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News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News

Farr Calls Attention to Substance Abuse

Farr Calls Attention to Substance Abuse

By Megan Butt Dec 7, 2017

Principal J.C. Farr sent an email to Tam parents and students on October 19,  requesting support for better drug and alcohol prevention in the community. He cited the 20 drug and alcohol-related suspensions...

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Marin Theatre Company Controversy

Marin Theatre Company Controversy

By Ravi Joshi-Wander Dec 7, 2017

Marin Theatre Company (MTC) has found themselves at the center of a racially charged controversy with their latest production “Thomas and Sally.” The play, written by Thomas Bradshaw, is a fictional...

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Push For No HW Weekends

Push For No HW Weekends

By Adam Tolson and Madeline Asch and Maddie Asch Nov 15, 2017

Senior and leadership member T.K. Dahlke is working on a project to designate certain days or weekends on which teachers are not allowed to assign homework. Dahlke first had the idea for this policy towards...

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Sausalito Ferry Renovations Confirmed

Sausalito Ferry Renovations Confirmed

By Rocky Brown, Sports and Website Editor Nov 15, 2017

After three years of debate and multiple lawsuits, the city of Sausalito has approved a plan to renovate the downtown ferry dock. On October 14 the city council unanimously approved a renovations plan...

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Fire in Sausalito

By Griffin Chen & Aaron Young Oct 26, 2017

  At around noon on October 17, a fast-moving brush fire broke out along the southbound side of Highway 101. Local fire departments, with assistance from the California Department of Forestry and...

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Tam’s New Attendance Enforcement

By Milo Levine, Editor in Chief Oct 26, 2017

This year the administration has amped up its attendance enforcement to counter Tam’s abysmal absence and tardiness record. “Tam High [absences] are excessive … for our district [and] excessive for...

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Gluten-Free Bakery to Open in Lumber Yard

By Zoe Cowan, Features/Photo Editor Oct 26, 2017

Owners of Flour Craft Bakery in San Anselmo, Heather Hardcastle and her husband Rick Perko, will open a second location of the gluten-free bakery in the Mill Valley Lumber Yard in the spring of 2018. The...

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Northern California Wildfires

Northern California Wildfires

By Josie Spiegelman, Skye Schoenhoeft, and Lila Bullock Oct 26, 2017

A wildfire broke out in Napa County, California, at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, and has been followed by four other major outbreaks. As of October 17, the series of fires has burned 340...

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O’meara’s Return and Retirement

By Emlen Janetos Sep 20, 2017

Michael “Mick” O’Meara, a highly regarded teacher at Tamalpais High School, shocked many of his students when he announced his plans to retire at the end of school last year. After dedicating forty-two...

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Redwood Evacuated Due to Potential Bomb Threat

By Elissa Asch and Elissa Asch Sep 19, 2017

Today, September 19, Redwood High School is being evacuated due to a potential bomb threat. Redwood principal David Sondheim sent out an email to all those in the Redwood community at 9:17 this morning....

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Tam Unity Chalk Project

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,...

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EDITORIAL: The Vicious Cycle

Jun 5, 2017

Casual followers of the news could be forgiven for thinking that Donald Trump’s 3 a.m. tweets were the most important event of the day. But with this evaluation, they’d be forgetting three separate...

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