Next year’s social studies curriculum is being restructured to align with new state guidelines, starting with freshmen taking AP Geography. These changes also include updated requirements for upperclassmen U.S. History and civics.
Newly added AP Human Geography instructional assistants make an impact in Park’s social studies classrooms, boosting productivity while also guiding and inspiring freshmen.
On Feb. 19, Park had an opportunity to listen to Holocaust survivor Manfred Gabler share his story. His parents fled Nazi Germany to Milan, Italy when his mother was pregnant with him. When the Nazis began...
The Science Museum of Minnesota displays the Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed exhibit for the first time since the exhibit first debuted in 2013. Park’s Spanish classes got the opportunity to take a field...
When faced with a bookshelf or a selection of films, I always chose the historical drama. In consequence, throughout my life, I have come across the novel “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr....
With it being well into November the holiday season is almost here. Coming around the corner is Thanksgiving. It's a holiday that is highly promoted throughout the United States and in most schools within...
Recently, talks of removing Advanced Placement (AP) European History, an AP course and a history course offered, have been circulating. I believe that AP European History shouldn’t be removed from the...
While history often only reflects the voices of people who are in power, Park alum Jamie Halper decided to combat this by creating the SLP COVID-19 Quarantine Archive Project to give Park students the...
As senior Patrick Djerf sat in his IB History HL class eating pizza, he acknowledged that despite the 50 days he spent making sure he got to class on time, his perfect record broke shortly after the challenge...
According to AP European History teacher Jeff Cohen, he hopes students will further their learning of European history by painting pumpkins for extra credit.
“I got the idea of using Halloween as...
The African American Heritage Museum focuses on teaching viewers about the history of African Americans in Minnesota, according to civil rights attorney and co-founder of the museum Tina Burnside.
Burnside...
