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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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Helen Beebe

Helen Beebe, Art Director & Copy Editor

Senior Helen Beebe is a third-year staffer, artist, page designer, and the Art Director for the Three Penny Press. She joined the staff to have the opportunity to practice her photography skills, and for the past few years, Helen has been contributing her artistic view and perspective to projects on staff, and her favorite thing about TPP is the creative and diverse atmosphere. Outside of school, Helen enjoys playing her guitar, spending hours listening to music, learning French on Duolingo, drawing, and pondering the world of quantum mechanics.

All content by Helen Beebe
This photo was taken on Oct. 5, 2007, one month after my parents adopted Lady Grey from their friend. She was fostering Lady Grey as well as her father and her kittens, and when I met Lady Grey, I immediately fell in love with her.

Best friends aren’t always humans

Helen Beebe, Art Director
Nov 18, 2024
These rings represent the logo for the Olympics. These rings are created in graffiti to reference the popular art style during the early ages of breaking into the 1970s.

[Photo] Breaking traditions, one twist and spin at a time

McKenzie Le, Ayana Khan, Hannah Turner, and Dawson Sotiriades
Sep 18, 2024
Senior Noa Ohana visited Edinburgh Castle. "It's so walkable in Europe," Ohana said. "I think we walked all around Edinburgh about four times. It's gorgeous, but it's really small."

Summer happenings

Tanvi Dubey, Clarissa Li, Helen Beebe, Catherine Xue, Alia Hassan, and Davis Adams
Sep 17, 2024
AP Physics 1 teacher Gary Johnson stands with his wife and three kids in Solitude, Utah on a ski trip. "My kids really took to [skiing] fast," Johnson said. "It's a fun time as a family to get out there. You leave everything behind and just hang out together."

HUMANS OF BELLAIRE – Gary Johnson

Helen Beebe
Aug 20, 2024
Johanna Wen - Art Director

[ART ESSAY] Graduating seniors

Johanna Wen, Angel Harper, Ashley Park, Ella Sotiriades, Helen Beebe, Marina Martinez, Sophia Zhao, and Joy Xia
Jun 4, 2024
A man walks alone in a forest. He, like many other men, suffers from loneliness.

[Photo] Male loneliness: The silent epidemic

Andrew Liu, Opinions Editor
May 2, 2024
The Student Council offered complimentary heart glasses and flower crowns at the Spring Fling. They also had a few tables set aside for sweets such as cupcakes, chocolate-covered strawberries and candy.

[Photo] Flinging into spring

Claire Bradford and Sarah Nitsun
Feb 28, 2024
Every year the choir students hold a fundraiser. For $10 one can send around five or more choir students to a loved one of choice. While this interrupts class time, its always a beloved tradition to listen to cute pop-songs.

[ART ESSAY] Valentine’s Day

Johanna Wen, Marina Martinez, Ashley Park, Helen Beebe, Angel Harper, Sophia Zhao, Joy Xia, and Ella Sotiriades
Feb 14, 2024
Margot Robbie, Jo Koy and Taylor Swift on the night of the event.

[Photo] Major 2024 Golden Globes takeaways

Sarah Nitsun and Kate Steinbach
Jan 29, 2024
Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" album cover features a prismatic light spectrum, a phenomenon that occurs when white light is passed through a prism. Pink Floyd's keyboardist Richard Wright wanted a "simple and bold" design that would represent the album's themes.

Fifty years of ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

Helen Beebe, Artist & Page Designer
Dec 24, 2023
Applicants are pressured to write about their traumas in their college essays. This can cause many negative mental and emotional consequences.

[Photo] No pain, no gain: The trauma essay in college applications

Andrew Liu, Opinions Editor
Dec 18, 2023
All kinds of students engage in the use of AI in a classroom. ChatGPT looms over their heads.

[Photo] Generating a new world

Jason Chen, Reporter
Dec 7, 2023
People waiting in a long line after being told to go to the tech room to find out which room to go to. The main lists were both not fully alphabetized and missing a lot of names.

[Photo] Digital delay, in-person disarray

Tanvi Dubey, Reporter
Oct 11, 2023
A clown doesn't go to BISA best. Another student makes fun of him.

[Photo] [EDITORIAL] Our many colors

TPP Staff
Nov 16, 2023
Student coughing after vaping. Vaping results in many negative health effects.

[Photo] Clouding our minds

Nov 6, 2023
Librarian Kaitlyn Carpenter describes her experience moving into the new library and having to carry thousands of books in boxes as large as her body. Carpenter described the boxes as “cadaver-sized.”

[Photo] One year later: Where’s the library now?

