Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Tamalpais High School

 
Wikipedia: Tamalpais High School
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
Tamalpais High School
Address
700 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, California, 94941
United States
Information
School type Public, comprehensive high school
Founded 1908
School district Tamalpais Union High School District
Oversight Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools
Principal Thomas C. Drescher
Assistant Principals Corbett Elsen, Kim Stiffler
Faculty 81 [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,075 (2007-08[2])
Grade 9 234
Grade 10 305
Grade 11 297
Grade 12 233
Language English
Campus Suburban
Area Southern Marin County
Color(s)           Red & Royal Blue
Mascot Red Tailed Hawk
Team name Hawks
Communities served Mill Valley, Sausalito, Marin City, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Muir Beach, Bolinas and Stinson Beach.
Feeder schools Mill Valley School District
Sausalito Marin City School District
Bolinas-Stinson Union School District
Website http://www.tamhigh.org

Tamalpais High School (nicknamed Tam) is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises more than 2,500 feet (760 m) above Mill Valley.

Tamalpais High School is the original campus of the Tamalpais Union High School District and the second public high school in Marin County. As of 2007, Tam's attendance area includes the cities of Mill Valley and Sausalito, the nearby unincorporated areas of Marin City, Strawberry and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, and the West Marin communities of Muir Beach, Bolinas and Stinson Beach. Mill Valley School District is the largest feeder for Tam, followed by the Sausalito Marin City School District and the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District.

Contents

History

Tamalpais Union High School District was founded in 1907, to serve students from the Mill Valley Elementary and Sausalito Elementary School Districts who had previously commuted to San Rafael to continue their education. Tamalpais Union High School held its first classes on August 4, 1908, in tent-like structures.[3] The school opened with 70 students, including 40 freshmen, 21 sophomores, five juniors, and four seniors.[4] Ernest E. Wood took the lead in founding the District and was the first principal.[5] By its second year, there were six teachers, 100 students, and 300 volumes in the school library.[6] By 1913–1914 enrollment had increased to 175, with 8 faculty; the library holdings had grown to 650 books plus subscriptions to eight magazines and 2 newspapers.[7] E. E. Wood was principal for 36 years, until 1944.

Known in its early years as Tamalpais Polytechnic High School, Tam was a comprehensive high school from its beginning, with a curriculum that included both academic subjects and technical training. In an interview with the local newspaper the year before he died, Principal Wood said, "I believe the students learned by doing things, I believe in the philosophy of students getting in and doing work and accomplishing things."[3] Architecture students designed the first building and students built several structures on the campus.

