Robotics prepares for competition
Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff
February 12, 2020
While reflecting on her goals for robotics, junior Julia Salita said increased female involvement would leave a positive impact on the team and help diversify the field. “My goal for the team, in general, is to not only get new members but also get more female members because, at competition, ...
ACE prepares for March presentation
Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff
February 3, 2020
After only a few months in Architecture Construction and Engineering, freshman Isaac Cantor said the club allows him to feel as if he is a part of the group because they allocate parts of their work to small groups. “It’s a team process,” Cantor said. “We go in little groups of two and t...
Girls’ basketball breaks losing streak
December 7, 2019
With Park down several points in the first half, junior Kendall Coley said it felt good to end with a win. “Coming back and pushing through (and) just getting out of the hole we dug ourselves into (was a key moment),” Coley said. According to senior and captain Shayla Miller, playing Como P...
Math Team places last at meet
Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff
November 21, 2019
While reflecting on Math Team placing last in their recent tournament at Edina High School, co-captain senior Zachary Weiser said the team will be able to review their questions from the meet. “As a team, we did not do so great. On our team event, we didn’t get any of the questions right which wa...
Debate team practices for upcoming tournament
Maggie Klaers and Emily Ziessman
November 3, 2019
As coach Aedan Helweg reflected on his time teaching the debate team, he explained how the club can be beneficial for other aspects of life. “Debate is awesome, it’s a great way to prepare for just about everything you can prepare for — college and your professional career,” Helweg said. ...
Math Team sets goals for season
Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff
October 23, 2019
Senior Math Team captain Zachary Weiser said he hopes more students will consider joining the activity, noting the club’s welcoming atmosphere. “Math Team is super fun. It’s definitely a good challenge but also you don’t have to worry about not being the greatest at math,” Weiser said. ...
Synchro ends competition season
June 5, 2019
After celebrating its success at State, Park’s synchro team looks to the next season and preparing through summer programs, according to sophomore Maya Lee. “In the summer you can do the strength and conditioning program, summer synchro through the high school or summer synchro through Aquafins, wh...
End of track and field season quiz
June 4, 2019
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Student work submitted to 5th Congressional district art competition
June 4, 2019
According to art teacher Martha Ortman she submitted the artwork of two of her students Matt Loftus (junior) and Muna Ahmed (senior) to the annual 5th congressional district art competition. What is the competition students submitted their art to? The 5th Congressional district art competition is p...
Civics students create solutions for community issues
May 22, 2019
After presenting a poster board at the state capitol concerning equally funding high school sports, freshman Georgia Charpentier said she thought giving the presentation was exciting and personally beneficial. “It was really good to be able to present in front of people who we don’t know and ...
Clarinetist wins Best of Site Award
Maria Perez Barriga, Katie Hardie, and Gabriel Kaplan
April 27, 2019
After winning the Best of Site Award for her clarinet solo performance, sophomore Anavey Hosack said she was overjoyed. “I feel really awesome, I was a little nervous about it. Everyone knew before I did, but yeah it’s good,” Hosack said. “It’s pretty big and not easy to win, especially for ...
Robotics prepares for competition
Henry Brettingen
February 17, 2019
As sophomore Julia Salita looks forward to the upcoming Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional Robotics Competition she said she felt optimistic about the Robotics team’s opportunities to advance. “I'm really excited because I went last year and it was a lot of fun, even though we didn’t win or go...
After Park boys’ swimming placed second at Sections Feb. 22, coach Amanda Forsberg said the team’s success was greater than she had anticipated. “They far exceeded my expectations. So it's been...
Maggie Klaers and Ruthie Posada
After the Feb. 20 Sections loss to Cretin-Derham Hall, Park players gathered around each other on the ice in tears and in support of each other. Senior Will Pinney said the emotions were running high throughout...
Isabel Kjaer, Marta Hill, and Kaia Myers
Though the decision to resign was hard to make, Principal Scott Meyers said it was ultimately made easier because of the potential positive effects on his life. “I'm going to miss being a part of...
When playing against Minnehaha Academy and its nationally ranked player Jalen Suggs, coach David Breitenbucher said the plan was to keep him away from the basket. “We tried to have a game plan to...
