Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts is a book about a young lady named Novalee Nation. The protagonist is a 17 year old girl who is pregnant with her first child, traveling to California with her boyfriend.
Along...
Belfast Central School's first theatrical production of the year is ready for the stage! An extremely talented group of third through sixth graders will be putting on two amazing performances of Roald...
Where the Crawdads Sing is a standalone book about a young woman named Kya Clark. Kya is the protagonist who raised herself in the marshes of North Carolina after she was abandoned by her family;...
The final day of classes at NYSSSA were over. Thirty one sleep deprived yet energized theatre kids sat stuffed around the only four tables in the otherwise deserted dining hall. After pushing them together,...
I absolutely love brownies.
I think I’m really good at Biology.
Sometimes when I am bored, I make a mental playlist with all my favorite songs and play through them, one by one.
I absolutely hate...
Tombstone (1993) is a Western that follows former lawman Wyatt Earp, gambler Doc Holliday, and Wyatt’s brothers Virgil and Morgan as they live in Tombstone, Arizona. It tells of their feud with the Cowboys...
What if our futures were inscribed in the stars?
What if our future was fate and we did not have control?
If stars formed a direct path for success or failure
And life or death
How would you...
Chapters 1 -5 of this novel were published in previous editions of The Beacon.
We got the bed setup for Steve to lay down on so we could stitch him up. But he seemed resistant to getting the stitches....
Recently, my 9th grade class read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The story is about two men who travel together, pursuing their American dream while facing hardships. One of the main characters, George,...
I’m gonna miss school
The times I’d go to bed at midnight
And have to wake up at 6:00 am
I’m gonna miss my bus
The one that provided no heat during winter
With windows that wouldn’t...
