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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

Art by Maggie Klaers. The colors most commonly assigned to the suicide prevention awareness ribbon are turquoise and purple.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently voted to change the suicide hotline number from the traditional 10 digit phone number to a three digit number, like 911. The change from 1-800-273-8255 to 988 as the hotline number is a several month long process.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline to change number to three digits

Colin Canaday January 8, 2020

Following a vote by the Federal Communications Commission Dec. 12, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline will be shortened to three digits. Tanya Carter, a representative for the Minnesota Department...

Junior Clayton Horstman-Olson holds the door at the entrance of the school Dec. 20. Winter break for the 2019-2020 school year was Dec. 21 - Jan. 1.

Attendance numbers low following break

Marta Hill, Isabel Kjaer, and Kaia Myers January 7, 2020

After returning to school two days earlier than previous years, freshman Wilton Bomsta said he felt the time in school wasn’t worth it. “I didn’t really like it because I don’t feel like we...

St. Louis Park residents discuss conversion therapy at Union Congregational United Church of Christ Dec. 19. The meeting was hosted by OutFront Minnesota, who will be hosting another meeting Jan. 9.

Community meeting held to discuss banning conversion therapy

Tenzin Gyaldatsang January 2, 2020

After a community meeting was held at United Church of Christ on December 19th to discuss the use of conversion therapy in St. Louis Park, city event organizer Justin Lewandowski said it went well, with...

Second semester editorial staff 2019-2020

Second semester editorial staff 2019-2020

December 28, 2019

Editors-in-Chief: Marta Hill and Isabel Kjaer Managing Editors: Gabe Kaplan, Kaia Myers, Noah Orloff, Carissa Prestholdt and Sofia Seewald Copy Editors: Sofie Geretz, Tobias Khabie and Ruthie Posada Assistant...

A majority of the impeachment inquiry is taking place at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

Impeachment reverberates locally

Noah Orloff, Mushtaq Barqab December 25, 2019

After the full House voted to officially impeach President Donald Trump, the recent political discourse has called into question the effect of national politics on Park. According to social studies teacher...

Park’s winter break for the 2019-2020 school year is Dec. 21 - Jan. 2. It is four days shorter than the 2018-2019 school year’s winter break.

Shortened winter break prompts discussion

Isabel Kjaer, Marta Hill, and Kaia Myers December 25, 2019

According to Superintendent Astein Osei, there are several factors that influence the district’s calendar, including feedback from the community regarding having a longer summer break. “Feedback...

City Council member Margaret Rog, City Manager Tom Harmening, and Mayor Jake Spano listen to public concerns regarding the new economic issues with vaping Dec. 16. Citizens of St. Louis Park including students from Benilde-St. Margarets spoke their opinion regarding the laws of vaping in the city at the meeting.

Ordinance in process to ban vaping products, e-cigarettes

Marta Hill December 17, 2019

After speaking at a public hearing at a City Council meeting Dec. 16, Josie Nelson, a junior at Benilde-St. Margaret’s, said limiting access to vaping products is important because vaping has many negative...

Swim Instructor and Aquatics Director at the Central Community Center Cathy Taylor helps a student dive into the pool. Taylor recently became a contracted employee after working at Park for 30 years.

Central Community Center aquatics coordinator takes on new position

Kate Schneider December 17, 2019

According to Cathy Taylor, aquatics coordinator at the Central Community Center, she started working as an instructor after college when her old swim coach convinced her. She later took on another set...

Sophomore Alseny Fofana sells a LuckyBird sweatshirt to social studies teacher Sarah Lindenberg Dec. 14 at the Business Innovations pop-up shop. Students gathered in the high school cafeteria to sell their products to the community at this event.

Business Innovations opens pop-up shop for community

Kate Schneider December 16, 2019

When preparing to sell her handmade jewelry at the Business Innovations pop-up shop, where students sold the products they made in class, sophomore Anna Overall said she was excited to see the reaction...

Seniors Ruby Stillman and Sam Sietsema rehearse their roles for Legally Blonde Nov 14 in the Auditorium. Renovations to the Auditorium will start in June 2020 and end in November 2020.

Theater renovations to update lights, stage, dressing rooms

Marta Hill December 9, 2019

Looking forward to the Auditorium renovations that will start in June, sophomore stage manager Jacob Khabie said many theater participants are nervous because of the lack of information they have received. “Honestly...

Art by Sophie Livingston

Minneapolis City Council bans conversion therapy

Ben Sanford December 7, 2019

As of Nov. 22, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously banned the act of conversion therapy, a process of trying to convert minors who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community to become heterosexual or...

Junior Emma Amon works on a computer in the writing lab. Students have been experiencing Wi-Fi issues.

Wi-Fi problems affect school productivity

Kaia Myers December 6, 2019

Sitting down to write his English essay, senior Ben Bryan was frustrated not by the essay assignment but by the lack of Wi-Fi. “In my English class, the Wi-Fi went out for a solid 30 minutes and we...

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