Edna B. Jackson was the first female Black teacher to be hired at Wilson following the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. She began in 1955 as a social studies teacher. When she started, she...

Sleeping in and not being swamped with work may seem like a dream during the school week, but with Wilson’s newly adopted 4x4 system for the 2020-21 school year, that dream has become a reality. In the...

The Wilson Class of 2020 graduated in an online ceremony held via Microsoft Teams on June 17. Lasting for about an hour and a half, the ceremony consisted of musical performances, speeches, guest speakers,...

For many seniors, the end of March is highly anticipated. It is the time when all college decisions are released and students have to choose a school that they want to attend for the next four years. However,...

In a white-painted room hangs rectangular pieces of bold and spectacular color. The art ranges from abstract to patterned, but the strong use of color variation remains constant. Moira Dryer’s artistic...

Welcome back, statistics lovers! Bet you didn’t think we’d make it two consecutive months. Lucky for you, we’re too dedicated to the numbers to have given up that easily. And to prove our dedication,...

In order to increase productivity levels of Wilson’s Student Government Association (SGA), English teacher Natalie Zuravleff, Italian teacher Simona Spicciani, and 12th grade Assistant Principal Gregory...

Hello loyal readers and data enthusiasts! If you’ve been keeping up with The Beacon lately, it’s likely that you, like us, have noticed a disappointing lack of graphs in our past few issues. We painfully...

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...

Grover Massenburg spends his day in a computer-congested classroom teaching countless students to design apps and websites. Through his career, mentoring students has been a rewarding experience for Massenburg,...

The bell rings, marking the end of fourth period, and you gather your stuff to go to lunch, see friends, and eat. You mindlessly make your way to the spot you have sat in since freshman year, but a group...

It is still dark outside during the 10-minute walk to the train station. After passengers use a transportation card to check in, the train’s manual doors open at the push of a button and reveal soft...

It's the first week of school and your class is tasked with creating a set of classroom norms that will drive your learning and success throughout the school year. Only given ten minutes, it’s up to...

Controllers click-click-click as students compete against each other on a race course, skidding as they turn right and left to try and get into first place. Projected on the classroom smartboard are the...

The road to Pride Month has been a long and rocky one that has its roots in the 1960s. The month of recognition for the LGBTQ community began as a way to honor the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village,...

In the United States, March marks the month where we celebrate women’s history. We reflect and discuss the accomplishments of past and present women to society. The inclusion of women’s history month...

9:30 club blues   For club venue concerts, crowding is inevitable. But does that mean personal space is ignored entirely? It was Sunday night and the girl behind me really wanted to ruin the...

At the beginning of this school year, Wilson instituted a new policy stating that students must place their cell phones into individual bags for the entire class. Initial backlash was expressed by students,...

Valentine’s Day is a holiday filled with love. Today, the holiday is characterized by chocolate, roses, and cards, but its true history is more complex. The holiday originates from the Roman festival...

Custodian Byron Kelly, who had been working at Wilson for three years, died Saturday, January 5. He was the night foreman of the custodial staff, but he went beyond his role as a supervisor and co-worker—for...

You may already know of the annual White House Christmas tree lighting or the Washington Ballet’s “Nutcracker” performances, but the District’s Holiday Boat Parade is a hidden gem to add to your...

Every October since I was born, my family and I have gone apple picking. Once we’ve picked our fill, we go to the barn at the center of the farm to get homemade apple fritters and apple cider. We then...

We wait to go through security, and then are late to class. We wait to get our schedule changed. We wait hungrily for the school lunch. We wait anxiously for teachers to put in our grades. We Wilson students...

  9th Grade: “The Lord of the Flies” By Arianna Lowengrub “The Lord of the Flies,” written by William Golding, tells the story of a group of boys whose plane crashed on an island....

“Put your phone away.” These four words have been repeated over and over again in the classroom since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. For teachers, it can be exasperating to have to repeatedly...

When sophomore Caroline Durr took a summer job working at a local farmer’s market, she figured she’d learn to tell a McIntosh apple from a honeycrisp, and parsley from parsnip. Instead, she found herself...

In light of the recent incident with student drug use at Wilson, teen drug consumption has grabbed public attention. Within a high school setting, this is not hugely uncommon, and often involves marijuana...