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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

US Forest Service and native Minnesotan tribes sign historic agreement

US Forest Service and native Minnesotan tribes sign historic agreement

Modesty Manion May 25, 2023

Recently, an agreement was made between the US Forest Service and three northern Minnesotan Indigenous tribes over the control and regulation of the Superior National Forest area. The historic agreement...

Too much stress after the tests

Too much stress after the tests

Eliah Fink May 17, 2023

Almost all of the AP and IB tests take place during the early weeks of May, so at Park, the school year still goes on nearly a month after the tests. A long-standing debate at many schools has to do with...

Zero options for zero hour

Zero options for zero hour

Anya Panday May 16, 2023

Park offers more than 160 courses in 12 different academic departments. With so many options, it’s hard for students to pick just three to six a year to pursue, especially when many electives take up...

Let me SLPee

Let me SLPee

Anya Panday May 16, 2023

This year, Park has begun to implement new school policies in order to start to “normalize” school after COVID-19. These policies include new grading systems, phone policies and weirdest of all, pass...

Biden’s immigration policy is neglectful

Biden’s immigration policy is neglectful

Sarah Kluckhohn May 15, 2023

In response to the pandemic, the Trump administration issued a collection of temporary immigration restrictions in 2020 known as Title 42. The policy allows immigration officials to turn away migrants...

Minnesota becomes a safe state

Minnesota becomes a safe state

Anisa Kahin May 15, 2023

Minnesota has become the 21st state to ban conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a pseudo-scientific belief in reversing homosexuality by using certain practices. Governor Tim Walz signed for conversion...

From private to public school

From private to public school

Anna Williams May 2, 2023

From first grade until freshman year of high school, I attended a private school in Minnetonka called Notre Dame Academy. My entire life revolved around that school and the people that had attended it...

Outdated laws are thriving

Outdated laws are thriving

Serena Bovee April 27, 2023

As in most times, right now is a very politically-active period. With the recent laws that are designed to restrict and remove the rights of trans people and women’s reproductive rights, this country...

Promposals prompt superficial affection

Promposals prompt superficial affection

Anna Williams April 27, 2023

It is finally prom season, and high school students are, once again, deciding their plans for the memorable night. As the dance creeps closer, people are rushing to find their dates and ways to ask them....

Remembering the Boston Marathon Bombing

Remembering the Boston Marathon Bombing

Anna Williams April 26, 2023

When you think of crises that have had entire nations disrupted and, through that disturbance, unified in seeking justice, you are bound to not forget them. These crises become a part of the nation’s...

Anti-trans bills skyrocket

Anti-trans bills skyrocket

Anisa Kahin April 11, 2023

As we start our fourth month of 2023, 368 anti-trans bills have been introduced. America has a history of being transphobic, but many hoped that with views starting to shift, the world around them would...

ChatGPT poses a threat to education

ChatGPT poses a threat to education

Sarah Peterson April 4, 2023

In schools everywhere, it feels as though a robot has become increasingly present in students’ and teachers’ lives. The robot in question, ChatGPT, is an artificial intelligence chatbot that can write...

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