News

  • On February 27, 1967, after a year of increased racial tension and disturbances, regular classes were canceled for "Breakthrough Day," a day-long, student initiated teach-in on race relations. All students and faculty met in Mead Theater and then broke into discussion groups around the campus. The event was widely covered by local and national media.[8]
  • In 1981, Antenna Theater premiered Chris Hardman's High School at Tam during the fourth Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The work introduced Hardman's performance art concept, "Walkmanology," with Sony Walkmans providing the narration to audience members as they walked the Tam campus observing the story.[9] In 1982, Antenna presented the Pink Prom, at Tam. In this play, unrehearsed student actors wore the Walkmans, which provided their stage direction, while the audience interacted with the actors and each other.[10] Antenna Theater later spun off its Walkmanology concept to Antenna Audio, which has become a leading international producer of audio tours for museums and other attractions.
  • In the 1989–1990 school year, members of the student body petitioned to formally remove the school's original mascot "Indians" at the interdiction of Native American activist and Marin County resident Sacheen Littlefeather. The original mascot had been chosen to recognize the indigenous Native American inhabitants, the Miwoks, and was represented by illustrations (both dignified and caricature), costumed performers, and, beginning in the 1960s, a wooden sculpture affectionately named 'Charlie'. Sports teams were identified only as "Tam" for the fall and winter seasons of that school year. A school-wide contest was held and the Red Tailed Hawks was chosen as the winner, beating out other entries such as Mountaineers and Locomotives. The Red Tailed Hawk logo and mascot was adopted beginning in the 1990 - 1991 school year. Tam High was one of the first American institutions to remove the 'politically-incorrect' Native American moniker.[11]
  • On May 9, 1990, following the death of history teacher Charles Smith from AIDS, Principal Barbara Galyen announced that students had persuaded the administration to allow the school nurse to distribute free condoms. Tam would have been the first high school in California to dispense prophylactics without parent approval.[12] The plan was very controversial, with objections from some parents and San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn calling for it to be rescinded.[13] The following week, after being threatened with a lawsuit by the parents of a student, the District postponed the program indefinitely.[14] In June, Sausalito pharmacist Fred Mayer, originator of Condom Week in 1979, announced that he would give free condoms to high school students that summer.[15] Despite the program being deferred, a suit was filed in June. On August 1, the Marin County Superior Court denied the request for an injunction, since the District had not approved the program[16] About 1996, Tam initiated the Condom Availability Program, which provides free condoms to students who have received parental permission and completed a training session.[17]
  • In 1997, Tam sophomore Ari Hoffman won a Marin County science fair, showing that fruit flies exposed to different doses of radiation had increased mutation rates and reduced fertility in proportion to the dose. He was subsequently disqualified from the Bay Area Science Fair when officials ruled that his experiment, which resulted in the premature death of 35 of the 200 drosophila, had violated rules on the use of live animals.[18] After widespread news coverage, Hoffman was contacted by Nobel laureate Edward B. Lewis, a geneticist who had begun his own work with fruit flies while in high school. Lewis congratulated Hoffman for his work and sent him a check.[19] The science fair prize was reinstated. (As of 2009, after graduating from Stanford University and completing classwork at the University of California San Francisco Medical School, Hoffman is a predoctoral fellow in bioethics in the Clinical Research Training Program at the intramural campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.[20][21])
  • Parents of four African-American students from Tam filed a class-action lawsuit against the Novato Unified School District and administrators at San Marin High School over racial slurs made by San Marin students at a basketball game in 1998, charging that a "climate of intolerance" was allowed at San Marin. The Marin County Athletic League put San Marin on probation for a year because of racial insensitivity.[22][23][24][25]
  • In 2001, students from Tam and other high schools in the TUHSD formed Marin Students for Liberating Education to discuss the number of prerequisite classes and level of testing.[26] Large numbers of grade 9, 10, and 11 students at Tam and Drake High School boycotted the Stanford-9 achievement tests required by the State's STAR Program after their parents signed waivers. The boycott had been endorsed by school board member Richard Raznikov. Since more than 10% of the students missed the test (22% at Tam and 35% at Drake), the two schools were not given Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, making the schools ineligible for the funds distributed by the State to high-scoring schools. (The three comprehensive high schools in the District, Tam, Drake, and Redwood, received approximately $750,000 in 2000, including individual $1000 scholarships awarded to 339 high-scoring students).[27] Raznikov resigned from the board of trustees in 2002, citing the testing controversy among the reasons.[28]
  • Tam was the subject of local controversy during the 2004-2005 school year when several anti-gay hate crimes were reported by a 17-year-old female wrestler, receiving heavy coverage in the Associated Press and the local newspapers[29]. The police determined that the "victim" of the crimes had staged the incidents; when they confronted her with their evidence, the student confessed. Subsequent coverage of the false reports received even greater attention in the media and blogosphere.[30][31]
  • On January 4, 2006, the former president of Tam's Associated Student Body, Nima Shaterian, took his own life.[32] A city-wide memorial was held in Mill Valley.[33] In January 2007, junior Clive Barry also committed suicide.[34]
  • In May 2006, controversy over use of a rifle in a physics class demonstration received national coverage. Teacher David Lapp had fired his M1 carbine into a wooden block in his physics classes almost every year since 1992 to allow his students to calculate the muzzle velocity of the bullet based on conservation of momentum. After a complaint from a parent, local police and prosecutors investigated and stated that firing the gun may have been a violation of state law. The experiment had been authorized by the school administration.[35]
  • In August 2006, physical education teacher and tennis coach Norm Burgos was arrested and charged with sexual battery against a former member of the boys tennis team. The player had been 16 years old in 2002 or 2003, when the alleged event occurred. Burgos pleaded innocent and has received public support from players and their families. Burgos was charged in July 2008 with similar behavior with two other boys. On October 7, 2008, after Burgos had been on unpaid suspension for two years, the Tamalpais Union High School District board of trustees voted to terminate him, although the criminal charges remain unresolved. The termination is under appeal.[36][37][38][39]
  • Misbehavior by parents of San Marin High School basketball players on February 2, 2008, in two games with Tam teams led to drafting of the first code-of-conduct contracts for parents of athletes at a Marin County school. Following a girls junior varsity game at Tam, the mother of a San Marin player followed two referees, shouting obscene insults; later, at San Marin, two parents of San Marin players confronted Tam's coach after he made a gesture indicating that the home team had "choked." Novato police were called and the parents were later asked not to attend the remaining games of the season. Tam Principal Chris Holleran said that the coach's behavior was inappropriate, but declined to discuss possible disciplinary action.[24]

Tam High Foundation

In 1996, Principal Frank Gold and a group of parents formed the non-profit Tam High Foundation to raise funds for support of the school. The Foundation raised $60,000 its first year, increasing annual funding to $360,000 by 2007-08. Academic grants of up to $10,000 are made to teachers and administrators.[40]

Centennial

Tam's first 100 years, from 1908 to 2008, were widely recognized in local media. The Tam Centennial Committee, which included the principal, alumni, parents, retired faculty, and others, began meeting in 2006. The centennial celebration began with kickoff events on Homecoming Weekend in September 2007. Multiple events were scheduled for the year, including a Tam Oral History Project, a centennial documentary, and a celebration over the Memorial Day weekend in 2008.[3]

Campus

Initially consisting of only a couple of tents on a shore front campus that allowed students to take their boats to school, the Tamalpais campus was fully developed over the years, but has seen its share of wear and tear. Following a 2004 bond measure, the campus underwent renovations to some of its nearly century-old buildings. The oldest building, Wood Hall, reopened in late August 2005.

