Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Harry Styles, Tom Hardy, and Fionn Whitehead, is a World War 2 movie based on the historical Battle of Dunkirk which took place in Dunkirk, France, between the Allies and the Nazi Germans. Christopher Nolan p... More »
Click here for The Beacon Playlist of the month. The Beacon is working through some Spotify glitches to have the playlist available right on our site—check back later this month for full functionality! This playlist was compiled in collaboration by Sophie Mora... 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 »
After three years off the air, How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) remains one of America’s favorite sitcoms and was nominated for 28 Emmys during its nine-year-long run. Loosely based on the friendship of the show’s executive producers Craig Thomas and Carter Bays,... More »
Welcome to the first episode of Eat it, a brand new series on The Beacon. On Eat it students get to taste different food ranging from the cafe to the upcoming video, Starbucks. In this episode, students tested out three different cakes from our very own cafe... More »
Over the summer, Michelle Zhuang and Ryan Bott, both students at AISG, and JuHo Seo, who attends the Shanghai American School Puxi, participated in the PolyU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong an... More »
This article was written in collaboration by Elly Atwood and Prerna Kanji. Summer vacation is a time of relaxing, rejuvenating and travelling. We are lucky enough to go to an international school like AISG where the diversity of nationalities means students vi... More »
APAC Awards Night: On May 5th, our school had our annual APAC Awards Night. Congratulation to all of the students who won an award. For those of you who don’t know about the event, the APAC Awards Night is a school event where we honor the accomplishments of... More »
4/5 stars James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, is an introspective follow-up to the surprise hit that was Guardians of the Galaxy. In the movie, Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill (aka Starlord) leads his ragtag group of heroes as they save the universe from S... More »
On April 12th, AISG badminton team headed towards Seoul, South Korea for the APAC badminton tournament for 2016-17. The tournament took place at Seoul Foreign School (SFS). APAC Badminton tournament consisted of Seoul Foreign School (SFS), United Nations Inter... More »
It is a requirement by law that children, as young as three years old in some countries, receive an education. The duration of this required education ranges from four years in Angola to thirteen years in several countries such as the Netherlands and Dominica.... More »
South Korean efforts have recently been working towards raising the Sewol ferry that capsized three years ago due to being overloaded. This national crisis claimed the lives of over 300 people, most of whom were children. Since the resurfacing of the ferry, ni... More »