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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

Students participate in last day of school activities June 10. Two groups from park go to the Project Citizen National Showcase.

Two Project Citizen groups go to nationals

Tobias Khabie June 10, 2021

When freshman Jack Thompson found out his group had made it to nationals for the Project Citizen competition, he was excited to have an opportunity to make a difference in his community. “At the beginning...

Freshmen Environmental Science class has a conversation during asynchronous class time. Hybrid classes have been in session since Feb. 22.

Freshmen year: a strange turn of events

Johanna Kaplan March 2, 2021

For freshmen, this year has been far from a typical high school experience. Despite Park’s transition back to hybrid learning, school continues to feel foreign according to freshman Will Gohman.  “It’s...

Freshman Amanuel Shetaye works with mentor Dan Klobucar during the ACE meeting Dec. 19. According to Klobucar, ACE recently has experienced growth in number of participants.

ACE sees increased participation

Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff December 27, 2019

While reflecting on his high school years, Architecture Construction Engineering mentor Dan Klobucar said the program was not available for him as a teen.  “It’s a pretty good opportunity to take...

Freshmen Tommy Tight, Adam Gips and Andre Barajas pose with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. Freshman civics students were selected to present their Project Citizen poster boards at the state capitol May 15.

Civics students create solutions for community issues

Jenna Cook and Amaia Barajas 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...

Vandalism: Posters about the upcoming election NTA teacher Debra Skadden created with her class were recently vandalized. Students of social studies teacher Kara Ciscos class responded by creating posters to counter the discriminatory comments.

Discriminatory statements written on political poster

Abby Intveld and Dani Orloff November 4, 2018

When freshman Matthew Montanez heard about the discriminatory graffiti, he said he felt driven to voice his opinion on the matter. “We tried to show that everyone is welcome here, no matter your...

High school continues tradition of retreat

Ndunzi Kunsunga December 11, 2016

Freshmen counselor Barb Nelson described the Respect Retreat as a tradition created to give the freshmen class a worthwhile and wholesome experience. “We came across Youth Frontier(s) and the Respect...

Counseling department adds second activity fair

Counseling department adds second activity fair

Katie Orton August 31, 2015

During the 2014 freshmen orientation activity fair, the gym buzzed with excitement. Sophomore Alex Monson traveled to tables inquiring about extracurriculars, but with limited time and distractions, she...

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