The 2005-2006 academic year was delayed by five days when unhealthy levels of mold were discovered in the walls of Keyser Hall. The building was closed, and portable classrooms were used instead of Keyser's 17 classrooms. The mold grew due to runoff from the hillside the building was situated on. Keyser Hall was demolished during the summer of 2006; a state-of-the-art replacement structure, also named Keyser Hall, was opened in January 2009. School administrators are consulting with architects about the construction of a handicapped elevator in front of the school's most recognizable building, Wood Hall. Architects unveiled a plan for a four-story elevator tower in front of the school's signature archway, complete with a bridge to take handicapped students into the building. Staff were shocked at the drastic proposal, which would be costly and would have an extensive impact on the many of the campus' most well-known architectural features. An elevator of some sort may be necessary to comply with handicapped accessibility laws. Administrators have formed a committee to look into alternative ways to provide that accessibility.

Extracurricular activities

Until 1990, the school's teams were called the Tamalpais Indians
Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)—since 1991, the sports teams have been called the Red Tailed Hawks or, more simply, the Hawks

Sports

Tam has competed in the Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) since the League was established in 1959.[41] In prior years, Tam was a member of the old North Bay League. The MCAL is a member of the Marin-Sonoma-Mendocino Conference of the North Coast Section (NCS) of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).

The MCAL offers competition in 21 sports as of 2007, including baseball, cross country, football, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling. Separate teams for boys and girls compete in basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and water polo. The only NCS sport that MCAL does not participate in is badminton.

State and North Coast Section (NCS) championships

  • Baseball – State Champions, 1928 and 1929[42]
  • Basketball, Boys – NCS Division IV and State Champions, 2000[43]
  • Cross Country, Boys – NCS Division IV Team Champions, 2008; NCS Division IV Individual Champion, 2008—Dan Milechman (15:18)[44]
  • Cross Country, Girls – NCS Meet of Champions, 1975; NCS Class A Champions, 1977[45]
  • Golf, Boys – NCS Co-Champions, 1980[46]
  • Soccer, Boys – NCS Champions, 2000[47]
  • Soccer, Girls – NCS Champions, 2008[48][49]
  • Track, Boys – NCS Redwood Empire Champions, 2006; Redwood Empire Division III Champions, 1971[50]
  • Water Polo, Boys – North Coast Section Champions, 1994
  • Wrestling, Girls – Anne Campbell, North Coast Section Champion, 2004 and 2005,[51][52] 2004 State Heavyweight Champion (non-CIF)[53]; Kelley Charlton, 2008 North Coast Section Champion, 2009 Northern California Regional Tournament Champion (154 lbs)[54][55]

Three Tam teams have won NCS Scholastic Championships for the highest team Grade Point Average—the Girls Cross Country Team in 1991, with a GPA of 3.58, the Boys Swimming and Diving Team in 1998, with a 3.49 GPA, and the 2008 Softball team, which took first in the Class 2A Redwood Empire, at 3.46. In Spring 2008, the Boys Golf team took third in the NCS, with a 3.57 GPA.[56][57]

Four Tam coaches have been recognized as Honor Coaches at the North Coast Section: Bruce Grant (girls track, 1982); Janis Wood (girls track, 1985); Beth Juri (boys volleyball, 1997); and Don Smith (softball, 2003).[58]

Football

Although Tam has never won a varsity football championship at the section level, which NCS has held 1919–1930 and 1975–present,[59] the Fall 1966 Tamalpais Indians team set records at the League, State, and national levels. In its second year under coach Willie Hector, 1957 graduate of Tam and former NFL player, the 1966 Indians had a 4–1–1 record in the MCAL and 6-2-1 overall. After sophomore quarterback Donny Mackin broke his wrist in the opening League game, he was replaced by senior Steve Woodward, in his only season playing MCAL football. In his first game as starting quarterback, against Novato High School, Woodward set the League record for passing, at 546 yards (499 m), while split-end Mike Biber set another League record with 15 receptions.[60] Tam's total offense of 821 yards (751 m) in the Novato game set the State record and was the second highest ever recorded in the nation. As of 2008, Tam's big day ranked third in California and fifth in the nation.[61]

On October 20, 2008, the San Francisco 49ers named Tam's varsity football coach Tony Keefer the Charlie Wedemeyer Coach of the Week. Coming off a twelve-game losing streak, Keefer's Hawks had a record through week 6 of 2008 of 5–1, and were undefeated in the MCAL.[62] Tam ended the season 5–5 (4–2 in the MCAL), after being squished by Justin-Sienna 42–7 on November 15.[63]

Soccer

In addition to the NCS championships won by the boys team in 2000 and the girls team in 2008, senior goalkeeper Braden Hoyt was named Player of the Year in the fall 2007 Boy's Soccer All League selections.[64]

Tennis

The 1999 boys varsity was the MCAL champion, finishing the season 14–0, with the first undefeated season in the team's history.[65]

