Student Life – BEACON

No Prom?

Kayla Bilal

April 4, 2019

Filed under Current Events, Humans of WY, Satire, Student Life

The Whitney Young Senior attendance policy has been a reoccurring problem throughout this current school year. The administration has not been open with the students about the specific situations in which absences are excused an...

Women’s History Month Highlight: Rebecca Reid

David Bradford, Writer

April 4, 2019

Filed under Student Life, Uncategorized

March is Women’s History Month. As such, I would like to highlight a prominent woman in my life: Rebecca Reid. I have had the unique opportunity over the past 4 years to watch her grow into one of the most accomplished people ...

New ACT Section Created to Streamline Bribery

March 30, 2019

Caleb Young to be Named New Principal

March 26, 2019

Students Required to Go Through Fingerprint Scans and More to Enter the School

March 25, 2019

City of Angels: Review

March 20, 2019

Knowing the Signs

March 8, 2019

Stress: What’s a High Schooler to do?

March 6, 2019

Anxiety

March 5, 2019

Racism in Whitney Young

Kayla Bilal

March 5, 2019

Filed under Current Events, Humans of WY, Politics

In the past few weeks, videos (both old and new) have been circulating throughout Whitney Young’s halls. Unfortunately, they all share one common theme: racism. Not only that, but antisemitism as well. One video involved a student saying the N-...

Cliques: A School Divided

February 6, 2019