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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

Beacon Magazine Autumn Issue 2023

Beacon Magazine Autumn Issue 2023

The Magazine Staff November 28, 2023

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Cover art by Ollie Braden

Beacon Magazine Winter Issue

The Magazine Staff February 9, 2023

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Beacon Magazine Autumn Issue

Beacon Magazine Autumn Issue

The Magazine Staff November 28, 2022

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Winter Issue Magazine Submission

Winter Issue Magazine Submission

Magazine Staff September 8, 2022

Please submit your poetry, art of any kind, short stories, and curated playlists here for the Winter 2022 Beacon Magazine.

Assorted portrait series

Stella Schwartzman, Junior Editor December 15, 2020

A beginners guide to dealing with S.A.D.-ness this winter

A beginners guide to dealing with S.A.D.-ness this winter

Virginia Suardi, Magazine Executive Editor December 15, 2020

Every year as mid-fall starts to roll around, the giddiness I feel with the initial changing of seasons starts to wane, and I start to feel my SAD set in. SAD stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder, otherwise...

Coming to terms with my acne

Coming to terms with my acne

Keyla Sejas, Magazine Associate Editor December 15, 2020

My acne has always been one of my biggest insecurities. At one point, it even had taken over my life. To this day, it’s painful to reminisce on all of my disappointment in my complexion that began around...

COVID-19 muddies the future of snow days

COVID-19 muddies the future of snow days

Maisie Derlega, Director of Art and Design December 13, 2020

One of my earliest memories is waking up on a winter morning, looking outside, and seeing everything covered in white. I had seen snow before, but this was different. When I came downstairs, I looked through...

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...

Cultural barriers to veganism make the transition to a healthy lifestyle harder

Cultural barriers to veganism make the transition to a healthy lifestyle harder

Virginia Suardi, Magazine Executive Editor October 30, 2020

It was a late spring night, amid quarantine, when I finally told my dad that I was going vegan. I had been dreading doing it for a while, and as I expected, the reaction was far from enthusiastic. “Nooooo,”...

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