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The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

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The Echo

Junior Nathan Hausladen participates in his forth hour class from the Oriole Study Nest Jan. 19.  The Oriole Study Nest will remain open to students during their distance learning days.

Oriole Study Nest remains open during hybrid learning

Molly Schochet February 24, 2021

In an effort to give more support to students, Park opened the Oriole Study Nest this fall as a place for them to come in and get work done without the distractions at home. Senior Nick Lanoux said the...

Tech support team members meet over a Zoom call on Nov. 18 to go over future plans for tech support. The tech support team is currently working on making support videos through Instagram.

Tech help provides support through Instagram

Adam Gips November 20, 2020

After beginning distance learning March of last year, the student tech club was created to aid students on virtual platforms. Since its creation, it has developed the @slp_hybrid_learning Instagram page:...

Richard Schmikler lectures debate team members on how to prepare a speech during their meeting Jan. 10. Schmikler showed the team a video of a public speaker to help them prepare for their competition.

Debate team explores new opportunities

Lilly Strathman and Grace Schultz January 13, 2020

When thinking back to her years in high school, debate team leader Samantha Leo said adding a speech season will challenge the club members to become better at declamation.  “I used to do speech...

School board candidate Jim Leuthner speaks to community members at SLP Seeds World Food Day event. SLP Seeds has started hosting discussions with the community to inform residents about the need to address city hunger.

SLP Seeds emphasizes diversified discussions

Lilly Strathman November 20, 2019

When conversing about hunger Nov. 7, founder of SLP Seeds Julia Rappaport realized the importance of representing multiple perspectives in St. Louis Park by hosting more diverse discussions. “The...

Jenna Wollitz assists health teacher Allison Luskey. She is a master's student at Augsburg University.

Student teacher aids Allison Luskey

Gabriel Kaplan November 1, 2018

Graduate student Jenna Wollitz said she is enjoying her work at Park as she spends time back in high school in pursuit of her master’s degree. “I am a masters student at Augsburg University, and...

Seniors gather at one table at the last meeting of the year to reflect on Natural Helpers.

Natural Helpers appoints new leaders

Nietzsche Deuel June 5, 2018

Senior Natural Helpers leader Caleb Mesick said he feels one of the things he accomplished over the year was spreading the word about Natural Helpers to the student population. “We wanted to do more,...

Girls’ softball players junior Maddy Schmitz and seniors Maddie Cascio, Megan Perkins and Trinity Boehlke hug senior teammate Sam Garcia in celebration of winning against boys' tennis players April 18.  Team Softball lost to team Learn Stuff in the final game but received free prom tickets as the runner-ups.

Dodgeball tournament to help school in Kenya

Sumaya Mohamed April 19, 2018

With two seconds remaining in the championship round, senior and member of team Softball Sam Garcia felt beyond thrilled when she caught the ball, winning that round for her team as well as being named...

Dan Walker assists Junior Oliver Swenson with his math work.

New full-time teacher in math resource center

Alexis Machoka January 18, 2018

When the math resource center’s new teacher Dan Walker first learned about a job opening at Park, he said it seemed like an excellent opportunity. “I was substitute teaching and heard of this job...

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