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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

Clicks over crowds

Clicks over crowds

TJ Brayboy November 21, 2023

Black Friday is every shopper’s favorite day of the year, and even non-shoppers get out to buy something. However, in the past few years, Black Friday traditions have taken a major turn: most shopping...

Used with permission from Jodi Schifsky

Fall show switches to online format

Isabel Nathan January 7, 2021

The Park Theatre Program has held live performances for the community for years, but the performances this year will look a little different. This year’s fall show will be streamed online Nov. 8 - Nov....

Senior Sadie Yarosh looks for a teammate to pass the ball to. The girls basketball season got postponed due to COVID-19.

Girls’ basketball season delayed

Isabel Nathan December 16, 2020

The COVID-19 safety regulations, which began Nov. 21, require winter sports to adhere to the safest practices, causing the girls’ basketball team to delay their season until it is deemed safe for them...

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Driver’s education continues online

Sophia Curran-Moore December 10, 2020

Driver’s education is currently taught by Bill Wodarski via Google Meet. The virtual class lasts an hour and a half each day for twelve days. Additionally, an hour of work is assigned per day. Students...

Seniors Ruby Stillman and Sam Sietsema rehearse their roles for "Legally Blonde" Nov. 14, 2019 in the Auditorium. The Park Fall production for 2020, “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play,” is set to be recorded over Zoom Dec. 9.

Theater performance to be online due to COVID-19

Isabel Nathan November 20, 2020

The Park Fall production, “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play,” has had it’s performance date pushed back from Nov. 20, 21 and 22 to being recorded over Zoom Dec. 9. According to sophomore Emma...

Closing a chapter of my life via Zoom

Closing a chapter of my life via Zoom

Sofie Geretz May 21, 2020

When quarantine first began, I hadn’t fully realized its implications on my end of senior year events. I didn’t realize it would significantly impact the format of my very last Jewish Youth Group convention....

Art by Maggie Klaers. College Board announced exams will be given May 11-22, with makeup tests June 1-5.
Each subject's test will be taken at the same time worldwide, and students can take the tests from home or school if schools are open, on any device.

College Board updates testing plan

Marta Hill April 3, 2020

In the face of COVID-19, College Board has altered the typical testing format for Advanced Placement tests. College Board announced exams will be given May 11-22, with makeup tests June 1-5. According...

Benilde-St. Margaret's, a Catholic school less than two miles from Park, announced March 13 its students will be having online school until April 3. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 14 in Minnesota.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s moves to online instruction

Marta Hill March 13, 2020

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises to 14 in Minnesota March 13, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, a private Catholic school located less than two miles from Park, announced it will be moving to online...

Office Assistant Jennifer Thomas works with senior Ellen Poulter to solve issues with getting a parking pass Jan. 27. Starting spring semester of 2020, parking passes are sold online only.

New online system implemented for purchasing parking passes

Sofie Geretz January 31, 2020

Park has implemented a new system of purchasing parking passes for the spring semester, replacing in-person transactions to an online alternative. Although there were issues in the beginning, senior...

Junior Rodo Abdullah looks at the parking pass guidelines online. This is the first semester Park has sold parking permits online.

Parking passes for second semester move to online sales

Kate Schneider January 10, 2020

When purchasing her parking permit this fall, junior Greta Kulevsky said she felt inconvenienced by the line. However, she looks forward to the possible benefits of online sales. “I had to get up really...

Echo named 2019 Online Pacemaker finalist

Echo named 2019 Online Pacemaker finalist

Dani Orloff January 14, 2019

Echo was announced as a 2019 Online Pacemaker finalist by the National Scholastic Press Association Jan. 12. According to the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), the Echo was one of 44 publications...

Seniors Ciara Woida and Chava Buchbinder along with junior Nechama Buchbinder look over previous years' 36 Arts books.

Club moves in new direction

Marta Hill May 31, 2018

Nearing the end of her senior year, senior Chava Buchbinder said 36 Arts is important to the school because many students are interested in art. “(36 Arts is important) because there are always going...

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