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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

School resource officer Maurice Smith types on his laptop in his office at Park. Smith applied due to his passion for working with kids and began his new role for the 2020-21 school year.

New school resource officer Maurice Smith

Maria Perez Barriga November 17, 2020

When he heard Park will return to distance learning Nov. 16, officer Maurice Smith said he was unhappy as he just started to get to know students during hybrid.  “I was pretty sad about (the switch)...

Students leave school after their final day of hybrid learning. The School Board voted for Park to transition back to distance learning starting Nov. 16.

Staff Editorial: Move to distance learning justified

November 16, 2020

Although originally planning to increase to 50% capacity Nov. 16, the School Board unanimously voted for Park to return to distance learning starting Nov. 16, in a Nov. 9 meeting.  Park will be going...

Awkward Zoom call goodbyes highlight distance learning difficulties

Awkward Zoom call goodbyes highlight distance learning difficulties

Lilly Strathman October 28, 2020

Having almost done a full semester of online learning, the question of how doing school solely online affects personal connections between teachers and students arose.  I am grateful for all the hard...

Engineering teacher Mark Miller takes attendance during Park Connections Sep. 30. Distanced learning will now take place until further notice.

Park adjusts to distance learning

Adam Gips October 3, 2020

While many students have struggled to stay focused during distance learning, Assistant Principal Jessica Busse said the staff is creating openings on Wednesdays for people to visit in-person. “We...

Social studies teacher Jeffrey Cohen runs across the finish line of his virtual Boston Marathon race Sep 7. Cohen decided to run the marathon virtually after it got cancelled earlier this year.

Teacher takes part in virtual Boston Marathon

Tobias Khabie and Molly Schochet September 9, 2020

After the Boston Marathon was cancelled for 2020, teacher and former Marathon attendee Jeffrey Cohen decided he would run the marathon virtually on Sep. 7. “They canceled the Boston Marathon, which...

Seniors Victoria Caraballo and Selena Nejib lead a group of Park students and alumni from the St. Louis Park City Hall building back to the overpass May 28. The memorial began 5:30 p.m. and continued into the evening.

George Floyd memorial organized in St. Louis Park

Talia Lissauer and Marta Hill May 29, 2020

Hundreds of community members joined together at the intersection of Minnetonka and Highway 100 May 28 to remember George Floyd. The most active participants were current Park students and recent graduates,...

Art by Maggie Klaers. As of March 13, there is one case of COVID-19 in St. Louis Park.

COVID-19 case in St. Louis Park

Talia Lissauer and Isabel Kjaer March 14, 2020

This story is accurate as of 10:00 p.m. March 14. According to an update posted to the St. Louis Park Schools Public Schools website, there have been two positive cases in the Park Nicollet system....

TikTok makes a meteoric rise to popularity

TikTok makes a meteoric rise to popularity

Maggie Klaers March 10, 2020

After watching several students make TikToks, teacher Bobby Otto said the app enables students to create and share short, vine-like videos. “From an older perspective, I would consider it kind of...

Newspaper highlights struggles students of color face

Newspaper highlights struggles students of color face

Isra Mohamed March 4, 2020

When I was first approached by a student handing me a newspaper, I thought it was just a copy of the Echo newspaper, but as I looked at it more closely, I realized that it was another newspaper made by...

Junior Leo Dworsky and other members of the ‘Hairspray’ cast perform their final dress rehearsal Feb. 19. Choir performed the musical “Hairspray” Feb. 20–Feb. 23.

‘Hairspray’ performances delight

Sofie Geretz March 3, 2020

Reflecting on his and the rest of the cast’s performance on choir’s production of “Hairspray,” senior Yoni Potter said the cast was able to pull everything together in time for the production. “I...

Juniors Zoe Frank and Keely Bernstein discuss the new Roots and Shoots video Feb. 24. The club wants to debut the video about recycling in the upcoming months.

Roots and Shoots looks to improve Park’s recycling program

Sadie Yarosh February 27, 2020

At the Roots and Shoots meeting Feb. 24, the group discussed ways to create a video that informs students and staff about the recycling process and how to improve it, according to junior and member Thor...

A cyclist uses a bike path along Cedar Lake Parkway Feb. 24. City Council will vote on the preliminary layout for the Dakota bikeway project Dec. 2.

City Council to vote on bike infrastructure project

Sam Swisher February 25, 2020

As City Council plans to vote on the southeast bikeway improvements March 2, Senior City Engineering Project Manager Jack Sullivan said the project will help enlarge the quality of transportation choices...

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