On May 25th, the High School Union held Game Night, an evening with fun games and activities. Game Night is an annual event hosted by the High School Union (HSU). Guests from four locals schools around Guangzhou united to play games and activities and to gathe... More »
The International Baccalaureate program has always been considered one of the most rigorous and most notable education systems. Offered in most international schools, the IB is thought to prepare students for college-level courses as well as teach them life sk... More »
Skype. It’s been available to the public since 2003 and allows text, video, and voice chat between two or more users. In AISG, the Skype application is included in FileWave, meaning that all of us can use it. However, it seems that our school is devoid of Skyp... More »
On May 8, the STUCO Elections for the year 2018-19 was held in the AISG Theatre. Here were the nominees: President: Andy Jeong (11) Vice President: Lisa Mo (10), Antonette Liao (11) , Eddie Kim (10) Secretary: Anna Kong (9) , Daniel Park (10) Treasurer: Sameer... More »
The highlight of any sports season at AISG, the APAC tournament, occurred at Concordia International School of Shanghai for boys soccer last month. 6 schools including CISS and 5 other APAC schools from all around Asia were invited to participate in this fasci... More »
The end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018 marked the peak of sexual discrimination awareness. Starting from the sexual assault incident at Shanghai American School Puxi to the Times Up Movement involving the whole world, gender-based problems have become a pop... More »
The most dreaded event of the year for many students is most likely the MAPS testing that takes twice a year. MAPS stands for Measures of Academic Progress. It is a test that is “a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents, and administrators im... More »
This article is a collaboration between David Song and Henry Ye. On a Chinese video sharing platform, Douyin, over 30,000 videos related to cartoon character Peppa Pig are now banned from the app. Behind this censorship, it is clear that Peppa Pig has transfor... More »
When a student gets to high school, they most often feel the pressure that comes with moving into harder levels of work, which in turn causes stress. In an attempt to keep up with the immense workloads, students turn to the one thing that can ruin their academ... More »
Welcome to the new playlist of the month – MAY 2018! Just like the other playlists of the month, I have chosen the top new songs from this month and some old favorites in a small variety of languages this time. Please leave recommendations and requests by comm... More »
Anhui Cuisine is a special cuisine from Anhui, a province in East China. This is the final of the 8 major Chinese cuisines. It relies on passive cooking techniques such as steaming and stewing instead of stir-frying. This cuisine has a long history, as people ... More »
This article was written before we reassessed our recent interviews and decided to seek more diverse interviews. The Beacon sincerely apologises for not reaching out to more students, but future articles will include a much broader range of AISG student opinio... More »