At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. These stories are written by Drake students, published in the Jolly Roger, and republished here with permission. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. As Drake's Ski Week starts, the Jolly Roger looks at the ghost town that has been Tahoe so far this year. Are you heading there this week? Is it getting livelier? BY LINCOLN RICHARDS As you drive around the corner of Highway 89, the usually-bustling hub of the north shore, Tahoe City, is …

  At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. These stories are written by Drake students, published in the Jolly Roger, and republished here with permission. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. -- BY PATTY VANCE Bay Area teens on their way to the slopes at the end of Decmber were caught with more than just gloves and long johns. Packed in with their snow gear, students brought alcohol and drugs like marijuana and mushrooms. The trip was managed by Summer Winter Action Tours (…

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. These stories are written by Drake students, published in the Jolly Roger, and republished here with permission. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. -- This story is essentially the experience of one of our staff at the youth-friendly meditation center, Spirit Rock. Wheeler has been meditating on and off at Woodacre’s Spirit Rock Meditation Center for her whole life. She is currently in the high school meditation class, and also …

  At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. BY SAM MCLAUGHLIN The lot at 101 San Anselmo Avenue, between the San Anselmo Post Office and the venerable Caesar’s Cyclery, has hosted various ill-conceived businesses over the last few years, but none of those survived long. Now, Sweetlife Bakery and Café has moved into this space. I paid a visit to find out if it has the potential to buck the trend and become a lasting establishment in the …

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. BY LAUREN ANTONE The Drake Dance Troupe  hit the Redwood City dance floor this weekend for the returning dance-off. Last year, the Drake Dance Troupe attended the same competition and stood out from the other dance teams through their hip-hop dance moves. Although there was not supposed to be a ranking system, the teams received scores anyhow and dance troop claimed third place. “We ended up being the…

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. BY SAM MCLAUGHLIN Whether you’re with them or against them, you can’t ignore the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Beginning as just an idea on the internet, the Occupy movement has become a global phenomenon. The Occupy protesters have no specific demands, but their main message is clear: they believe that corporate influence in governments and growing economic inequality is dangerous, unjust, and …

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. In this article, Jolly Roger reporters examine the use of study drugs in school. BY MATT ACORD and BLAKE PANNES Finals week is usually five days of utter dread and hours of seemingly endless bubbling. Some students crumble under the pressure. Others turn to illegal amphetamines like Adderall to speed through their tests. Adderall is a legal amphetamine that is prescribed to those who have been …

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. BY EMMA WHEELER Do you remember when hookahs weren’t in common use? Probably—however, they've been around for centuries. The same goes for a lesser-known yet newly-hip pastime; inhaling oxygen at a bar.  An early reference to recreational oxygen use can be found in Jules Vern’s 1870 novel Around the Moon. In this novel, people used oxygen to stay alive longer.  Another reference came in the 1971 …

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. By STEPHEN LEVECKIS It’s no secret that many of our county’s youth enjoy a weekend joint or daily smoke session. It’s safe to assume that marijuana is incorporated into many teens’ daily or weekly routines, especially in Fairfax and San Anselmo, where the history of narcotics usage is almost legendary. With misinformation and assumptions permeating the topic of marijuana, it’s time to clear the smoke…

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com.  BY EMILY FIELD PG&E’s argument regarding the installation of Smart Meters has been hotly debated throughout our influential and informed Marin County. Some may call this resistance towards Smart Meters as a battle starting too late, but for some this is just the beginning. Because 8 million of these meters have already been installed in California residences, PG&E’s plan to position 10 million meters…

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com.  BY LAUREN ANTONE At the Red Hill Shopping Center where many students walk for lunch, when construction picked up, business slowed down. Construction to beautify Red Hill Shopping Center has negatively impacted several businesses, putting shop owners and restaurants into debt by turning away new and returning customers. Several Red Hill businesses, including Round Table Pizza and Pretty Baby, have …

The Drake Jolly Roger published its popular graduation maps last week, showing where every senior is headed after their graduation ceremony tomorrow. Check out the maps above and see more at drakejr.com.  Don't forget to add your graduates' photos to our special graduation gallery.

The Jolly Roger Corner features articles, reviews, and columns from the Drake High School paper, The Jolly Roger. Visit drakejr.com for more articles from the school's writers. In this article, the JR reviews the new Edo Grill at Red Hill Shopping Center. BY LINCOLN RICHARDS After months of bated anticipation, the empty building that was once a Jack–in-the-Box has been replaced by Chinese-Japanese fusion, Edo Grill. Located on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at the front of the Red Hill Shopping Cneter, Edo Grill has a tasty, yet cheap menu that is perfect for students looking for an alternative …

This excerpt comes from the Drake High School paper, The Jolly Roger's, March 10 edition. We'll regularly feature articles, excerpts, and reviews from the Jolly Roger and our Drake students. Read the rest of this article or more articles at drakejr.com. BY ANDREW VARGAS DELMAN A student sits cross-legged at the end of the second corridor during lunch with a brown cardboard box. Inside are a hamburger, a small package of baby carrots, and a carton of milk. He lifts the bun, removes the lettuce with his thumb and index finger, and leaps to his feet in frustration. Discouraged, he complains …

At The Jolly Roger Corner, you get a glimpse into Drake's oldest high school newspaper The Jolly Roger. Check out more articles, photos, reviews and insight into our local school at drakejr.com. This article comes from the March 7 edition. BY ANDREW VARGAS DELMAN It’s nearly spring, and the gardens are blooming. However, Drake’s garden is a little-known group of planter boxes hidden behind the storage barn, while the other schools in our district have flourishing edible gardens. All of the gardens in our neighboring schools provide learning opportunities, and some even provide produce for …