Here is the 2015-16 Beacon Staff:

Feel free to contact any staff member for further information on specific topics of articles, or any possible improvements for the Beacon.

Jun Lin (email: 05linj@aisgz.org)

Jun is an 11th-grade Beacon staff member. This is his first year working with the Beacon, and he doesn’t really write a lot…so I have no idea why I am writing a bio. He is not a potato.

Jeremy Park (email: 05parkj@aisgz.org)

My name is Jeremy Park and I am an 11th grader this year. I am just a normal high school student, and I am highly interested in sports, more than any other areas combined.

In Hwa Mo (email: 06moi@aisgz.org)

InHwa is a sophomore at AISG, and it’s his first year with The Beacon. He mainly writes about world news.

 

Sophie Elliott (email: 07elliotts@aisgz.org)

Sophie is a freshman at AISG, and this is her first year writing for the Beacon. Her main writing focus is on AISG related events.

Jiwon Lee (email: 05leej@aisgz.org)

Jiwon Lee is an eleventh-grade student journalist of The Beacon, covering world issues and school events.

Katherine Hsu (email: 05hsuy@aisgz.org)

Katherine Hsu is a copy editor and an eleventh-grade student at AISG. She focuses most of her articles on Travel and Health.

 

Meghan Kaiser (email: 04kaiserm@aisgz.org)

Welcome to Wonderland! (AKA the mind of Meghan Kaiser). Although her words inflict both passion and sadness the senior has a love for writing and anything that comes along with it.  During her spare time though the girl enjoys reading, drawing, and being with friends. She focuses mainly on writing the pop culture topics as well as more of the musically inclined and feature film topics.

I also like cats and video games!!!!

Yes, that she does as well. For the most part, you really just have to mentally prepare yourself for some things this insane child writes about.

 

Michelle Zhu (email: 07zhum@aisgz.org)

Michelle is a ninth-grade Beacon writer, focusing primarily on school activities and popular culture.

 

 

Nikhil Budhdev (email: 05budhdevn@aisgz.org)

Nikhil Budhdev is a junior at AISG. Writing for The Beacon for the first time, he is really enjoying the experience. Other than writing he also enjoys playing basketball and a few other sports. Nik mostly concentrates his writing on international sports and sometimes, international news as well.

Joyce Feng (email: 05fengj@aisgz.org)

Joyce Feng is an eleventh-grade member of the Beacon staff, writing about school activities, travel and the arts.

 

Punya Bhargava (email: 05bhargavap@aisgz.org)

Punya is a junior writing for the Beacon . She enjoys singing, playing the guitar, politics, poetry and watching soccer as well as cricket.  She is interested in writing about topics ranging from world politics to latest pop culture.

Stephen Zhou (email: 05zhous@aisgz.org)

Stephen Zhou is currently a junior student at AISG. It is his 3rd year attending the school, but his first year taking part of the Beacon Publication.He mainly writes articles on school sports and expresses his opinions on social issues.

Yan Li (email: 05liy@aisgz.org)

Yan Li is an editor and reporter for the Beacon. She focuses on international news and other miscellaneous topics.

 

Ibrahim Bah (email: 05bahi@aisgz.org)

Ibrahim Bah is an eleventh-grade student, writing for The Beacon for the first time this year. He is also the head photographer on the staff.

Nelly Lopez (email: 07nlopez@aisgz.org)

Nelly is an ninth-grade student, she enjoys reading and watching movies

Jake Kim (email: 05kimja@aisgz.org)

Jake is an eleventh grade student, and the only returning Beacon staff member.

Ayman Mekkaoui Alaoui (email: 05mekkaouia@aisgz.org)

Ayman is an eleventh grade student.

Jess Barga (email: jbarga@aisgz.org)

Jess Barga teaches English and Journalism at AISG, and is the faculty advisor to The Beacon. This is her first year in China, and she hopes to contribute some articles herself, primarily about music, film, and literature.