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Classes Begin August 18, 2025

The Beacon

Both a student-run newspaper and podcast for homeschoolers
The Beacon began in 2010 as a student-run newspaper and in 2025 an audio podcast, The Audio File, was added. Both of these student clubs help high school homeschool students develop real-world skills as they work collaboratively each month, on deadline to produce both a digital newspaper and an audio podcast distributed to homeschool students and families. The content is mainly news and feature articles about faculty and students taking classes at Excelsior Classes. Above all, the purpose is to uphold Godly standards as students learn the art and craft of journalism.

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2025-2026 Beacon Newspaper Staff

These homeschool students from all over are a talented group of students with a variety of skills, backgrounds and interests coming together as a team for one school year. The Beacon staffers learn to uphold the highest professional and ethical standards, while working under deadline pressure in a collaborative environment to produce a newspaper that is both glorifying to God and of benefit and interest to its readers.

ADAM

ADAM

Tennessee

Aviya

Aviya

Montana

BURTON

BURTON

Montana

Conor

Conor

Michigan

Elaina

Elaina

Texas

Emma

Emma

Michigan

Emmaline

Emmaline

Texas

Jackson

Jackson

Michigan

John

John

Washington

Kathryn

Kathryn

Michigan

Keleasha

Keleasha

Ohio

McKinley

McKinley

California

Mimi

Mimi

Ohio

Pride

Pride

Montana

Samuel

Samuel

Michigan

Seth

Seth

Tennessee

Sophia

Sophia

New York

Zoe

Zoe

Ohio

Mrs. Jamie Anderson

Mrs. Jamie Anderson

Michigan

2025-2026 Beacon Audio File Staff

Seth

Seth

Beacon Audio File Executive Producer

Sutton

Sutton

Beacon Audio File Host

Jackson

Jackson

Beacon Audio File Reporter

Adam

Adam

Beacon Audio File Reporter