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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

Books don’t teach, teachers do

Books don’t teach, teachers do

Jaiden Leary December 18, 2024

When parents, community members or society think about how kids learn in school, ideas like access to technology, classes offered and school resources are often seen as the most impactful factors in kids'...

School buses park on the side of the road Dec. 9. Due to a lack of space in the bus corral, buses must park on the street.

Park’s bus problem

Cole Denham December 12, 2024

Last summer, Park underwent a new construction project. One of these projects was a new parking lot with a bus corral. Despite a new bus corral, buses remain parked on the street. This endangers pedestrians...

In defense of AI

In defense of AI

Tess Machalek November 18, 2024

In recent years, there has been more and more discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), especially in English classes. Teachers warn against using AI and tell stories of students being caught...

Clickbait to rage bait: the Internet’s money maker

Clickbait to rage bait: the Internet’s money maker

Anisa Kahin November 6, 2024

Do you ever scroll on TikTok and run into a video that makes you go “what the…”? Well, that happens to me quite often, especially with the rise of rage bait. Rage bait is clickbait disguised into...

Achievement & Support Coordinator, (ASC) Chris Nordstrom, checks in with students in the hallway Oct. 10. He has worked closely with the implementation of SmartPass at Park.

SmartPass was a useless change

Wes Marggraf October 15, 2024

Recently, Park implemented a new “Smart Pass” system – I believe it was a complete failure. It's a method of hall passes through student and teacher computers. This can be troublesome for many students...

Weighted GPAs are not a silver bullet for education

Weighted GPAs are not a silver bullet for education

Nicholas Garrett October 7, 2024

Weighted GPAs (grade point averages) are a method some schools use in order to “reward” students who excel in their IB or AP classes. In grading scales with weighted GPA, students who take advanced...

ACT makes a big change

ACT makes a big change

Maximo Dean October 7, 2024

One of the most stress-inducing and petrifying parts of being a student in high school is preparing for and taking long standardized tests like the ACT. No matter how much you study for these tests, it...

Protecting student property wasted our time

Protecting student property wasted our time

Gavin Tombers September 30, 2024

Phones and AirPods are considered personal items to many students. Students use them daily, from texting friends to responding to their guardians. Many students lose their devices throughout the school...

Requesting lockers has no value

Requesting lockers has no value

Gavin Tombers September 25, 2024

Lockers can be some of the most versatile tools a student can use in their day. Lockers can take a burden off your shoulders, from carrying extra books or extra sports equipment, it saves extra energy....

The device prevails

Jack Betzer, Staffer May 23, 2024

]A large problem I see today in the raising of children is the use of electronic devices. Everywhere I go I see little kids, some as young as four to five years old, rotting their brain away on their iPad...

College vs. high school protesting

College vs. high school protesting

Nicholas Garrett, Copy Editor May 14, 2024

Over the past month, public and private colleges across the country have been enveloped in student-led protests, as well as counter protests, concerning the ongoing conflict within Israeli-Palestinian...

Pathway to passion and potential

Pathway to passion and potential

Anna Williams, News Editor April 27, 2024

Investment in the potential students have within high schools is neglected, as in consideration of what has been deemed the educational standard, academic excellence is defined; it should not be. Because...

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