On October 23, 2008, the girls tennis team won the 2008 MCAL championship for the first time in nine years, beating Marin Catholic 6–3 in the finals. The team was 16–6 for the season and had beaten Redwood in the semifinals 5–4.[66] On November 15, 2008, Tam was upset by the Marin Catholic Wildcats 5-2 in the NCS Division II finals.[67]

Track and field

Two Tam milers have taken first place in California State Track Meets. In 1936, Simon Scott won in 4:31.2; in 1976, the mile was won by Linda Broderick in 4:56.8.[68]

Club sports

The Tam High Mountain Bike Team is one of 35 high school teams in the NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing League (non-CIF). Tam finished third in Division II in 2007[69] and 8th in 2008.[70]

Mock Trial

Tamalpais High School's Mock Trial team won the 2005 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Charlotte, North Carolina.[71][72][73] Tam won the State championship in 2005 and 2009, taking second place in 1998 and 2007 and third place in 2008.[74]. As of 2009, the mock trial team has won the Marin County championship 14 years in a row.[75][76] The coach of the team since 1997 is Marin County defense attorney David M. Vogelstein, who won the Advocate of the Year Award in 2005 from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.[77]

On February 7, 2009, Tam won its fourteenth consecutive Marin County Championship, with captains IndiAna Gowland and Frank Alarcon winning as outstanding prosecution attorney[78]. Tam went on to win its second State Championship on March 22, in Riverside. At State, Junior Ben Harris won the best constitutional advocate award for his role as pre-trial defense lawyer. The team will compete again in the National Mock Trial Competition starting May 6, 2009, in Atlanta.[79]

Performing arts

Tam High is the original home of the Ensemble Theater Company (ETC), formed by former student (Tam/Drake Class of 1952) and teacher Dan Caldwell, notable alumni of which include Tupac Shakur and Courtney Thorne-Smith. ETC expanded its presence to include Redwood High School and Drake High School in the mid 1980’s. The Daniel Caldwell Performing Arts Center a new facility features a new 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) multi-use theatre building as well as significant upgrades and renovations to Ruby Scott Auditorium. The Center was completed in 2006. (ETC was renamed the Conservatory Theatre Ensemble (CTE).

Global Studies

Tam High's Global Studies program has sent students to Orthez, France; Malaga, Spain; London, England; Ireland, Italy, and Vietnam.

In 2000 the Tam News received a license from the Treasury Department to travel to Havana, Cuba and produced their first color magazine issue. The following year, 2001, musicians, artists, and dancers from the school visited Havana's art high schools and spent time creating art together with the Cuban students.[citation needed]

Student publications

The school's newspaper, the Tamalpais News has won awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the National Scholastic Press Association. Two News staff won individual awards for Story of the Year from the NSPA in 1998.[80] Tam News staff won eight individual Gold Circle Awards from the CSPA in 2001, with 11 total since 1984. In 2006, for the first time since the award was established in 1984, CSPA presented the News one of 37 Silver Crown Awards.[81] The News has experimented with different formats, including a news magazine called THAT Magazine from 2003 to 2005.[82] The paper introduced a new website in 2006, tamnews.org, which was a finalist for the NSPA Online Pacemaker in 2007.[83] The staff adviser since 2006, Jonah Steinhart, was a partner in two Silicon Valley startups and was editor of the Campanile when he was at Palo Alto High School.[84][85]

The yearbook was called The Tamalpais Graduate in early years. Later it became The PAI.

Awards and recognition

Tamalpais High School was a recipient of the California Distinguished School Award in 1999, 2005, and 2009.[86] The school has been ranked in the top five percent of American high schools since 2005, based on a system devised by Dave Matthews of the Washington Post and reported by Newsweek. Tam ranked the highest of all Marin County high schools each year, at 428 in 2005, 425 in 2006, 410 in 2007, and 979 in 2008.[87]

Notable alumni and students

As part of its celebration of its 144th year, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a series in June 2009 listing 144 famous Bay Area high school alumni in a "roll call of fame."[88] Tam alumni listed were Tupac Shakur, George Duke, Pat Paulsen, William L. Patterson, John Cipollina, and Courtney Thorne-Smith. Coverage of Tam's centennial in 2008 included several lists of famous alumni in local newspapers. The Marinscope Newspapers ran a story that began with a list of some of the best known, including Eve Arden, Sam Chapman, Matt Hazeltine, Rob Nilsson, Bill Champlin, Kathleen Quinlan, and Romeo Bandison. The article included short biographical sketches of eight lesser well-known Tam alumni "who made a difference": civil rights leader William Patterson (class of 1911); Sutro Librarian Emeritus /richard H. Dillon (1941); jazz pianist George Duke (1963); mountain biking pioneer Joe Breeze (1972); mathematician Peter Shor (1977); Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Martha Mendoza (1983); musician and peace activist Snatam Kaur (1990); and NASA engineer Evan Thomas (2001).[89]

The people listed here graduated from or attended Tam. The year shown is the year of graduation for the class that they entered with, unless they are known to have graduated with or identify with a different class.

