Tamalpais High School

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Tamalpais High School
Address
700 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, California, 94941
USA
Information
School district Tamalpais Union High School District
Oversight Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Schools
Principal Chris Holleran
Assistant Principals Candace Curtis, Tom Drescher
Enrollment

1,147 (2005-06[1])
Grade 9 331
Grade 10 266
Grade 11 308
Grade 12 242
Faculty 81 [1]
School type Public Comprehensive high school
Grades 9-12
Language English
Area Southern Marin County
Campus Suburban
Mascot Red Tailed Hawk
Team name Hawks
Color(s)           Red & Blue
Founded 1908
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
Homepage 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 above Mill Valley.

Tamalpais High School was 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.

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[edit] 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.[2] Ernest E. Wood took the lead in founding the District and was the first principal.[3] By its second year, there were six teachers, 100 students, and 300 volumes in the school library.[4] 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.[5] E, E, Wood was principal for 36 years, until 1944.

Known in its early years as Tamalpais Polytecnhnic 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."[2] Architecture students designed the first building and students built several structures on the campus.

[edit] 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.[6]
  • 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
  • On May 9, 1990, following a teacher's death 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.[10] The plan was very controversial, with objections from some parents and San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn calling for it to be rescinded.[11] The following week, after being threatened with a lawsuit by the parents of a student, the District postponed the program indefinately.[12] 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.[13] 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[14] About 1996, Tam initiated the Condom Availability Program, which provides free condoms to students who have received parental permission and completed a training session.[15]
  • 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 drosophilia, had violated rules on the use of live animals.[16] 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. [17] The science fair prize was reinstated. (As of 2007, Hoffman graduated from Stanford University and is enrolled in the University of California San Francisco Medical School.)
  • 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.[18][19][20]
  • In 2001, students from Tam and other high schools in the TUHSD formed Marin Students for Liberating Education to discuss the number of prerequisiste classes and level of testing.[21] 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).[22] Raznikov resigned from the board of trustees in 2002, citing the testing controversy among the reasons.[23]
  • 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[24]. 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.[25][26]
  • On 2006-01-04, the former president of Tam's Associated Student Body, Nima Shaterian, took his own life.[27] A city-wide memorial was held in Mill Valley.[28] In January of 2007, junior Clive Barry also committed suicide.[29]
  • 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.[20]

[edit] 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.[30]

[edit] School Centennial

A celebration of Tam's first 100 years, 1908–2008, began in kickoff events on Homecoming Weekend in September 2007 and will run through 2008. Plans call for multiple events, including a Tam Oral History Project, a centennial documentary, and a celebration over Memorial Day weekend in 2008. The Tam Centennial Committee, which includes the principal, alumni, parents, retired faculty, and others, began meeting in 2006. A website, www.tam100.orghas been created to inform the community of plans for the Tam Centennial.[2]

[edit] 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; the site will remain empty for about a year before construction of a replacement building begins.

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.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

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

[edit] Sports

Tam has competed in the Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) since the League was established in 1959.[31] 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, vollyball, and waterpolo. 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[32]
  • Basketball, Boys – NCS Division IV and State Champions, 2000[33]
  • Cross County, Girls – NCS Meet of Champions, 1975; NCS Class A Champions, 1977[34]
  • Golf, Boys – NCS Co-Champions, 1980[35]
  • Soccer, Boys – NCS Champions, 2000[36]
  • Soccer, Girls – NCS Champions, 2008[37][38]]
  • Track, Boys – NCS Redwood Empire Champions, 2006; Redwood Empire Division III Champions, 1971[39]
  • Water Polo, Boys – North Coast Section Champions, 1994
  • Wrestling – Anne Campbell – North Coast Section Champion, 2004 and 2005;[40][41] State Heavyweight Champion, 2004 (non-CIF)[42]

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.[43][44]

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).[45]


Football

Although Tam has never won a varsity football championship at the section level, which NCS has held 1919–1930 and 1975–present,[46] 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 Don Mackin broke his wrist in the first League game, he was replaced by senior Steve Woodward, in his only season playing League football. In his first game starting at quarterback, against Novato High School, Woodward set the League record for passing, at 546 yards, while split-end Mike Biber set another League record with 15 receptions.[47] Tam's total offense of 821 yards in the Novato game set the State record and was the second highest ever recorded in the nation. Tam's big day still ranks third in California and fifth in the nation.[48]

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.[49]

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). In 2007, Tam finished third in Division II.[50]


[edit] Mock Trial

Tamalpais High School's team won the 2005 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Charlotte, North Carolina.[51][52][53] Tam won the State championship in 2005 and took second place in 1998 and 2007 and third place in 2008.[54]. As of February 2008, the mock trial team has won the Marin County championship 13 years in a row.[55][56] The coach of the team since 1997 is local Marin county defense attorney David M. Vogelstein, who won the Advocate of the Year Award in 2005 from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.[57]

[edit] 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 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).

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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.[58] 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.[59] The News has experimented with different formats, including a news magazine called THAT Magazine from 2003 to 2005.[60] The paper introduced a new website in 2006, tamnews.org, which was a finalist for the NSPA Online Pacemaker in 2007.[61] 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.[62][63]

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

[edit] Awards and recognition

Tamalpais High School was a recipient of the California Distinguished School Award in 1999 and 2005. The school was ranked in the top five percent of American high schools for three years in a row, 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, at 428 in 2005, 425 in 2006, and 410 in 2007.[64]

[edit] Notable alumni and students

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.

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* 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

[edit] Notable faculty, coaches, and advisors

[edit] 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.[122]
  • 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[98], Clover, Soundhole, Michael Bloomfield[97], 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.[123]
  • '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 Michealian, 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.[124]
  • 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.[125]
  • 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[126][127]

[edit] Notes

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[edit] References

  • Tamalpais High School Alumni Directory 2002, Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Purchase, New York, 2002.

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