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  • Dec 21 / Girls Varsity BasketballArchie Williams High School - 61, Bay School of San Francisco - 17
  • Nov 30 / Boys Varsity BasketballArchie Williams High School - 64, San Francisco University - 79
  • Nov 9 / Varsity FootballArchie Williams High School - 14, Piner High School - 42
  • Nov 2 / Varsity FootballArchie Williams High School - 43, Healdsburg High School - 42
  • Oct 31 / Boys Varsity Water PoloArchie Williams High School - 8, Tamalpais High School - 6
  • Oct 27 / Girls Varsity Water PoloArchie Williams High School - 11, Las Lomas High School - 7
  • Oct 25 / Varsity FootballArchie Williams High School - 0, Sonoma Valley High School - 35
  • Oct 25 / Girls Varsity Water PoloArchie Williams High School - 9, Lakeridge High School - 5
  • Oct 25 / Girls Varsity Water PoloArchie Williams High School - 10, St. Ignatius High School - 5
  • Oct 24 / Boys Varsity Water PoloArchie Williams High School - 11, Miramonte High School - 17
The pinnacle of Falcon journalism

The Pitch
The pinnacle of Falcon journalism

The Pitch
Alice Simenstad

Alice Simenstad, Reporter

Alice is a senior, starting her fourth year in journalism. She enjoys hanging out with her friends and her plants, and rewatching Parks and Recreation. You can find Alice talking in a western accent and drawing a plethora of misshapen hearts.

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Ketamine Hydrochloride is the drug administered during patient treatment sessions.

The Rise of Ketamine Assisted Therapy: from street drug to lifesaving treatment

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
May 22, 2023
Soaring to new heights: Recapping 2021-2022 at Archie Williams High School

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS: RECAPPING 2021-22 AT AWHS

Ila Rees, Avery Josephs, Alice Simenstad, Henry Pratt, Neve Marin Rue Galmarini, Jasmin Desruisseau, Ethan Frankel, and Dylan Carson
June 7, 2022
Kit Connor and Joe Locke play Nick and Charlie, two young boys who form an unlikely friendship, in Netflix’s Heartstopper.

Heartstopper is a beautiful ray of light for LGBTQ+ youth

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
May 9, 2022
Ms. Stapleton demonstrates a tendu to her Monday ballet class.

Virginia Stapleton leaps out of Artistic Director position at Stapleton Ballet

Chloe Levenson and Alice Simenstad
March 12, 2022
Teenage brain being smashed because of the stress from finals week.

Stress less: Students encouraged to find healthy balance of stress during Finals

Alice Simenstad and Genevieve Peterson
February 8, 2022
Netflix’s newest teen romantic comedy He’s All That was released August 25, 2021, a gender-swapped remake of the original movie, She’s All That.

Addison Rae needs to stay in her TikTok lane after flimsy performance in He’s All That

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
September 13, 2021
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Archie Williams High School’s new logo painted on the wall of the main gym and displayed to all

AWHS families and faculty flock to falcon logo reveal

Alice Simenstad and Georgia Schroeder
August 11, 2021

HS 1327 administration neglects greater student population input on momentous name change

Alice Simenstad and Georgia Schroeder
January 31, 2021

Staff Recommendations: the Top 8 Christmas Movies

Aler Giffin, Alice Simenstad, Brynn Galaich, and Sophia Minutoli
December 16, 2020
Mckenzie (age 5) and Robin Hull (age 2) showing off their Halloween costumes on their deck.

[Photo] Marin families forge new Halloween traditions amid COVID-19 pandemic

Dylan Carson, Reporter
October 30, 2020
Fire Captain Jenn Panko with her friends from the academy (back row from left to right: David Hoos, Jenn Panko, JD Madden; front row from left to right: Lucy Clark, Aurelio Perez, Doug Christain) when they got hired in 1997.

An in-depth look at the lives and experiences of female firefighters in Northern California

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
October 12, 2020
If county health officials give TUHSD the ok, the district will follow this plan: On Mondays, Groups A and B will be at home. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Group A will be at school and Group B will be at home on Zoom. On Thursdays and Fridays Group B will be at school and Group A will be at home on Zoom. Groups are determined by last name to keep siblings together.

TUHSD will model hybrid of in-person and remote learning starting January 2021

Alice Simenstad and Dylan Carson
October 9, 2020
Goodbye Ruth Bader Ginsberg, may your memory be a revolution

Goodbye Ruth Bader Ginsberg, may your memory be a revolution

Samantha Parr, Alice Simenstad, Kelsey Riemer, Melissa Auchard, Avery Yudice, Dylan Carson, Georgia Schroeder, and Katie Hausammann
October 6, 2020

Nightly howl unites community amid COVID-19 crisis

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
April 24, 2020
Stefanie Iojica, editor in chief of the Jolly Roger speaks at Tuesday's board meeting

TUHSD community protests journalism and Team cuts at board meeting

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
March 15, 2020
(left to right, back to front) Pierre Beaurang, Hugo Leinbach, Riley Evans, Finn McKitterick, Xenia McLean, Douglas Jackson, Audry Daniel, Izzy Brisco-Schofield, Sasha Yovino, Ariana Brisco-Schofield, Jack Long, Ceci Hellman, Ethan Fredenburg, Santiago Powell. Not pictured: Bella Lee, Refael Nathan-Israel, Clara Nuuja, Bri Woods

Jury declares Mock Trial a success

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
March 10, 2020

California becomes first state to pass later school start time law

Alice Simenstad and Kelsey Riemer
March 2, 2020

It’s time for our generation to ink a new history

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
February 3, 2020

Peacock Gap hosting Winter Formal despite previous problems at location

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
February 3, 2020
A picture of an image from a 1952 Drake yearbook depicts students crowding the senior tree area

Senior Tree facilitates memories through generations

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
December 11, 2019
Original drawing by Pace Buchan shows a trash can of burning clothes, representing the anti-fast fashion opinion of the author

Fast fashion accelerating climate disaster 

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
November 7, 2019

New School Year Brings Big Changes to Small Learning Communities

Alice Simenstad, Reporter
October 3, 2019
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