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The Beacon

The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor

Besides being Co-Magazine Editor for the beacon, Nate spends most of his time squirreled away in the mountains in imaginary states, traipsing through snow and ice. He also enjoys being a mouse on the soccer field for Wilson Varsity, as well as catching the occasional tree as he goes skiing.

 

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From DC to Europe: students share their “coronacation” experiences

From DC to Europe: students share their “coronacation” experiences

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor December 12, 2020

From the beginning, 2020 has been a weird year for travel. As the year started back in January, few knew about the pandemic awaiting us in the near future. Travel plans started to form — plans for skiing...

Wilson budget set to increase

Nate Belman and Max Karp March 10, 2020

DCPS Central Office released the budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. Wilson’s proposed budget included a $1.6 million funding increase, accounting for a projected growth in enrollment by 151 students....

Battle of the sections

Battle of the sections

There are eight sections of The Beacon, including visuals, that the average reader diligently scans through as they peruse the paper—and never throw on the atrium floor. For those who ask "ok... but...

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Student mistakes merit education, not criticism

Last month, disputes broke out regarding the right of college journalists at Northwestern University to publish images of public protesters. Student protestors argued that the newspaper fed off of arrested...

Swastikas found in bathrooms

Nate Belman and Max Karp December 18, 2019

Two swastikas were found in Wilson bathrooms this past month. Principal Kimberly Martin condemned the acts of vandalism, deeming them “unacceptable.” Both swastikas were found by students and subsequently...

Wilson bans food from Tenley eateries

Wilson bans food from Tenley eateries

Max Karp and Nate Belman November 20, 2019

Wilson administration reintroduced a policy in which students are not allowed to bring food from outside establishments into the school. Security officers started to enforce the policy strictly amid growing...

Underclassmen should not get off-campus lunch

Underclassmen should not get off-campus lunch

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor November 19, 2019

For as long as Wilson juniors and seniors have enjoyed the privilege of off-campus lunch during the school year, scrawny underclassmen have been whining to the nearest available person about the injustice...

Administration orders seniors off-campus for free periods

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor October 14, 2019

Wilson is requiring seniors with free periods to go off campus if they are not engaged in school-related activities. If seniors need to work on anything they must go to either the new Writing Center in...

Many students caught drunk at homecoming

Nate Belman and Max Karp October 14, 2019

Wilson plans to make significant logistical changes to the homecoming dance after an abnormally high number of students were caught under the influence this year. A number of students were kicked out of...

Freshman class projected to be largest ever

Freshman class projected to be largest ever

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor September 8, 2019

Six hundred and fifty-seven students are enrolled in this year’s freshman class. This is significantly more students than last year’s class of 450. Early enrollment data is often misleading, however,...

Beloved former principal passes away

Beloved former principal passes away

Nate Belman and Max Karp May 14, 2019

Peter Cahall, Wilson principal from 2008 to 2014, died suddenly on Sunday, May 5 of a heart attack. He will be remembered for his dedicated leadership to the Wilson community. Cahall oversaw Wilson’s...

Relationship between Honors for All and AP enrollment inconclusive

Relationship between Honors for All and AP enrollment inconclusive

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor March 30, 2019

Honors for All, an initiative introduced two years ago by Principal Kimberly Martin, will extend to junior year science classes next year. While administration believes Honors for All increases AP participation...

Wilson SGA to hold first ‘Spring Fling’ dance

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor March 21, 2019

The Spring Fling at Wilson is being hosted March 30 in the atrium from 8 to 11 p.m. The theme for the event is springtime, and there will be decorations adorning the school building to celebrate the coming...

PSAs featuring Wilson students to air nationally

PSAs featuring Wilson students to air nationally

Nate Belman and Elie Salem March 7, 2019

A series of public service announcements (PSAs) featuring Wilson students will be aired on television around the nation in the coming months. The three PSAs were contracted by Boys Town, a counseling and...

BSU coordinates BHM celebration

Elie Salem and Nate Belman March 3, 2019

Wilson administration and the Black Student Union (BSU) independently created a series of Black history activities, filling every school day in the month. Assistant Principal Gregory Bargeman kicked...

Panic! At the Capital One Arena: a dual perspective

Panic! At the Capital One Arena: a dual perspective

Alex Metzger and Nate Belman February 23, 2019

The lights dim as the countdown ends, a crowd springing to life as people around us blast to their feet. The band and an accompanying orchestra rise from a platform below the arena to the top of the stage,...

Doomsday

Doomsday

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor June 1, 2018

The lights shut off. The screen of the phone you are looking at goes black. You try to turn it back on, but nothing happens. You look outside and a commercial airliner careens out of the sky and hits the...

DEBATIN WITH FINESSE- The Wilson debate team competed against hundreds of other debaters and speakers at the Grand National tournament for the Catholic Forensic League in the Washington Convention Center.  Sophomore Elie Salem (far left) and freshman Tristan May (far right) advanced to the first elimination round.

Wilson debate team competes at nationals

Nate Belman, Magazine Executive Editor May 31, 2018

This year the entire debate team qualified for NCFL (National Catholic Forensic League) Grand Nationals in Washington, DC. This competition is one of the largest speech and debate tournaments in the...

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