Tamalpais High School
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700 Miller Avenue Mill Valley, California 94941 United States |
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| 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 | J.C. Farr |
| Faculty | 81 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,321 (2014–2015) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Area | Southern Marin County |
| Color(s) | Red, Royal Blue & White |
| 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 | Official website |
Tamalpais High School (often abbreviated as Tam) is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. 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.
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. The school opened with 70 students, including 40 freshmen, 21 sophomores, five juniors, and four seniors. Ernest E. Wood took the lead in founding the District and was the first principal. By its second year, there were six teachers, 100 students, and 300 volumes in the school library. 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. E. E. Wood was principal for 36 years, until 1944.
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