Show BioHide BioArete Song is a senior working as a journalist for The Beacon at American International School of Guangzhou. This is her second year at Beacon, and she is ready to explore and share the most interesting news in school as well as in the community.
With the exacerbating situation of COVID-19, many rising university freshmen are now facing a new dilemma: whether to defer their first year of university to avoid the risk of getting the coronavirus or take online classes. This article features thoughts of st... More »
The International Baccalaureate Curriculum that we are familiar with is yet changing again to be applied in the year 2020 and to be first tested in 2022. The changes to the curriculum are not as significant as the changes that took place in 2019. It is surpris... More »
It is, again, almost the wonderful time of the year where hallways are filled with tears either of joy or sorrow. Many senior students this year have chosen the method of Early Decision as a gateway to their one and only dream university. For anyone who is unf... More »
Students at AISG have been suffering with bad, sandy, toiler papers for years. As heard from student complaints, they are not only hard to take out from containers, but also easy to tear, penetrate, soak and just difficult to use in general. Toilet paper at AI... More »
A new year for dancers has arrived! APAC dance, a second-season performance art, has always been a popular extracurricular option at our school, especially among our countless talented dancers. APAC Dance tryouts started along with the start of school. Tryouts... More »
The Spring Concert of the year, featuring MS band, HS band, and jazz band, was successfully held on April 19, 2019, at our theater. The concert consisted of two major parts: the high-school jazz band performance conducted by Mr. Bott and performances by the mi... More »
The second Spirit Week of 2018-19 at AISG occurred this past week! Spirit Week is always a great chance to hype up the AISG community and enhance our school spirit. This semester, Spirit Week consisted of pajama day (always a must), sports day, beach day, meme... More »
The Bonfire is coming up this Friday, February 15th! It is an annual event organized by student organization Pulse that aims to gain revenue for prom, connect and bond students, and raise community spirits. Tickets are still on sale in front of the cafe and wi... More »
When you quote someone’s words, don’t put it as one long chunk. You should paraphrase it and make it easier for the reader to follow through. A tea ceremony was held on Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 as the first community event of the new semester. NCHS held this... More »
I am sure that everyone has seen those cute animate characters thriving on people’s recent social medias, making pretty poses and wearing fancy clothes. Zepeto is a Korean 3D avatar creating game. In the “social media”, users are supposed to create their own a... More »
The annual Hong Kong trip of the community service group Crossroads just occurred last weekend. Crossroads is a global foundation that connects a variety of unwanted resources and impoverished populations with a motto of “One man’s trash is another man’s trea... More »
Extra curricular events are starting to kick off as school progresses into the second month. Our excellent athletes have started training in volleyball, tennis, and cross country while our outstanding artists are starting dance and choir. Choir has always been... More »