Show BioHide BioJacky Liu is a senior and one of the co-editor-in-chief of the Beacon. This is his second year writing for the Beacon. He is interested in writing about school events, school sports, editorials, etc. In addition to writing, Jacky also enjoys making video reports and graphic design. His hobbies are reading, listening to music and watch movies.
Is AISG Politically Correct? Political correctness is defined as the avoidance of certain expressions and actions that might offend those from minority groups. Since AISG is an international school, it is often thought that students and teachers are politicall... More »
Since many of the current coordinators of our community service groups and other student organizations are graduating, a new generation of coordinators are elected or selected to fill their spot. As many of the old coordinators are well known in the community,... More »
APAC Theater This year we hosted the APAC Theater in our brand new theater! It was a great event full of fun, collaborative activities from different international schools. You can find out what our students thought about the APAC Theater this year and read ... More »
The Beacon wants to help our sophomores with their IB course selection by offering them some helpful information about the courses. These video interviews are for Group 1 courses. We hope you find this to be informative and if you have any questions, feel free... More »
The Beacon wants to help our sophomores with their IB course selection by offering them some helpful information about the courses. These video interviews are for Group 6 courses. We hope you find this to be informative and if you have any questions, feel free... More »
Laurie Halse Anderson: Author and Activist The New York Times Bestseller author Laurie Halse Anderson, who wrote many YA novels such as Speak, Wintergirls, and Twisted, and has also written historical fiction novels such as Fever 1793 arrived at our campus on ... More »
In Mr. Sinclair’s Lang & Lit HL classes, students performed their FOA in a TED talk style speech in the theater. Here are a few of them, take a look. Michelle Zhuang: How To Succeed By Failing The Standards? Dennis Liao: The “Spells” of Politicians Eileen Je... More »
On October 21, the AISG A Quiz Team participated in the 2017 Shanghai Invitational at SAS Puxi and won second place, qualifying for the High School National Championship Tournament of 2018. For this invitational, AISG sent two teams, AISG A and AISG B. The A t... More »
This article is a collaboration between Jacky Liu and Stanley Wang. On October 29, the AISG Jazz Band, led by Mr. Bott, and the AISG Jazz Strings, led by Ms. Lin, went to Hong Kong to participate in the Hong Kong International Schools’ International Jazz Festi... More »
Eat It! Episode II Let’s begin with Eat it! Eat it is our new monthly segment featuring students eating food. It’s made by Leoul Woldemariam, Jimmy Park, David Hu and Tiffany Chan. In the newest episode of Eat It, the students ate the famous spicy chicken noo... More »
Welcome to the first installment of The Month this year. In this installment, we will cover the major events that took place in August and September! First of all, welcome back to the wonderful school year of 2017 to 2018, we hope you all had a great summer ... More »
While many of us probably spent our summers vacationing or working on our extended essays, some students were busy with more monumental things. One student who did something great over the summer is current sophomore, Belinda Tang. Belinda was one of the Ignit... More »