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How The Pandemic Has Affected Teenager’s Mental Health

By Colette Hale, Op/Ed Editor ♦ Mar 17, 2022

In the Tam community, anxiety and depression levels have been rising, there has been an increase in drug usage, and attendance records have shown a decrease in student attendance at school. While these issues were prevalent even before the pandemic, the coronavirus has increased these rates.

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Is Distance Learning Healthy?

By Charlie Wiltsee, Managing Editor ♦ Oct 17, 2020

Due to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, TUHSD students are spending upwards of six hours on screens per day.

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Here For You

By Leah Fullerton, Editor in Chief ♦ Feb 26, 2019

This feature reveals where and how students can receive support in the face of emotional health turmoil.

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Humans of Tam: She Just Didn’t Believe Me

By Kennedy Cook, Editor in Chief ♦ Jun 10, 2018

I’m not close with my mom at all and it’s really hard for me to open up to people. I have such an issue with that, even my friends. I bottle things up and then I get really stressed and I have breakdowns...

What Goes Unnoticed: My Struggle With Depression

By James Finn ♦ Jun 3, 2016

For most students, waking up in the morning is a chore. Hearing a blaring iPhone alarm at 7:00 in the morning instantly makes most teenagers irritable. But for me, and for the other 3 million Americans...

To Protect and Serve: Suicide Prevention Through the Eyes of Sergeant Kevin Briggs

By Sarah Asch ♦ Feb 14, 2013

On a foggy night several years ago, Sergeant Kevin Briggs faced an unusual problem on the Golden Gate Bridge. As a California Highway Patrolman who works in the area, one of Briggs’s many duties...