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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

Sophmore Abdikadir Mohamed grabs book in the school library April 17. the LMC is very underused this year as it is currently going under construction.

Library isn’t getting it’s full use

Owen McColgan, Staffer May 3, 2024

Over the course of this school year, many students and teachers have started to notice the library is being underused. With construction going on, the library has moved to a temporary location until the...

The private bathrooms within the At Large Lab are now open Nov. 2. The At Large Lab promotes new access to bathrooms for all students to use as they please.

Park opens up new gender neutral bathrooms

Deuce Serrano November 15, 2023

With bathroom closures and the way that bathrooms are treated, students were left feeling uncomfortable using the bathroom. A solution was to open the gender neutral bathrooms in the at large lab, accessible...

Media center assistant Nancy Becerra-Balbuena works at LMC front desk March 20. Park has plans to renovate the library once the school year ends.

Checking out the future

Taylor Voigt March 21, 2023

Park’s Media Center is going to be renovated along with other spaces such as the cafeteria over a period of 18 months. In order for these renovations to happen, the Media Center will not allow book checkout...

Media assistant Deb Sparling enjoys her last day before retirement. Sparling worked at Park for over 20 years.

Media assistant retires after 20 years at Park

Johanna Kaplan January 7, 2022

How long have you worked at Park?  I started working at St. Louis Park Schools March of 2001 … I did work at Susan Lindgren (Elementary School) before I came to the high school. Did you prefer...

Senior Megan Raatz looks through the books in the used book drive to read during distance learning Feb. 3. These books were donated by the Park library and are free for students to use.

Book giveaway provides opportunity

Maren Wilsey February 20, 2021

In a year where school is limited to the confines of a home, encountering a new book is rare. According to Library Media Specialist Marie Slaby, the annual book giveaway provides a way for the library...

Media specialist Marie Slaby begins job at Park

Media specialist Marie Slaby begins job at Park

Sam Listiak January 22, 2021

When she first began working at Park in September this year, media specialist Marie Slaby said distance learning made her job harder. “It's not easy to begin a new job at a new school during remote...

The Media Center is now offering free e-books to students, according to Media Specialist Ellen George. Because of COVID-19, e-books offer a safer alternative to paper books.

Media Center offers students free e-books

Molly Schochet November 6, 2020

With paper books being harder to access safely and affordably due to COVID-19, Media Specialist Ellen George said she hopes that giving Park students access to books available for download e-books will...

A Park teacher prints using the At-Large Lab printer. According to librarian Ellen George, students and teachers will now be using different printers.

Students prevented from printing at school

Samantha Klepfer December 17, 2019

In high school, it is required for many classes that students print assignments. In some cases, it’s required that students print during their class period. When students aren’t able to perform this...

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