During the final week of April, students and teachers were sent an email introducing us to the candidates who were running for the Executive Council. There were a total of nine candidates, so there was no doubt that this year’s Executive Council elections were... 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 »
Since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has dominated the year of 2020, businesses have slowed and people have been unwillingly stuck in their homes or in foreign countries. In the midst of this pandemic, students can tend to be unmotivated to finish their a... More »
It is no doubt that the global pandemic of the Coronavirus has been negatively impacting students’ academic and social lives. It is especially unfortunate for the seniors as their last semester of high school was spent separate from one another. Seniors had to... More »
As the school year draws to a close, we would like to wish The Beacon’s two editors-in-chief, Abby P. and Gabriel K. good luck in the future and bid them a farewell from The Beacon after two years of them at the helm. They are graduating this year as a part of... 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 »
As of today, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc among many countries’ healthcare systems, pushing hospitals all around the world to their limit. Many schools, such as our own, have moved to online learning as well, due to the pandemic. Zoom, an app created by Zoom Vid... More »
Covid-19 has taken the world by storm. Initially touted as a “SARS-like” virus, it has now taken on its own identity and has been acknowledged as a much more virulent disease. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei province of China, an... More »
It is a widely accepted fact that the Extended Essay (EE) is one of the most challenging aspects of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP). Not only does it have a reputation that precedes itself, it is also renowned for being awe inspiring yet... More »
Chinese New Year is the festival in China that celebrates the new year on the original Chinese calendar. It is usually called the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival in China. This festival is also related to the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. It is said that ... More »
The #releasethesnydercut movement has been continuing for almost two years already. Yet, Warner Bros. hasn’t acknowledged it at all. What is keeping Warner Bros from releasing footage from the original, highly anticipated, Snyder cut of Justice League? It’s no... More »
Australian 2011 Poetry Slam Champion and full-time independent poet Luka Lesson delivered four pieces of unique slam poetry to a middle school and high school audience in the theatre on January 6 and 7, 2019. During the Monday performance, he performed four po... More »