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 »
The decision of where to apply for college is something all students feel anxious about, especially without the opportunity to get a first-hand experience. AISG provides annual college visits where many colleges from all over the world give spiels about what ... More »
Summer break is usually thought to be a time of rest and relaxation—a time in which you don’t have to think about the stress of school or learning. However, this is usually not the case for the students of AISG. Whether it be a summer program at a university o... More »
Have you heard of the new controversy surrounding MUN being a possible APAC activity? I talked to a few students who have either attended a past conference or are looking forward to joining this year. I interviewed a few juniors (who prefer to remain anonymous... More »
This year, AISG has a number of new teachers in every department. In the math and science department, there are two new teachers, Mr. Gomes, who teaches math, and Ms. Maine, who teaches science. I interviewed both of them to get some insight into their lives a... More »
The annual StuCo elections are coming up! Specifically, the GenCo, or general council (meaning grade level councils) elections will be taking place next Tuesday, August 28. It will be a community event schedule that day, where each grade will be assigned to di... More »