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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Reaching Out: Jane Hall Retires and Leaves Behind a Legacy of Service

Reaching Out: Jane Hall Retires and Leaves Behind a Legacy of Service

By Emma Boczek and Emma Talkoff Jun 11, 2014

Jane Hall’s time at Tam has been anything but conventional. Over her 16-year career here as a special education teacher, Hall has built homes with her students through Habitat for Humanity and driven...

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Team Application Process Undergoes Changes

Team Application Process Undergoes Changes

By Emma Boczek May 12, 2014

  Sophomores applying to the Team program this year experienced changes in the program’s admission process, following the district’s near discontinuation of Team last school year. The...

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Admin Hosts Informational Meeting on Project-Based Learning and New Tech

Admin Hosts Informational Meeting on Project-Based Learning and New Tech

By Sarah Asch & Emma Boczek Apr 4, 2014

The Tam administration held an informational meeting for parents on April 3 in Ruby Scott Gym as a “Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Overview,” including discussion of a proposed contract with...

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Waning GSA Club to Attempt Revival

Waning GSA Club to Attempt Revival

By Emma Boczek Mar 29, 2014

The Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) ceased meetings this semester due to a lack of demonstrated interest and poor attendance in the fall. The club may experience a resurgence in the coming months with the...

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Updated: Three Math Teachers Will Not Be Asked to Return in Fall

Updated: Three Math Teachers Will Not Be Asked to Return in Fall

By Sarah Asch, Emma Boczek, & Markita Schulman Mar 4, 2014

Three math teachers, Anders Fairbanks, Ryan Fedoroff and Juan Vidal, were notified on February 28 of their designation as non-reelect, meaning that they will not be invited back to teach at Tam in the...

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Senior Sebastian Tamblyn plans to continue his training at House of Steel. Photo by: Claire Donohue

WHY WE ENLIST: An Inside Look at Tam’s Future Soldiers

By Emma Boczek Feb 25, 2014

After graduating from Tam a semester early this coming December, junior Chris Vogt plans on enduring 13 weeks in San Diego at United States Marine Corps Recruit Training, commonly known as “boot camp,”...

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Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

Bike Theft Spike Prompts Security Re-evaluation

By Emma Boczek Nov 8, 2013

Bicycle theft has increased on campus this semester with five bikes stolen on October 17 alone, according to an email sent to Tam parents on October 18 by Principal Julie Synyard. “We know we’ve...

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Photo courtesy of: Jacob Siderman

Jacob Siderman: Playing the Battlefield

By Emma Boczek Oct 30, 2013

“One team has taken a member of the other team hostage, and they’re holding them in a building,” freshman Jacob Siderman said. “The other team needs to go in and get their hostages back without...

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Classified Staff, District Settle Contract Dispute

Classified Staff, District Settle Contract Dispute

By Emma Boczek Oct 1, 2013

Representatives for the California School Employees Association (CSEA), the union representing non-teaching classified employees, and the district ratified a new contract on June 19 that included multiple...

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Why Wesley Was Wrong About "The Great Gatsby"

Why Wesley Was Wrong About “The Great Gatsby”

By Emma Boczek Jun 7, 2013

Reaction to the recent Baz Luhrmann film The Great Gatsby was largely critical. “A $100 million, 3D Gatsby?” the public collectively cried. A 48 percent rating on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes,...

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 Lead Custodian Patrick Gannon held a sign on March 27 outside Tam.

Classified Staff Petition for Raises and Benefits

By Emma Boczek Apr 5, 2013

The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) chapter of the California School Employees Association (CSEA) remains at an impasse with the district regarding contracts for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013...

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BUNDLE UP:  Sophomore Starr Ingram was one of many gathered in Ruby Scott Gym to craft no-sew blankets for Project Night Night.  		      
 Photo by Emma Boczek

BRIEFLY: Blanket Bash

Mar 12, 2013

The annual Blanket Bash was held during lunch and tutorial in Ruby Scott Gym on February 15. Students who participated made “no-sew” fleece blankets that were donated to Project Night Night, a...

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