For those of us on campus, it seems strange that it has been weeks into the school year and the hallways are still so empty. For those of us online, it must be even stranger that school is just a computer. New students and teachers, props to you for making it ... More »
Due to the exacerbating conditions of Coronavirus worldwide, AISG students have been undergoing online learning for the past 3 months. With less face-to-face lessons and lectures, students are having a hard time keeping up with all the content they are require... More »
Recently, The Beacon received a comment from a reader that heavily criticizes the publication, the work it produces, and the effectiveness of the leadership team. Rather than publish that comment on a specific article, we would like to address it publicly in t... More »
Last week during Spring Break, I read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1924 masterpiece The Great Gatsby, a novel that I read long ago in middle school and yearned to re-read later, as a more mature thinker and reader. Yet, I could not find the time to do so until now, a... More »
Xenophobia is traditionally defined as hate, prejudice, and dislike towards anything foreign or those from different countries. Xenophobia is in ways, very similar to racism, but is broader as people are discriminated for their nationality and background and n... More »
Walking around at AISG, it is not uncommon to see people with stylishly cropped shirts, colorfully dyed hair and decoratively painted nails. However, if we enter any public school in Japan, none of this would be the same. Instead, every student would be wearin... More »
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States faces an impeachment inquiry initiated on the 24th of September by Nancey Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Prior to the inquiry being initiated, an anonymous whistleblower complaint filed to... More »
When AISG changed their meal provider to Sodexo a few years ago, students at first seemed reluctant to adapt to the change. Over time, people got used to it, but perhaps there was good reason behind their apprehension. One of the most common complaints about S... More »
AISG’s current senior class can be described in one word: ambitious. Many of the students in the class of 2020 strive for A+s, IB 7s, and 1600s on the SAT. All of this is supposedly done in order to ensure that they get into the best universities across the gl... More »
Open Mic Night, an annual event hosted by AISG’s Student Council (StuCo), was held after school yesterday on Friday, November 1 from 5:30 till 8:00. This event is a night where members of the high school community, including both students and teachers, can per... More »
Widespread fear of a global recession is intensely churning amongst investors, corporate executives, economists, and shareholders. Although some experts and political figures, such as US President Donald Trump himself, claim that a recession is not bound to ha... More »
At the beginning of each school year, Ms. Volz invites coordinators from all community service groups and clubs to the Ersha campus for a coordinator workshop. The purpose of hosting these workshops is to allow new and existing coordinators “to get to know one... More »