The Pitch

Stuart Pratt, Reporter
February 7, 2025

On Dec. 20, 2024, Superintendent Tara Taupier announced her upcoming retirement to the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) community effective June 30, after 30 years in education and seven years as TUHSD superintendent. Since this announcement, the TUHSD has embarked upon a search for someone new to hold the position. The first community event surrounding the...

Fire Station 20 seeks remodel in 2025

August Ehmann and Lane Baker
February 6, 2025

In early Nov. 2024, the Town of San Anselmo began preparation for the renovation of Fire Station 20 on Butterfield Road. The renovation, which the San Anselmo Town Council authorized Oct. 22, 2024 after a unanimous...

Students dance the cold away at Archie Williams’ winter formal

Norah Elder and Emme Williams
February 3, 2025

On Feb. 1 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Archie Williams hosted its annual Winter Formal dance. Students danced at the Bill and Adele Jonas Center in Novato, an expansion of the College of Marin’s Indian Valley campus. Following complications with the original plan of serving Smashburger, the event featured complimentary pizza, a live DJ, and a fitting winter theme.

Snow banks of spirit: a recap of Archie Williams’ Winter Formal spirit week

Nola Miller, Gabi Rode, Teya Strong, and Cecilia Robertson
February 2, 2025

From Monday, Jan. 27 to Friday, Jan. 31, the Archie Williams Associated Student Body (ASB) organized a “Winter Wonderland”-themed spirit week to boost student spirit heading into the Winter Formal Dance on Saturday. Falcon spirit was high as many students participated in each unique event in preparation for the Winter Formal Dance.

Pre-Winter Formal dance rally brings out school pride and spirit

Dempsey Boone and Ellen Winter
February 2, 2025

On Friday, Jan. 31, Archie Williams Associated Student Body (ASB) hosted a school-wide rally in the Carl “Red” Brown gymnasium. The rally began at 10:25 a.m., 10 minutes into what would have been fourth period, and ended at 11:10 a.m. Senior ASB members...

Archie Williams introduces new tutorial cell phone ban

Riley Liebman and Lane Baker
January 22, 2025

For the second semester of the 2024-25 school year, Archie Williams updated its tutorial cell phone policy, officially barring students from using their phones during the period. Administration first announced the update to students at the end of the first semester, going into effect during the first tutorial period of the second semester, Jan. 9. This policy aligns...

City of San Rafael debuts sanctioned camping program

BenLuka Sheddrick and Charlie Fee
January 13, 2025

In recent years, homelessness in Marin County has grown into a visible and pressing issue, with one particular encampment continuing to expand along San Rafael’s Mahon Creek Path and Anderson Drive. On October 4, the City of San Rafael opened a designated camping area near Mahon Creek to address the growing issue of homelessness in the area. Prior to the area’s establishment,...

Californians voted to uphold the vestiges of slavery in the state Constitution. Here’s why

Sierra Goldberg and Zoe Levy
December 28, 2024

With the nation’s focus on the presidential election, Election Day slipped by with smaller state propositions receiving less attention. In California, one such measure was Proposition 6, which aimed to abolish involuntary servitude in the California prison system. The measure did not pass, upholding the state’s current prison labor laws.

Archie Williams students display talent at jazz showcase

Ian Holton, Reporter
December 19, 2024

On Monday, Dec. 10, the Archie Williams Performance Workshop (PW) held a jazz showcase, organized by Archie Williams band teacher Mario Aparicio. PW students performed in the show, and afterwards, Aparicio sold merchandise to supply instruments for the students. Three separate combinations of students performed songs back-to-back.

Prop 36 to increase penalties for drug and theft crimes

Hava Rossiter and Zoe Levy
December 16, 2024

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, voters across California cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 36. Known by its supporters as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act,” Prop 36 will reclassify certain cases of theft and drug crimes as felonies, and create a new category of crime called “treatment-mandated felonies.” Prop 36 will reverse many of the...

The true impact of Measure B

Emme Williams and Norah Elder
December 14, 2024

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, residents in the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) area voted to approve Measure B, a school bond that will fund critical infrastructure repairs and improvements at Redwood High School, Tamalpais High School, and Archie Williams. The approval of Measure B marks a significant step forward for TUHSD, as bonds are the only source of funding...

Archie Williams’ academies raise money in unique “SEAM” fundraiser

Parker Fee and James Pope
December 12, 2024

On Saturday, Dec. 7, two of Archie Williams’ upperclassman academies, the Social and Environmental Academy-Dedicated to Improving School and Community (SEA-DISC) and Team, collaborated to host their ‘SEAM’ (SEA-DISC/Team) fundraiser. Starting at 11 a.m., the student-run fundraiser took place on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard near downtown San Anselmo, across the street...

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