our community and counter to the lessons and values we wish our students and colleagues to learn." During the renaming process, the school adopted the temporary name "High School 1327", a reference to its address. On May 6, 2021, an elected school committee composed of students, parents and staff voted unanimously to rename the school after former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams. The Tamalpais United School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new name on May 11, 2021. School awards In 1990 the school was designated as a Next Century School by RJR Nabisco Foundation for its "entrepreneurship in education." Drake was one of thirty schools to receive this award. In 1999 Drake High School was designated as a California Distinguished School. In 2003 Drake was the first high school to be recognized has a Bay Area Green Business School for its environmental awareness around campus. Extracurricular activities Basketball In 1982 both the boys and girls basketball teams took the state division II title. The boys basketball team returned to the states championship in 2014 but lost. Jolly Roger / The Pitch The school newspaper, originally named the Jolly Roger, is published almost every month. The 1986-87 edition was a winner of Columbia University’s Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988. The Jolly Roger has been a regular recipient of the Medalist rating, given to the top 5% among high school newspapers in its class in United States. Following the school's name change in 2021, the newspaper also changed its name from Jolly Roger to The Pitch. Mountain Biking Club The school's NICA NorCal League mountain bike team is notable for being one of the first in the nation and has won numerous regional and statewide competitions. The team is eleven-time NorCal League champions (2004, 2006, 2009–2017) and eight-time California State champions (2009-2012, 2015–2018). Notable alumni Lance Acord, cinematographer Lee Altenberg, ('75) theoretical biologist Arj Barker, comedian Garm Beall, ('76) film composer Alex Bennett, radio broadcaster for Sirius XM Left Joel Blum, Broadway actor and dancer, nominated for two Tony Awards Terry Bozzio, musician (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, U.K.) Scott Capurro, actor, comedian, author Reggie Carolan, professional football player Konrad Dryden, author John Farey, ('73) musician Linda Gregg, ('61), poet Erinn Hayes, actress known for Children's Hospital Steve Lavin, college basketball head coach and ESPN broadcaster Jane Levy, ('07) actress from ABC comedy Suburgatory and NBC