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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

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New SOAR advisor

Crystal Diaz June 5, 2023

What are your goals with SOAR (Students Organized for Anti-Racism)?  I want to create an experience students want to come back to. I’m just excited to be working with students and seeing where their...

Luke Rowan takes on ‘Newsies’

Luke Rowan takes on ‘Newsies’

Layla Mickelson May 12, 2023

How long have you been doing theater? Since third grade I did a show at PSI and I've been doing theater ever since. My first Stages show was in 2021 — “Elf the Musical JR.”  How is the community...

Sophomore Huston Samoy showcases her nail design artwork April 24. Samoy started up a manicure business as the busy prom season approaches.

Sophomore runs her own nail business

Sarah Peterson April 25, 2023

How did you get into doing nails? When I first joined my volleyball team at Northern Lights, everyone started painting their nails white. I asked my mom if I could get some white nail polish, and then...

mr noel

Mr. Noel in the spotlight

Cole Denham October 15, 2022

What do you teach and what do you cover in your classes? I teach 10th Grade English and Honors 10 English. I like to cover media literacy, interpersonal communication, letter (and) literary analysis....

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Junior haunts at ValleyScare

Jacob Khabie October 27, 2021

What do you do at ValleyScare? I’m a haunt actor. I just scare all the people that come through. Why did you choose to pursue this job? I do circus, so I have performance experience, and I thought...

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Senior continues leading SLP Streetwear

Jacob Khabie September 22, 2021

What does SLP Streetwear do? We do all things that are related to fashion. Sometimes we’ll watch videos, sometimes we'll do projects related to high fashion, sometimes we'll do stuff related to local...

From firefighter to teacher — art teacher gives insight on past job

From firefighter to teacher — art teacher gives insight on past job

Johanna Kaplan April 27, 2021

When did you work as a firefighter? 1999 to 2004. Why did you want to be a firefighter, what motivated you to do it? I was not liking my job and my husband at the time said ‘hey, you've always...

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Junior creates Instagram account for business

Tenzin Gyaldatsang March 16, 2021

Why did you decide to make these wooden pens? I’ve been into woodworking for about three years. I took woodworking I and II in the past two years, so I decided that I would sell stuff and make a business...

Sophomore Adil Ade organizes hats and gloves to prepare for his next project Nov. 20. His organization Pocket Change Foundation helps the homeless.

Sophomore creates nonprofit organization

Tenzin Gyaldatsang December 18, 2019

What inspired you to create the Pocket Change Foundation? I hated seeing homeless people in the streets and people suffering because they messed up in life or (experienced) a family crisis that put...

Senior Ben Klepfer listens to senior Marco Giovannelli as he plays the piano, Sept. 15. Klepfer and Giovannelli recently created an album together called "Outlines."

Seniors compose full-length album

Maggie Klaers October 9, 2018

How can people listen to the album? Klepfer: You can listen to it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. Giovannelli: You can stream it, but you can buy it too on some of...

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Senior decides to join National Guard

Abby Intveld March 22, 2018

What made you want to join the National Guard? There were a lot of different reasons behind joining. The adventure of the National Guard experience is a huge reason, and it will also help pay for college,...

Senior Kaleb Schweizer performs a comedy set for his friends in the lunchroom Feb. 24. Schweizer performs stand up comedy at open mic events around the cities.

Senior pursues stand-up comedy

William Phelan March 4, 2017

How did you get into comedy? When I was a kid I always loved to make people happy. I still do, and the main way I found I could do that was comedy. How was your humor developed over the years? As I...

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