community Archives - The Tam News

Profile: Eleanor Octavio

By Emma Pearson • Feb 1, 2023

There’s more than a little extra community at the Mill Valley Community Center on days in which Tamalpais High School senior Eleanor Octavio leads Southern Marin Aquatics (SOMA)’s lessons.

A local high school student’s YouTube channel featuring Islamophobic, racist, and other fringe right-wing content under the guise of satire went viral. But whether to react to an instance of hateful alt-right messaging at all is a crucial question.

Inaugural Tam Unity Day

By Samantha Locke & Maddie Asch • Dec 7, 2017

Tam had its first Unity Day on Friday, October 27. Lunch was extended by ten minutes and four different categories of activities were spread out around campus: food trucks and music were in front of the...

Race Matters Panel

By Samantha Ferro • Sep 22, 2017

Over the next two months, Marin County is offering a series of panels and workshops called Race Matters. The panels are about how race overlaps with topics like criminal justice, health, jobs, environment,...

Tam Unity Chalk Project

By Elissa Asch • Aug 30, 2017

During the afternoon of August 17, members of the Tam community gathered to celebrate diversity and love at Tam in the form of chalk drawings around campus. The event was organized by Tam Unity,...

Feeding Marin: Exploring the Bay Area’s Hunger Crisis

By Kendall Lafranchi • Dec 23, 2014

Thanksgiving is a holiday defined by food. Traditionally, families are seated around a table of turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce, piling more than enough food onto their plates. As normal as this...

EDITORIAL: Coping With Loss in the Community

By the Tam News Staff • Dec 21, 2013

A number of deaths have shaken Tam this semester. Although this is a difficult subject to discuss, it is important that a conversation regarding grief remains open. We are all affected by loss, directly...

Promo: T-High U Know Club Day

By Riley Kuffner • Oct 14, 2013

Fallen through the cracks: Tam’s lost Latinos’ speak out

Dec 13, 2010

The day of Tam’s back to school rally; when my friends and I were walking near Mill Valley Middle School. All of us are Latinos. Jazmin, Jorge, Diego, and Victor are all Mexican; Lily and I are both...