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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

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Baraka Aboul-Magd

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor

Baraka, not barack obama or bakara or bark bark as most people often like to call her, is a senior who is starting her second year of writing for the Beacon. She is a sports section editor who attempted to learn everything possible about sports within a week in order to be a sports expert. You can find her on the H2 bus every morning riding for the 3 blocks between her house and school. If you want her to publish your article, suck up to her by buying her japanese candy.

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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...

Graphic by Aidan Holmes

Swim season off to turbulent start amid coaching, practice changes

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor December 20, 2019

The temporary closure of the Wilson Aquatic Center, the addition of two new coaches, three shifts in practice location, multiple schedule adjustments, and uncertainty about whether transportation would...

Athlete of the Month: Rashard Biggs

Athlete of the Month: Rashard Biggs

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor November 19, 2019

Rashard Biggs began playing football when he was four having been pushed to try the sport because his father envisioned him excelling at it. Now Biggs is the starting running back and captain of Wilson’s...

Seniors emerge victorious in stricter PowderPuff game

Seniors emerge victorious in stricter PowderPuff game

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor September 26, 2019

In a too-close-for-comfort match-up, the seniors ultimately prevailed 6-0 against the juniors in the annual PowderPuff game. Despite a wristband restriction that frustrated cheerleaders, school spirit...

Sweep Jesus: Wilson teacher leads double life as master curler

Sweep Jesus: Wilson teacher leads double life as master curler

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor June 8, 2019

At first, curling was a way for math teacher Jeremy Singer to get out of the house once a week. Twenty years and a few hundred curling tournaments later, the sport has become one of his most cherished...

Poor logistical and financial supports leave Wilson instruments in critical condition

Poor logistical and financial supports leave Wilson instruments in critical condition

Baraka Aboul-Magd and Meredith Simon March 31, 2019

Musical instruments at Wilson are severely in need of repairs, due primarily to a lack of funding from administration and logistical support from DCPS. Nearly a hundred students use the instruments for...

Survey finds widespread minority male discontent

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor March 30, 2019

The School Climate Committee held a discussion with focus groups of Black and Latino male Wilson students on February 28, after results from the DCPS Panorama Survey of all Wilson students found that only...

Wilson partners with Truth Initiative to combat juuling

Wilson partners with Truth Initiative to combat juuling

Zara Hall, Sophie Ludgin, and Baraka Aboul-Magd March 4, 2019

Truth Initiative, a DC based nonprofit dedicated to ending tobacco use, has expanded its quit smoking program to e-cigarettes. The new program comes after the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory...

Photo courtesy of Sarah Tillman

DeVos’ policy a setback for sexual assault survivors

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor February 8, 2019

Betsy Devos, the United States Secretary Of Education, has proposed a new sexual assault policy that narrows the definition of sexual assault and makes it harder to prove harassment and assault claims....

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It’s time for colleges to become test optional

Baraka Aboul-Magd, Sports Editor January 22, 2019

When the SAT was introduced in 1926, it was a way for colleges to test their applicant’s knowledge and see how prepared they were for the future. But as colleges have become more competitive, they have...

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