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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

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Meghan Dayton

Meghan Dayton , Public Relations and Communications

Meghan is a senior who was been writing for the Beacon since her freshman year. She is a PR rep for the beacon and has THE bangs. Not just bangs. THE BANGS. Meghan likes to treat people with kindness, not just because Harry Styles told her to. Her dog is twenty pounds overweight, but maybe it’s just because its heart is so big. Meghan sometimes forgets the difference between “by,” “buy,” and “bye.” Meghan makes birthdays special.  

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Emmett Patterson commits to Cornell

Emmett Patterson commits to Cornell

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor January 12, 2021

Emmett Patterson, Wilson crew captain, will continue his academic and crew career at Cornell University. The national champion and starboard rower announced his commitment on November 27th. Patterson...

Who to start and sit this fantasy football season

Who to start and sit this fantasy football season

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor September 17, 2020

Football is finally back! After a long wait and an offseason filled with controversy and unknowns relating to COVID-19, many fans are finally able to play Fantasy Football. Fantasy Football is one of the...

Graphic by Sarah Morgan

Chick-Fil-A V.S. Popeyes: Where’s the best sandwich in Tenley?

Alex Metzger and Evan Vieth March 10, 2020

For millennia, Chick-Fil-A’s white and red fluorescent sign has been passed under by hungry Wilson students, it's popularity is mostly unmatched for its plentiful sauces, great chicken, and easy location....

Lessons learned, success to follow? Recapping an awful Redskins season

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor March 6, 2020

The Washington Redskins ended this decade the same way they started: losing games. They won only three games this past season, their worst since 2013. After firing Head Coach Jay Gruden following an...

Wilson graduate joins Brown University frisbee team

Wilson graduate joins Brown University frisbee team

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor January 30, 2020

Class of 2019 Wilson graduate Jacques Nissen is already making a big name for himself on the highest stage of frisbee. Nissen is currently a member of the Brown University Ultimate team as well as the...

2019 Basketball Season Previews

Nacala Williams and Evan Vieth December 20, 2019

Girls Basketball, Nacala Williams Coming off of a very successful 20-9 season, the girls basketball team will look to capitalize on its young, underclassman-heavy roster. The team only has six returning...

2019 Fall Sports Recaps

Boys Soccer, Evan Vieth The boys’ varsity soccer team finished 6-4-3 in the regular season and were ranked second heading into the DCIAA playoffs. With only Bell ahead of them in the standings, the...

Baseball team loses to St. John’s in Championship

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor June 8, 2019

In a nail-biting game decided on a controversial call, the varsity baseball team fell to St. John’s College High School in the DCSAA championship game on May 18. The impactful call came in the third...

Athletics without the sweat: the Sports Analytics club

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor June 8, 2019

Sports fanatics believe that a sports match revolves around a player’s will and desire to win a game, not statistics. However, in the Sports Analytics club, it’s all about the numbers. The club analyzes...

Photo by: Meghan Dayton, Adelaide Kaiser, and Mabel Malhotra

Wilson teachers talk side hustles

Being a Wilson student can sometimes feel like a full-time job, and there’s no doubt that being a Wilson teacher is about as full-time as it gets. Despite this, many faculty hold occupations outside...

January albums of the month

Hope Moshi, Erin Harper, Adelaide Kaiser, and Meghan Dayton January 25, 2019

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975 Hope Moshi Score: 10/10 Though The 1975 is an English pop rock band, they’ve achieved considerable popularity around the world, even...

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Wilson Edition

Adelaide Kaiser and Meghan Dayton January 7, 2019

The Beacon asked the same questions to a bunch of Oyster-Adams 5th graders and a bunch of Wilson HS students. WHO WINS??????

Resilience and courage: Film festival delves into America’s racist past

Resilience and courage: Film festival delves into America’s racist past

Meghan Dayton and Erin Harper November 12, 2018

Some of the most beautiful and artistically creative scenes in movies may not always come from Hollywood blockbusters starring acclaimed actors and actresses or written by world-renowned directors. Oftentimes,...

New sports infiltrate Wilson

New sports infiltrate Wilson

Sam Alswang, Eliana Rosenthal, and Evan Vieth October 8, 2018

Badminton by Sam Alswang As the football, soccer, and field hockey seasons are in full swing, it is important to remember that there is also always the option of joining Wilson High School’s badminton...

Why, Wilson?

Why, Wilson?

Meghan Dayton and Adelaide Kaiser September 2, 2018

Even as students who have attended Wilson for four years, this school is still somewhat of a mystery to us. We’ve all had those moments where we’ve just stood there and wondered: “why, Wilson?”...

Baseball season finishes with championship

Baseball season finishes with championship

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor June 11, 2018

This past season, the Wilson baseball team established themselves as a local powerhouse, ending the season as the ninth-ranked team in the area by The Washington Post. A major reason for this success has...

Where makeup and media intersect at Wilson

Where makeup and media intersect at Wilson

Meghan Dayton and Adelaide Kaiser June 1, 2018

When scrolling through the explore page on Instagram, it is almost impossible not to see a makeup artist posting their newest tutorial or look. The bold brows, brightly colored eyeshadow and luminous fake...

Welcome to the world of Giant Comix

Welcome to the world of Giant Comix

Meghan Dayton and Adelaide Kaiser May 9, 2018

  Have you ever imagined a world where Black female superheroes rule? This is the reality in Kevin Lofton’s online comic world, “Giant Comix,” where heroes like Starbomb and Neptune Queen...

Wilson’s Shakespeare show features professional fights and Cardi B

Wilson’s Shakespeare show features professional fights and Cardi B

Meghan Dayton, Public Relations and Communications March 13, 2018

It’s that time of year again: Wilson students are studying, perfecting and performing one of the timeless texts of William Shakespeare. Wilson will bring “Romeo and Juliet” to the black box this...

U Street funk it up

U Street funk it up

Meghan Dayton, Public Relations and Communications May 14, 2017

To step off the metro station and immediately be captivated by a beautiful band is a wonderful way to start any day. That was how I started my day at the U Street Funk Music Festival. The U Street Funk...

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