for the Supreme Court

By Julia Atkin Feb 17, 2012

In a February 7th ruling of Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage in California, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declared the amendment to be unconstitutional which incited massive controversy...

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Amoroso awarded for excellence as athletic director

By Sophie McGuinness Feb 17, 2012

On December 6th, Tam’s athletic director and P.E teacher Christina Amoroso received the annual Norm Mackenzie Award for her outstanding work as a new athletic director. Amoroso has been working at Tam...

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Graphic by Emma Talkoff

Winter canned food drive is a success

By Billie Mandelbaum Dec 7, 2011

Since the economic recession began in 2008, an increasing number of Americans are living in poverty and face the challenge of food insecurity. According to a 2010 report published by the United States...

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Occupy Davis: Thousands of college students attended protests at UC Davis in November. Much of the protests have been in response to the use of pepper spray against Occupy protestors on the campus quad. Photo by Melissa Uzes.

Troubling Times for the University of California

By Chris Henn Dec 7, 2011

Ten U.C. Davis students were arrested and two more hospitalized after being pepper sprayed by campus police during a protest on Friday, November 18. The day before, students set up a tent encampment,...

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