—————

* Alumni listed in the 2002 Alumni Directory, address unconfirmed
† Alumni listed as "reported deceased" in the 2002 Alumni Directory
‡ Alumni listed in the Biographical Section of the 2002 Alumni Directory

Notable faculty, coaches, and advisors

  • Ernest E. Wood, founder and first principal; served from 1908 to 1944; he also originated the proposal for Marin Junior College (now College of Marin);[109] he died in 1955[3]
  • Roy "Wrongway" Riegels coached the Tamalpais High School football team in 1934 and recruited Sam Chapman to play for UC Berkeley.[110]
  • Dan Caldwell, Drama; Founder, Ensemble Theatre Company [111]
  • Robert Greenwood, Music; jazz musician; California Music Education Association Hall of Fame Award, 2004[112] (students include George Duke, Sita Dimitroff, Bill Champlin, Ben "King" Perkoff) [113][114]
  • Dave Meggyesy, former NFL linebacker and author of Out of Their League, was the head football coach in 1981 while teaching part-time at Stanford
  • David M. Vogelstein, private defense attorney and volunteer coach of the Tamalpais High School Mock Trial team since 1997; received the Mock Trial Advocate of the Year Award from the Constitutional Rights Foundation[77][115]

Tam High in popular culture

  • Several students and faculty had credited and cameo parts in the 1968 Steve McQueen film Bullitt.
  • The Tamalpais Marching Band appeared in the 1969 Woody Allen film Take The Money and Run, while Tam teachers Dan Caldwell and Don Michaelian had small roles as a prison guard and a prisoner.[116]
  • Since the late 60's, the school hosted many live concerts during lunch breaks, after school and on Saturday nights, with performances by local bands such as The Stanley Jackson Trio[103], Clover, Soundhole, Michael Bloomfield[102], Cold Blood, Pablo Cruise, and Jefferson Starship.
  • David Crosby's song, "Tamalpais High (At About 3)," refers to when Tam classes end for the day, and was conceived while the musician passed the school on the way to recording sessions in neighboring Sausalito, reportedly at The Plant Studios. It was recorded in February 1971 (though The Plant Studios is said to have opened in 1972). David Crosby — guitar, vocals; Jerry Garcia — guitar; Jorma Kaukonen — guitar; Phil Lesh — bass; Bill Kreutzmann — drums.[117]
  • 'Sock hop' dance in the 1973 movie American Graffiti was filmed in the Boys (now Gustafson) Gymnasium. Tam graduate Kathleen Quinlan appears in dance and bathroom scenes, as was current Tam High French teacher Brian Zailian (then a 15 year old Redwood High student), who is dancing in the crowd.
  • Don Michaelian, fine art teacher and department chair, appears in the 1973 Clint Eastwood film Magnum Force in the pool shootout scene with Suzanne Somers.
  • Stan Ritchie, biology teacher at Tam High in the 1960s and 1970s, had a part in the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as a spa patron taking a mud bath.[118]
  • Tam makes a cameo appearance as the wall in the background on the cover of the 1986 album Fore! by Huey Lewis and the News.[119]
  • A Time For Dancing, (Davida Wills Hurwin, 1995, Little Brown & Co, ISBN 0316383511) is set partly in Mill Valley and at Tam, which Julianna and Samantha, the main characters, attend; the movie based on the book was shot in 2000, with limited distribution in Europe, and was released in the United States in 2004[120][121]

