This year’s tennis team started on our very first day of school, August 15th, with 9 girls and 6 boys. However, after a few days, our team was left with the minimum number of members to qualify for APAC. Is the team facing some struggles? According to the team... More »
Kevin Kwan’s bestselling novel Crazy Rich Asians now has its own movie with the same title. The groundbreaking movie has an all Asian cast, which hasn’t been done since ‘Better Luck Tomorrow’ in 2002. Nevertheless, critics and Asians around the globe are excit... More »
This year is the last year of high school for the class of 2019! Although it hasn’t been long since school started, seniors are busy writing their EE’s and IA’s, preparing for upcoming summative’s and lab work, writing college applications, and stressing out a... More »
A new school year has begun at AISG. Returning students look around and see the familiar campus, friends, teachers, and some new faces. New students walk onto campus with a mix of nervousness and excitement at the thought of unfolding a new life here. Along wi... More »
Cross country season has started again! There have been several changes to the team as former coaches, Ms. Archer and Mr. Parker have moved on to new schools. This year, the coaches are Ms. Maine, a new Biology teacher, and Mr. Paras, a parent volunteer (who i... More »
The Beacon features an alumni column where you can read about AISG graduates. Our second featured alumna is Hye Jin Chang, who graduated in 2017. Below she shares her experiences post-high school graduation, detailing her adaptation to university in South Kore... More »
Welcome to the Back To School Playlist! Now that everyone has more or less recovered from the post-summer-vacation laziness, here’s a study playlist to further help ease you all back into the world of rigorous classes and homework. Please feel free to leave re... More »
The freshmen packed into the dance room on Tuesday afternoon, taking their seats in front of the three candidates (the fourth candidate was in Hong Kong) for this year’s StuCo elections. All positions were noncompetitive, but the freshman voters were still eag... More »
Author visits are a wonderful opportunity for students to interact with professional writers and to find out about new books. This September, AISG will be holding another author visit, with Brandon Mull as the guest. Brandon Mull is the author of the Beyonders... More »
The AISG Quiz team had their first practice of the year on Thursday, August 16th in Mr. Sinclair’s room. To start off their third year at AISG, the team welcomed new members such as some freshmen students, who were previously in the middle school Quiz Bowl gro... More »
Here’s a surprising statement: teachers are people too. With personalities and preferences! Unbelievable, right? What about our new teachers? What are they like? New to the Learning Support department of AISG, Mr. Padden has lived in Spokane, Washington; Oklah... More »
On August 15th, the season 1 sports, Varsity Volleyball, Tennis and Cross Country, officially commenced. At the beginning of every school year, Mark Elliott, the head director of athletics and activities, gathers all the athletes and gives a quick yet meaningf... More »