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The Echo

Senior Isaiah Brown visits the Park booth at the career fair March 20. The fair was hosted in the Link where students visited different booths to learn more about career opportunities.

Park Career Fair connects job seekers with employers

Arjuna Murugesan April 8, 2025

The Career Fair is an event that Park hosts during lunch hour a couple of times a year. It's an experience that allows students to get ideas about anything from a future career or a summer job from local...

SOAR braces for a new project

SOAR braces for a new project

Tess Machalek April 6, 2025

Since Trump’s election, the president has given executive orders that have been called anti-immigrant. In response, the Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR) club at Park has been working on a new...

Sophomore Sabrina Jama is helped by her manager at Hook and Fish on March 26. Many students work a part time job to make money through summer.

Summer program opportunities

Mohamed Ahmed April 6, 2025

Jobs require much more than effort; they require skills and experience. Many students tend to second-guess summer jobs before applying, but summer jobs have many upsides. Junior Najib Abdullahi said...

Career and college readiness coordinator Kara Mueller plans out potential career paths for Park students March 25. As the coordinator, she is in charge of helping students get jobs as well as prepare for their future.

Unlocking opportunities post-lockdown

Gavin Shultz March 27, 2025

As COVID-19 became a global pandemic in 2020, many companies experienced staff shortages. As the world slowly diverted back to normal, so did the market of jobs. Many companies have started hiring students,...

Guest speaker Jordan Lewandowski teaches about Black history March 12. Lewandowski comes every Wednesday to room B334 and teaches students what it means to be a black male today.

Black Men Teach inspires students at Park

Mohamed Ahmed March 27, 2025

Every Park Connections, students at Park gather in algebra teacher Jessica Davis’s room for Black Men Teach (BMT). Jordan Lewandowski leads this class, emphasizing Black males' origins and importance...

Senior Declan Gaines (Marius) comforts senior Karen Dworsky (Éponine) in an emotional scene of Les Misérables March 13. The choir musical is performed every year by students to fundraise for their activities.

Les Misérables takes its final bow

Skye Richardson March 24, 2025

Park’s choir performance of Les Misérables closed its doors March 15, rounding out two weekends of profound, emotional performances from choir students. Park honored choir teacher John Myszkowski, who...

Sophomore Holden Steinbrueck pours a mixture into a graduated cylinder in chemistry Feb. 7. Last year, chemistry switched from an IB class to an AP class.

The effect of AP courses on student learning and engagement

Jonah Schwab March 19, 2025

Park offers both Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. While Park is officially an International Baccalaureate school, it offers the same amount of International Baccalaureate...

Committed senior Micah Curtis walks around Park hallways in his University of North Dakota shirt Feb. 28. He plans to play Division 1 basketball there next year.

Campus compatibility

Skye Richardson March 17, 2025

As seniors enter the stage of thinking about their futures after high school, they wrestle with the decision of what college or direction best suits their future plans. It can be hard to find the college...

Teacher Tin Mai explains a test to a student Feb. 12. Mai is a new teacher who started at Park during second semester.

Big hit in the math department

Gavin Tombers March 6, 2025

Mr. Gebur, a former math teacher at Park, left within the second week of the semester. Park immediately organized a long-term sub—Mr. Tin Mai. Park is still finding a long-term replacement in the math...

Manfred Gabler speaks to Park students about his experience surviving the Holocaust Feb. 19. Gabler received a standing ovation after his sharing.

A survivor’s perspective

Kayleigh Bishop February 28, 2025

On Feb. 19, Park had an opportunity to listen to Holocaust survivor Manfred Gabler share his story. His parents fled Nazi Germany to Milan, Italy when his mother was pregnant with him. When the Nazis began...

Juniors Calvin Koski and Amelia Beach collaborate to airdrop a photo Feb. 21. Echowan recently sent one of their final yearbook packages to their publisher.

Selling it out of the Park

Alicia Mainjeni February 26, 2025

With a wave of second semester comes a wave of new goals, and for Echowan, surpassing their sales goal for the 2025 school year has been consistent all-year round. The publication has stayed ahead of its...

The Last Souper: various social studies teachers take a break and enjoy a nice warm soup Feb. 6.  Teachers meet every Thursday to chat recreationally and enjoy a good meal.

Souper Thursday’s gathering

Mohamed Ahmed February 26, 2025

Every Thursday, the social studies department at Park gathers for Souper Thursday, when one or two teachers serve soup for the entire department to enjoy. Souper Thursday is more than a meetup. It's a...

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