First semester editorial staff 2020-2021
May 15, 2020
Editor-in-Chief: Talia Lissauer & Maddie Schutte Managing Editors: Gabriel Kaplan, Noah Orloff & Lilly Strathman Copy Editors: Colin Canaday* & Adam Gips Assistant Copy Editor: Tenzin Gyaldatsang Design Editors: Sophie Livingston & Emmy Pearson Infographics Editor: Ryan Barnett Phot...
Echo Editor-in-Chief named runner-up for National Journalist of the Year
April 19, 2020
The moment senior and Editor-in-Chief of Echo Marta Hill had been anxiously waiting for — the results of the National Student Journalist of the Year award — was spent on a Google Hangout call from home with her parents and Echo staffers because of COVID-19 regulations. Before she knew it, her name was being calle...
Marta Hill wins Minnesota Journalist of the Year
March 17, 2020
Senior and Editor-in-Chief of the Echo Marta Hill was sitting in the St. Louis Park City Hall parking lot when she received news that she had won the Minnesota Journalist of the Year award. According to Hill, she never imagined she would win such an award. “I didn't let myself think that I could ev...
Park wins First Amendment Press Freedom Award
February 29, 2020
After being awarded the First Amendment Press Freedom Award, senior co-Editor-in-Chief of the Echo Marta Hill said the award represents Park’s emphasis on the value of ethical journalism. “From my understanding, basically it means that as a school we uphold the First Amendment and we practice g...
Echo named 2019 Newspaper Pacemaker finalist
October 8, 2019
According to the National Scholastic Press Association, the Echo was announced as one of the 49 finalists of the annual Newspaper Pacemaker competition. The 2019 Newspaper Pacemaker winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention Nov.21-24 in Washington, ...
Echo wins Online Pacemaker
May 8, 2019
Echo received the 2019 National Scholastic Press Association Online Pacemaker Award at the Spring National High School Journalism Convention April 27 in Anaheim, California, according to Echo adviser Lori Keekley. According to the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), the Echo was one of ...
Quill and Scroll starts up for the year
Ethan Meisler and Sofie Geretz
November 9, 2018
According to Lori Keekley, the Quill and Scroll adviser, the club will have its second meeting of the year soon. “We will have our next meeting within the next couple of weeks,” Keekley said. “I just have to tell the Echo and Echowan students.” Keekley said the club gets together to wor...
Supreme Court denies Echo’s petition for review
November 8, 2018
The Echo’s petition to the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeal’s ruling was denied Oct. 24. The lawsuit was filed by the Echo against the St. Louis Park school district Jan. 18, 2016, alleging the school district failed to follow the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act in r...
Echo named 2018 Pacemaker finalist
September 24, 2018
Echo was named a 2018 Pacemaker finalist in the newspaper category by the National Scholastic Press Association Sept. 7. According to the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), the Echo was one of 67 publications recognized as finalists in the annual Pacemaker competition. This competition...
Court of Appeals affirms ruling against the Echo
August 22, 2018
The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's ruling against the Echo Aug. 13, after a hearing on May 23. The District Court ruled against Echo Oct. 7, 2017, classifying the video footage as nonpublic educational data. Thus, the district's denial to the request for video footage of an alleg...
Hundreds of community members joined together at the intersection of Minnetonka and Highway 100 May 28 to remember George Floyd. The most active participants were current Park students and recent graduates,...
The image of black men being mistreated by police has become so common for junior Rahwa Berhane that she said just by seeing the thumbnail of a white police officer kneeling on a black man's neck,...
For the first time since 1946 the Minnesota State Fair will not open their gates for the summer of 2020, according to state fair general manager Jerry Hammer. “This isn’t a difficult decision....
In a statement posted by St. Louis Park Public Schools, Superintendent Astein Osei announced Wendy Loberg will fill the vacancy left by Principal Scott Meyers beginning in July. “In her past leadership...
