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
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Editorial: The Odds Are Against the Class of 2025

By Andrew Ismailer and Editorial Staff ♦ Apr 30, 2025
With a record breaking graduation class and students applying to more schools than ever, the class of 2025 faces an uphill battle in the college application process.
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Campus supervisor Ralph Wilson Jr. at the front of Tam.

Editorial: The Friendly Faces of Tam

By Haley Lefferts, Jude Paine, and Editorial Staff ♦ Apr 24, 2025
The Tam High staff impact students every day. It is time we appreciate them for all their positive contributions.
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See You at the CCC: How Tam’s Free Resources Level the Playing Field for All Seniors

See You at the CCC: How Tam’s Free Resources Level the Playing Field for All Seniors

By Jude Paine, Emerson Swift, and The Tam News Staff ♦ Dec 31, 2024
The under-appreciated College and Career Center at Tamalpais High School is working to level the playing field for college applications. They hold workshops to support students who do not have private tutors to help them complete the complicated process of college applications.
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Yondr Pouches and Student Resistance: The Challenges of Enforcing Phone Policies

Yondr Pouches and Student Resistance: The Challenges of Enforcing Phone Policies

By Andrew Ismailer and Satya Schiller ♦ Nov 17, 2024
This editorial explores the impact Yondr Pouches, designed to lock students' phones up during the school day, will have on the school. Andrew Ismailer and Satya Schiller explore the economic and social issues with the pouches, and some alternatives schools can explore.
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A culture of misinformation

A culture of misinformation

By Sophia Weinberg, Editor-in-Chief ♦ May 25, 2023
Presently, high schoolers are living in a time of technological advances. Teenagers are relying more and more on social media, and in many unfortunate cases, it is their only news source.
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Lack of motivation for state testing

Lack of motivation for state testing

By Luella Searson, Reporter ♦ May 16, 2023
In recent years CAASPP testing has not been a top priority for Tam students. Students opt out of these tests, creating a lack of participation problem and driving the school's ranking down.
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Editorial: P.E. As a Required Course

Editorial: P.E. As a Required Course

By Editorial Staff ♦ Oct 4, 2022
While Tamalpais High School students are required to get two years worth of credits for physical education, we looked into reasons why Tam should discontinue the class, at least for Tam student athletes.
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Naomi Lenchner

Editorial: Test Tam High

By Editorial Staff ♦ Mar 3, 2022
Easy access to rapid at-home testing has been proven to be an effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19 while keeping students on campus.
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(Naomi Lenchner)

Editorial: State of the Bathrooms

Jan 10, 2022
The lack of respect for our bathrooms and campus has become a deeply rooted issue at Tam.
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(Paige Anderson)

Editorial: The emotional impact of distance learning

Feb 6, 2021
In addition to its commonly cited academic pitfalls, the student body seems to be experiencing emotional distress at the hands of at-home education.
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(Sophia Martin)

Editorial: “Breach of contract and gross negligence”

By Editorial Staff ♦ May 22, 2020
The problems with AP testing are not novel or unprecedented — but the pandemic may give us the chance to rethink public education.
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(Tenaya Tremp)

Editorial: Save our schools

By Editorial Staff ♦ Mar 12, 2020
Measure B failed, and our district is facing drastic cuts. We can't let that happen again.
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