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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

PCP: Should you do PSEO?

PCP: Should you do PSEO?

Anna Williams and Gabriel Fink May 29, 2025

H: PCP: PSEO SH: PSEO is promising PSEO stands for Post-Secondary Enrollment Options, a program in which Minnesota students are permitted to enroll in college courses while still completing their high...

Not all classes are equal

Not all classes are equal

Madi Abelson May 8, 2025

Some classes Park offers have prerequisites, although some classes don’t require them. The requirement should depend on what course it is. If the class is math, for example, algebra should be a required...

Time to take action

Time to take action

Jonah Schwab April 8, 2025

Action Wednesday was thirty minutes at the end of the day where teachers would host a particular niche. These niches ranged from board games to The British Baking Show. Action Wednesday was a time for...

Open or closed

Open or closed

Ryan Steinberg March 28, 2025

The school day is supposed to be a complete day, with many invigorating classes before the fun starts at 3:15, when the final bell rings. While this is the case for many Park students, what about the students...

Classes that should be added to Park

Classes that should be added to Park

Gavin Tombers March 27, 2025

After high school, many students have different opportunities and options they can choose from for their career path and for their future. Many students struggle with choosing careers and aren't prepared...

Navigating next year's classes

Navigating next year’s classes

Jonah Schwab February 6, 2025

With class registration around the corner, students have to start thinking about the classes they want to take next year. Many questions go through their head, such as “How difficult is the class?”...

Junior counselor Heidi Gosgrove explains new classes to students Feb. 13. Students are getting prepared to select their upcoming year's classes.

The time for registration begins

Isaac Schulman, Staffer March 3, 2024

As semester two begins and March approaches, students need to register for the 2024-2025 school year to indicate their preferred classes. This can be a stressful time for some, but most are excited to...

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...

Teachers leaving, classrooms struggling

Teachers leaving, classrooms struggling

Ashley Reyes January 25, 2023

Recently Park has been struggling with teacher shortages, which can affect students’ learning and they are missing out on important engagement, especially with the end of semester one coming up.  When...

Extra assignments during Park Connections overwhelming, unnecessary

Nafisa Kahin January 11, 2023

Park Connections is a class similar to homeroom, like other schools may have, but instead students are required to do extra assignments to earn a pass. During Park Connections we get assignments, but I...

Park Connections beneficial for students

Rachel Arkis January 11, 2023

Each Wednesday, classes are shortened to take time for Park Connections, a 45 minute long class in which short lessons are planned by the administration and students are given time to finish individual...

Looking back on five excellent electives

Looking back on five excellent electives

Danny Shope May 11, 2022

It felt like a breath of fresh air when I graduated middle school four years ago and moved onto high school. That’s because this transition comes with a lot of new freedoms, and the one I was most excited...

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