Following Donald Trump’s win, we, The Beacon, are concerned about the impact his second term may have on JR students, our community, and others around the country. As public school students, we are...

Rebecca Green: bringing Anna Wintour to the Beacon Simon Holland: his de-stress walks after multitasking Beacon & theater (peep Cliff) Francesca Purrificato: her scary top 10 rejections (she'll...

Jackson-Reed is too crowded and the proposed long-term solutions don’t solve the short-term ramifications. Enrollment next year is projected to be 2,148 students, and that number will continue to...

Words carry weight. Scrawling “white power” in a bathroom stall or drawing a swastika on the wall takes a toll on every person that sees it or hears about it. These incidents of hate speech are no...

Last week, administrators went class to class to deliver a slideshow on “recentering Wilson,” addressing the recent increase in fights and new hall sweep and security policies. While administrators...

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After a year and a half of isolation in distance learning, The Beacon thinks it is finally time to bring the student body together.  With two grades of new Tigers and homecoming around the corner,...