The Student News Site of Belfast Central School

The Belfast Beacon

The Student News Site of Belfast Central School

The Belfast Beacon

The Student News Site of Belfast Central School

The Belfast Beacon

 Sophomore Year Woes 

 Sophomore Year Woes 

Natalee Lindo, Editor, Writer October 27, 2022

I think we can all agree that school for the past few years has been chaotic and that is an understatement. I think my sophomore year has been by far the most “normal.” Here’s an inside scoop of...

Time Management Challenges

Time Management Challenges

Emalee Carman October 26, 2022

“Come watch a movie with us!”  “I can’t. I have too much homework.”  This is a day in the life of a teen.  7:00 am: wake up. 8:00 am: be at school. 3:05 pm: sports practice. 5:30...

Justin Hill, Carter Pictured in front of the snack shack are Justin Hill, Carter Stout, and Mary Hamer, student athletes.  Mrs. Barber is a former Student Council adviser who has put many hours of work into the snack shack.

Student Council in Crisis

Isabelle Male, Writer October 26, 2022

 Here at BCS, the void between Student Council and the student body grows larger day by day. Both parties want extra opportunities for students in grades 9-12, but Student Council is unable to provide...

Narcissism and Violence

Narcissism and Violence

Rachel Marsh, Writer October 16, 2019

Narcissism is the excessive need for admiration. Narcissists, in a sense, want others to be their fans. Narcissists want this admiration so badly, they would get aggressive or violent to have it. Everybody is...

Attention Please

Attention Please

Julia Lindo and Gabriel Lindo January 2, 2018

Throughout the years, the band has performed and received awards and often goes unnoticed. The band, choir, musicals, and our plays deserve more attention than what is given. For example, the band played...

Starting a Drama Club

Starting a Drama Club

Morgan Hamer May 25, 2017

Have you been thinking that you want to be in a play or musical at Belfast? I think starting a drama club would be a great experience for students 8-12. This club will help students participate in...

Shorts Policy

Shorts Policy

Ashley Estabrook May 25, 2017

Complaints about our school’s shorts policy have been rattling off the buildings walls ever since shorts became allowed here. This policy states that everyone’s shorts need to be at least fingertip...

Why Don’t People Flush?

Why Don’t People Flush?

Gabriel Lindo April 20, 2017

There have been times I’ve had to use the bathroom, but I just didn’t because the toilet wasn’t flushed. I tend to get easily disgusted. But is it normal to react like this? I get too grossed out...

Racism

Racism

Gabriel Lindo March 17, 2017

Racism is a topic I am very familiar with because I am biracial: a person with one white parent and one black parent. My mother is white and my father is black. Some people are bothered by this and some...

Social Media

Social Media

MacKenzie Hamer March 17, 2017

Every day, many people are glued to their phones. You might even be one of these people, constantly going through the most recent social media and refreshing your feed every ten seconds to maybe find a...

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