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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

Junior Makenna Allison adresses the crowd to commence the George Floyd memorial May 22. The event was organized by students at Park who are a part of SOAR (Students Organized for Anti-Racism).

Fifth memorial held in honor of George Floyd

Shepard Cox May 29, 2025

On May 22, two days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, many students attended a memorial held by the school's Students Organized for Anti-Racism (SOAR) in his honor. Held in Park’s...

Game changers

Game changers

Ryan Steinberg February 21, 2025

Why do kids play sports in high school? For many kids, playing sports is an integral part of their personality and something they can’t imagine ever stopping. While opportunities for sports in high school...

Junior Grant Haggerty works on his essay about Racial injustice in Colonial America in Ms. Merkele's IB America's class Oct. 22. Students in her class started writing after talking about Indigenous People's day on the holiday.

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ryan Moran October 26, 2024

Every year, the second Monday of Oct. is dedicated to the indigenous people of America. It celebrates the people who lived in present-day American land before European colonizers conquered it. The day...

Newly enrolled junior Adam Kamel gets off the bus ready to start his day March 5. Park gives newly enrolled students free transportation to get to and from school every day.

Calls to end 1988

Jaiden Leary, Staffer March 10, 2024

Open enrollment at Park has surfaced as a contentious issue. Some parents are calling for a close to open enrollment for the entire district, while some are saying that call to action is racially motivated....

Senior Zack Nevinski sharpens a player's skate. Through managing he will complete his 20 NHS hours.

Helping hands

Hanna Lipschultz January 12, 2024

The National Honors Society (NHS) is an organization that recognizes exceptional students and encourages values of character, leadership, service and scholarship.  It is expected of NHS members to spend...

Student Jordan Badhwa works on a drawing during the Art Club meeting on Nov. 14. The art club meets every Tuesday at 3:15 in B114.

Painting a strong community

Hanna Lipschultz November 20, 2023

Painting, drawing, ceramics, oh my! Park is offering students the opportunity to participate in art club.  Freshman Lucy Murray said the club has a great sense of community and they have been very...

Art by Audrey Kuendig and Kylie Kaiser

Rock o’clock

Hanna Lipschultz and Annika Koch October 12, 2023

At Park students have the opportunity to participate in bouldering through the Rock On club. It is mainly student-led, and is advised by language arts teacher Callie Hefstad. They meet every Friday morning...

New teacher Ms. Siegle helps junior Shipora Star with biology class work Sept. 20. This is Ms. Siegle's first year at Park in the science department.

Park welcomes multiple new teachers

Hanna Lipschultz September 27, 2023

This school year has brought new classrooms, new policies and new faculty.  Park has welcomed multiple new teachers this year in both core classes and electives.  After the first two weeks, people are...

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