Notes

  1. ^ School Accountability Report Card (SARC), accessed 2007-01-06
  2. ^ California Department of Education, accessed July 25, 2008
  3. ^ a b c d Whitiker, Tad, "Tam High to mark its 100th year with fanfare", Marin Independent Journal, September 18, 2007, accessed March 3, 2008
  4. ^ Boussy, Henri M. (Spring 1998). "Tamalpais High School: a synopsis, 1908–1944". The Mill Valley Historical Review (Mill Valley Historical Society). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170313945789&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123. Retrieved March 29, 2009. 
  5. ^ Mill Valley Masons, Golden Anniversary, 1953, accessed February 26, 2008
  6. ^ California State Library, News Notes of California Libraries, Vol. 5, No. 3, page 303, 1910, accessed February 26, 2008
  7. ^ California State Library, News Notes of California Libraries, Vol. 9, No. 2, page 308, April 1914, accessed February 26, 2008
  8. ^ New York Times, February 28, 1967, p. 40, "COAST STUDENTS HOLD RACIAL TALK; Bishop Observes Attempts to Seek Solution to Tension", accessed February 27, 2008
  9. ^ Sylvie Drake, Los Angeles Times, A Playwright's Festival Gains in the Process," August 1981 accessed March 12, 2007, at the Antenna Theater site
  10. ^ Bernard Weiner, San Francisco Chronicle, "A Time-Warp ‘Pink Prom’ in Mill Valley," August 3 1982, accessed March 12, 2007, at the Antenna Theater site
  11. ^ Although the hawk selected as mascot is most commonly referred to as the Red-tailed Hawk or red-tailed hawk, with a hyphen, the mascot is styled as Red Tailed Hawk, using three capitalized words with no hyphen, by both the student newspaper and the alumni association.
  12. ^ Miranda Ewell, San Jose Mercury News, May 11, 1990, Page 1A, "Marin School Will Give Condoms to Students", accessed March 1, 2008
  13. ^ San Jose Mercury News, May 12, 1990, Page 4B, Archbishop Advises Against Free Condoms, accessed March 1, 2008
  14. ^ Jim Herron Zamora, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1990, page A-34, "High School Agrees to Delay Distribution of Condoms", accessed March 1, 2008
  15. ^ San Jose Mercury News, June 13, 1990, Page 9B, "Condom Giveaway", accessed March 1, 2008
  16. ^ Sacramento Bee, August 2, 1990, page B5, "Condom Giveaway Plan Sinks at Marin School", accessed March 1, 2008
  17. ^ Tamalpais High School, Condom Availability Program (CAP) accessed March 1, 2008
  18. ^ Lore of the Flies, Dave's Page of Bogus Science web site, Detroit News, pp 8A 1997-03-21, accessed 2007-03-07
  19. ^ Howard D. Lipshitz, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, VOL. 150, NO. 2, JUNE 2006, "Edward B. Lewis Biographical Memoir, pp393-394, accessed 2007-03-07
  20. ^ Hoffman, Ari; Steven D. Pearson (June 25, 2009). "'Marginal Medicine': TargetingComparative Effectiveness Research To Reduce Waste". National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices. http://www.reducedrugprices.org/read.asp?news=3927. Retrieved August 21, 2009. 
  21. ^ "Clinical Research Training Program for Medical and Dental Students". National Institutes of Health. 2008. http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/crtp/CRTPBook2008.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2009. 
  22. ^ Fiona Morgan, salon.com, "Pride and prejudice: Is Novato, Calif., a breeding ground for hatred -- or just like every other American suburb?," 1999-04-29, accessed 2007-03-07
  23. ^ The Economist, "Hate Crimes Continue to Increase Nationally - Even in Wealthy Suburbs," 1999-02-27, accessed 2007-03-07
  24. ^ a b Dave Allen, Marin Independent Journal, February 7, 2008, "Parents' behavior prompts code of conduct at San Marin High", accessed February 11, 2007
  25. ^ Nieves, Evelyn (February 19, 1999). "Attacks on a Gay Teen-Ager Prompt Outrage and Soul-Searching". The New York Times: pp. A-14. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/19/us/attacks-on-a-gay-teen-ager-prompt-outrage-and-soul-searching.html?scp=5&sq=tamalpais%20high&st=cse. Retrieved August 21, 2009. 
  26. ^ Kelly St. John, San Francisco Chronicle, March 16, 2001, "Group Believes It's Time to Liberate Tam School District", accessed April 18, 2008
  27. ^ Kelly St. John, San Francisco Chronicle, "Marin students boycott state test: Schools left ineligible for state reward funds," 2001-05-04, accessed 2007-03-06
  28. ^ Coastal Post, June 2002
  29. ^ Marin Independent Journal, "Mill Valley Students Rally Against Hate After Gay-Bashing Incidents at School," December 11, 2004, accessed 2007-01-31 at whatkidscando.org
  30. ^ Michelle Malkin, "Another Hate Crime Hoax," May 9, 2005, accessed 2007-01-31
  31. ^ San Francisco Chronicle, "Alleged gay-bashing at Marin high school a hoax, police said," May 8, 2005, AP Breaking News, based on information from the Marin Independent Journal accessed 2007-01-31
  32. ^ San Francisco Chronicle,"The darkness behind his perfect smile", January 15, 2006
  33. ^ Letter dated 2006-01-05, from Principal Chris Holleran to the Tam Community regarding "Death of Nima Shaterian, Class of 2005", accessed 2007-01-01
  34. ^ San Francisco Chronicle, "Parents reflect, schools mobilize to curb suicide" 2007-01-22; Clinical psychologist Madeline Levine, who studied families in Marin County, hypothesized in her book, The Price of Privilege, that teens from affluent families are often plagued with more psychological distress.
  35. ^ Fimrite, Peter (May 25, 2006). "Physics teacher under fire for gun experiment: Parent's complaint raises issue about legality of stunt". San Francisco Chronicle: pp. B-1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/25/BAGO0J1C5O18.DTL. Retrieved 2008-08-11. 