Sophia Li, Ella Sotiriades, Kate Steinbach, and Ashley Park
Nov 2, 2023
Many writers and aspiring WGA workers are not only relieved to return to work, but also excited for these new changes, as the WGA received most of what they asked for. Now, the WGA hopes that supporters of the WGA will also advocate for SAG-AFTRA as well.

[Photo] Writer’s Strike: What’s the cost of writing?

Johanna Wen, Art Director
Oct 10, 2023
OnRamps Chemistry teacher Robert Morales guides sophomore Dunham Ludwick on an assignment during fourth period. The class focused on density calculations and received worksheets.

[Photo] Going on a new ramp of education, love

Andrew Liu, Alexander Tang, and Jason Chen
Oct 3, 2023
Before I joined AP World History teacher Wayne Houle’s class, I felt like I was destined to fail. I’ve never been too good at remembering dates or events, but his fun and engaging class is what sparked a love for history for me. Mr. Houle is almost always in his classroom talking with new and past students, listening to their music, playing his guitar and helping answer questions. Even when he could go home for the weekend, he still made time for my friends and my Dungeon World campaign afterschool on Fridays. He’s truly one of the best teachers I have ever known.

[ART ESSAY] Teachers we will never forget

Johanna Wen, Marina Martinez, Helen Beebe, and Ella Sotiriades
May 13, 2023
Jon Jones lets out a roar of victory after his submission of Cyril Gane to become the heavyweight champion of the UFC on March, 4 in the T-Mobile Arena.

[Photo] Cheater or Greatest of All Time?

Michael Liu, Reporter
Apr 13, 2023
Many students face pressure to succeed and get into a good college. Thus, they turn towards cheating and stat-padding.

[Photo] Competitive academic culture: The ill-fated ending of cheating and stat-padding

Andrew Liu, Reporter
Apr 10, 2023
After a long tiring day of school, I change into comfy clothes and dive into my bed. I find peace through music, self-care routines, and long naps. I try to clear my mind before I get started on my schoolwork.

[ART ESSAY] Relaxing after a long day

Marina Martinez, Johanna Wen, Ella Sotiriades, Angel Harper, Aida George, and Helen Beebe
Mar 27, 2023
I struggled with coming up with a drawing to represent how DPDR affects me. In this, the teal and the red contrast to each other, representing the mental disconnection in a symbol of contrast.

My warped reality: A reflective essay

Helen Beebe, Reporter
Mar 11, 2023
Edmond Dantès and Odysseus were both legends in their own right. One was a tortured soul seeking to be the cold hand of justice, while the other was man who was gifted with cleverness but could not see beyond his own pride.

[Photo] To read or not to read: English curriculum book reviews

Pallavi Gorantla, Haset Mekuria, Emily Vaughan, and Emma Xiao
Feb 7, 2023
In a style inspired by a political cartoon, an AI program takes art from an artist and uploads it into the database, where it may be used in prompts.

Problems with AI-generated images

Helen Beebe, Reporter
Feb 3, 2023
The Ilu have been seen in the ride Flight Of Passage in Animal Kingdom’s Pandora, 5 years before this movie’s release. They are ridden similar to the direhorses only in water instead of land.

[Photo] Return to Pandora: Avatar The Way of Water review

Marina Martinez, Reporter
Jan 29, 2023
Student asks for a photo with the mascot during lunch. As a senior, it'll be the mascot's last year.

[Photo] What it’s like to be Ralphy

Marina Martinez and Johanna Wen
Jan 25, 2023
For the price of a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha, this is what should have been delivered. Let's just say the real thing was a bit of a letdown.

[Photo] Seasonal special reviews

Claire Bradford and Emily Vaughan
Dec 24, 2022
Student "gaming the system" in order to get good grades. He follows these test strategies.

[Photo] Play for an A

Andrew Liu, Reporter
Dec 20, 2022
Japanese soccer player Ritsu Doan clashes with Blue Lock character Rensuke Kunigami. They are often compared to each other.

[Photo] The ‘Blue Lock’ is real

Andrew Liu, Reporter
Dec 14, 2022
In room 1603 during Cardinal Hour, student-teacher Stephen Shadle describes his college experience with astronomy. "I went to grad school and got a master's in physics," Shadle said. "We had a class in astrophysics that covered a lot of the topics that we cover, and I use a lot of the slides from my classes."

[Photo] Teach for the stars

Ariel Lagnado, Reporter
Nov 16, 2022
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[ART ESSAY] Life at school

Helen Beebe, Angel Harper, Marina Martinez, Ella Sotiriades, Emily Vaughan, Johanna Wen, and Sophia Zhao
Nov 14, 2022
Every day, AP World History seems to be right on our heels. Every day, it is a course that is a force to be reckoned with.

[Photo] Satire: Conquistador WHAP terrorizes tenth graders

Emma Xiao, Copy Editor
Nov 4, 2022
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