  36. ^ Klien, Gary (August 17, 2006). "Tam gym teacher faces sex charge". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_4194309. Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
  37. ^ Allen, Dave (May 19, 2007). "Tam High parents, athletes support coach charged with sexual battery". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_5940214. Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
  38. ^ Klien, Gary (May 25, 2008). "New charges filed against former Tam High coach". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_9999366. Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
  39. ^ Rogers, Rob (October 7, 2008). "Tam Union votes to dismiss embattled tennis coach". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_10664468. Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
  40. ^ Frank Gold and Michelle Klurstein, "Tam Foundation: The little engine that could," Mill Valley Herald, May 14, 2008, accessed May 14, 2008
  41. ^ Bruce Macgowan, Marin Independent Journal, "Back in the early 1960s, Ed Chavez's Tam High boys teams reigned supreme," 2007-01-06, accessed 2007-02-27
  42. ^ San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 2000, "Granucci, Oliver Joseph", accessed April 18, 2008
  43. ^ North Coast Section, Team Champions, Boys (1975–2007), accessed February 11, 2007
  44. ^ Bainum, Brian (November 22, 2008). "Prep cross country: Marin runners strike gold at NCS championships". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_11052611?source=most_viewed. Retrieved 2008-11-30. 
  45. ^ NCS Fall Team Champions – Cross Country, accessed February 11, 2008
  46. ^ NCS, Girls' and Boys' Golf Championships, accessed February 11, 2007
  47. ^ North Coast Section Champions, Fall Soccer (Boys), accessed February 11, 2008
  48. ^ Harold Abend, "Tamalpais in the hunt for NCS girls soccer crown," San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, 2008, accessed May 20, 2008
  49. ^ Ian Ross, "Blose provides knockout blow", Marin Independent Journal, May 18, 2008]], p C1
  50. ^ North Coast Section Track & Field Results, accessed February 11, 2007
  51. ^ North Coast Section Girls Wrestling Championships, February 28, 2004, accessed February 11, 2008
  52. ^ 2005 NCS/Les Schwab Tires Girls' Wrestling Championships, February 25, 2005, 235, accessed February 11, 2008
  53. ^ Jason Wilson, Marin Independent Journal, February 8, 2004, "Tam High girl wins state wrestling crown", accessed February 20, 2008
  54. ^ "Prep roundup: Tam's Charlton, Novato's Madson take NorCal wrestling titles". Marin Independent Journal. January 18, 2009. http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_11483509. Retrieved 2009-01-24. 
  55. ^ Ross, Ian (January 20, 2009). "Girls prep of the week: Kelley Charlton". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/prepcentral/ci_11499624. Retrieved 2009-01-24. 
  56. ^ North Coast Section Scholastic Championship Teams (pdf), accessed February 11, 2008
  57. ^ North Coast Section Scholastic Championship Teams Awards, Spring 2008, accessed May 20, 2008
  58. ^ North Coast Section, accessed 2007-02-27
  59. ^ NCS Team Champions, Football, accessed February 11, 2008
  60. ^ Tamalpais High School, 1967 Pai yearbook, pp. 138–143, accessed June 7, 2008
  61. ^ NFHS, National High School Sports Record Book – Football, p. 77, accessed June 7, 2008
  62. ^ "49ers Name Coach Tony Keefer of Tamalpais H.S. Coach of the Week". San Francisco 49ers. http://49ers.com/pressbox/news_detail.php?PRKey=4790&section=PR%20News. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  63. ^ Lawley, Erin (2008-11-15). "Prep football: Justin-Siena slams Tam in finale". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_10995140. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  64. ^ MCALsports.org, Soccer All League 2007–08, accessed June 7, 2008
  65. ^ Eymer, Rick (May 14, 1999). "Undefeated Tamalpais Boys Complete Tennis Turnaround". San Francisco Chronicle: pp. NB-3. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/05/14/NB76244.DTL&hw=tamalpais&sn=005&sc=811. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  66. ^ Bainum, Brian (October 23, 2008). "Prep girls tennis: Tam turns tables on MC, wins MCAL team title". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_10800358?source=most_viewed. Retrieved 2008-10-30. 
  67. ^ Tannura, Vincent (November 15, 2008). "NCS tennis: Marin Catholic girls beat Tam in title match". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_10996210?source=most_viewed. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
  68. ^ Kirk, Don B.; David M. Cooper, Kieth R. Conning (October 2002). "Highlights of the California State Track Meet 1915–1984". http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/STATE_BK/statehis.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  69. ^ High School Mountain Bike Racing League, accessed February 20, 2008
  70. ^ "Team Season Standings (FINAL)". NorCal High School Mountain Bike League. May 20, 2008. http://norcalmtb.org/race/08/OverallTeam6.html. Retrieved 2008-11-30. 
  71. ^ Participant History & Past National Winners, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
  72. ^ Constitutional Rights Foundation, CRF e-News, Vol 4 No 2, June 2005, accessed 10/27/06
  73. ^ National High School Mock Trial Championship accessed 2006-10-27
  74. ^ Constitutional Rights Foundation, California Mock Trial History, accessed 2007-02-15
  75. ^ Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal, "Tam High mock trial team wins 12th consecutive Marin title," 2007-02-03, accessed 2007-02-10
  76. ^ Jim Staats, Marin Independent Journal, Tam High repeats big mock trial win February 5, 2008, accessed February 20, 2008
  77. ^ a b Marin Independent Journal, April 7, 2005, "Tam High mock trial team coach chosen for award", accessed March 31, 2008
  78. ^ "Tam High continues run of mock trial wins". Marin Independent Journal. February 10, 2009. http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_11672971. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  79. ^ Staats, Jim (March 23, 2009). "Tam High team wins state mock trial title". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_11979356. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  80. ^ National Scholastic Press Association, 2007 NSPA Online Pacemaker Winners, 1998
  81. ^ Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Contests and Critiques
  82. ^ Jennifer Upshaw, Marin Independent Journal, September 23, 2002, "Novato High's paper shuts down", accessed March 6, 2007
  83. ^ National Scholastic Press Association, NSPA Winners, 2007, accessed March 6, 2007
  84. ^ Tam News, 2006-09-27
  85. ^ Michael, Selz, The Wall Street Journal, accessed 2006-11-20
  86. ^ Rogers, Rob (April 2, 2009). "Six Marin schools honored as 'distinguished'". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_12056625. Retrieved August 29, 2009. 
  87. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. high schools". Newsweek. n.d.; Newsweek Web Exclusive. http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?s=CA&q=2008/rank/101. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 
  88. ^ Asimov, Nanette (June 1, 2009–June 6, 2009). "List of famous Bay Area high school grads". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/01/BA1P17T2FB.DTL. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  89. ^ Cluff, Susan (May 2, 2008—first ran in the Mill Valley Herald). "Tam High: Eight who made a difference". Ross Valley Reporter (Marinscope Newspapers). http://www.marinscope.com/rossvalleyreporter/detail_page.php?rdate=2008-05-08%2018:31:55&pcode=MVH&scode=Mn3&ldate=2008-01-30%2017:08:12. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  90. ^ Carla Ehat & Anne Kent, "Interview with Roger Kent," February 15, 1978, Marin County Free Library, accessed June 8, 2008; Kent had a low opinion of Tam, saying "... I went from there to the Friends School, which was a Quaker School and a very good school. I was in the seventh grade there when the family moved out here [in 1919] and I went right from here to first year in Tamalpais High School, which was a very poor high school at that time.... I guess it was probably symptomatic of public education throughout California at that time. The standards were very, very low."
  91. ^ the baseballcube.com, Tony Freitas, accessed March 9, 2008
  92. ^ Dwight Chapin, San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2004, Former Tam major-leaguers to be honored in reunion
  93. ^ Baseball-Reference, "Art Schallock" accessed 2006-12-07
  94. ^ San Francisco Chronicle obituary, "Glen Robinson - U.S Marshal," January 31, 2005 accessed 2007-01-19
  95. ^ New York Times, "Matt Hazeltine, 53, Is Dead; Former Linebacker for 49ers,"1987-01-17 accessed 2006-12-07
  96. ^ Rob Nilsson Filmography at IMDB
  97. ^ Rob Nilsson official site accessed 2006-12-07
  98. ^ Festival de Cannes, Awards accessed 2006-12-07
  99. ^ Sundance Festival Award Winners accessed 2006-12-08
  100. ^ Bruce Macgowan, Marin Independent Journal, "Career in the NFL just a part of still-active career for Collett," 09/03/2006-09-03, accessed 2007-01-11
  101. ^ Neumu online music magazine, Michael Goldberg biography
  102. ^ a b "How I discovered the Blues", Michael Goldberg, insiderone.net December 2000
  103. ^ a b "Grooving To The Stanley Jackson Trio", Michael Goldberg, neumu.net August 2003
  104. ^ Breezer Bikes company web site
  105. ^ Colorado Buffaloes, Romeo Bandison Biography, accessed 2007-02-27
  106. ^ "Snatam Kaur", accessed May 3, 2007
  107. ^ Pop17
  108. ^ Salkin, Allen. "Night Life Programmed," The New York Times, August 3, 2008.
  109. ^ Alex Horvath, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2001, "Back to school / Graduates return to College of Marin for anniversary celebration ", accessed March 2, 2008
  110. ^ Los Angeles Times, December 29, 2006, "Sam Chapman, 90; halfback on last Cal team to win Rose Bowl" accessed January 1, 2007
  111. ^ http://www.ctetam.org/pages/guest_DCaldwell.html
  112. ^ The California Association for Music Education
  113. ^ Music in Schools Today: Mentor Max Perkoff
  114. ^ Sita Dimitroff's Best Teachers
  115. ^ David Vogelstein, The Marin Lawyer, May 2005, "Confessions of a mock trial coach" accessed March 31, 2008
  116. ^ Tamalpais High School - History of Tam High
  117. ^ Grateful Dead discography
  118. ^ IMDb, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), accessed 2007-01-12
  119. ^ FORE! Album Information, Notes: "Thank You to Tamalpais High School For Supplying Us With The Wall For Our Cover", accessed at Bay-Area-Bands.com 2007-02-13
  120. ^ IMDB A Time for Dancing (2000
  121. ^ Peter Coyote Fall 2003 Newsletter, accessed June 9, 2007

References

External links

Coordinates: 37°53′32″N 122°31′51″W / 37.8921°N 122.530751°W / 37.8921; -122.530751


This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Tamalpais High School".  Read more