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  • OH Boys Weightlifting team won Regional Championship on 4/5! Good luck at the state championship!
  • Congratulations to our amazing theatre teacher Kimberly Coyle for being named a Dwyer Finalist for Senior High Education!
  • For the second consecutive year, the Olympic Heights girls soccer team is the 7A district 2023-2024 Academic Team Champion
  • Congratulations Florida DECA State Champions 2024: Katelynne Deale, Tai Graham, and Elsie Throckmorton!
  • Girls Soccer Coach Jim Cappello is coach of the year, leading the lions to 21 victories, and their eighth straight regional appearance.
  • Soccer: Senior Ava Cardaci was selected 7A District 12 Player of the Year with 15 goals and 27 assists.
The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

The Torch

The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

The Torch

Olympic Heights Students Speak up for Kids Club seeks to advocate for and assist voiceless foster care kids in distress

Olympic Heights Students Speak up for Kids Club seeks to advocate for and assist voiceless foster care kids in distress

Madison Lemaster, Staff Writer October 10, 2022

Each year, nearly one million children are abused or neglected in the foster care system – this being only a fraction of which is reported. In order to make a change, Students Speak Up for Kids, a student-led,...

Class sizes at Olympic Heights, such as that of social studies teacher Ms. Wendy Zietz, have increased significantly from those of last year.

Driven by restrictive mandates and slow salary growth, Florida’s 9,000 teaching vacancies lead to drastic measures

Isabella Conrado, Staff Writer September 22, 2022

Since the summer 2022, schools nationwide have been experiencing a severe teacher shortage. In Florida alone, there were more than 9,000 unfilled teaching positions at the beginning of the 2022-23 school...

DECA is just one of the many clubs that Olympic Heights students can join during Thursdays Club Rush event.

Club Rush to give Olympic Heights students the opportunity to find a club that suits their interests on Thursday, Sept. 15

Faith Abel, Staff Writer September 14, 2022

It’s time for the annual Club Rush event to take place at Olympic Heights. This event gives students the opportunity to learn about and sign up for clubs based on their personal interests and hobbies...

The Olympic Heights Marine Corps JROTC are lead by (from left):  instructor Master Sergeant Carlos Jarquin, Executive Officer Naika Pierre, Battalion Commander Christopher Sandlin, Sergeant Major Lillian Philips, and instructor Master Sergeant Wayne Byron.

Olympic Heights Marine Corps JROTC program offers students a pathway to success through the lens of leadership

Obrian Ortiz, Staff Writer September 12, 2022

Students at Olympic Heights are not unfamiliar with the sight of those of their peers who walk the halls in camouflage uniforms. These camo-clad students are members of OH’s chapter of the Marine Corps...

Tops that expose the midriff may be fashionable and comfortable, but they are a no-no at Olympic Heights.

Dress codes often clash with fashion trends and high temps

Amelia Welch, Staff Writer September 12, 2022

Across the county, public high school dress codes vary school-by-school. Students at one particular school may be content with their school’s dress code, while others may feel that the dress code today...

Olympic Heights SGA members include (from left): Kathleen Flory, SGA president; Brooke Telchin, sophomore class president; Emma Stein, junior class president; Luigi Dalcanale, Mr. OH; Isabella Grippo, Miss OH; Olivia Scheichet, senior class president; and Jaiden Goldberg, SGA vice-president.

Olympic Heights SGA busy planning for activity-filled year

With the 2022-2023 school year at Olympic Heights underway, the Student Government Association (SGA), under the direction of advisor Ms. Chelsea Fink, is already busy and off to a great start. There...

Lions were welcomed to the start of the 2022-23 school year with signage provided by the Olympic Heights PTO.

The Pride is back with the start of the 2022-23 school year; Principal Kelly Mills Burke’s welcome letter

August 18, 2022

We have had a great start to the FY23 school year! Students seem to be adjusting to being back to school. I would like to thank our amazing PTO for welcoming back our students with signage in front...

OLYMPIC HEIGHTS END-OF-YEAR HAPPENINGS: Three Pathfinder winners, a Teacher of the Year, and more honors

OLYMPIC HEIGHTS END-OF-YEAR HAPPENINGS: Three Pathfinder winners, a Teacher of the Year, and more honors

May 26, 2022

Olympic Heights seniors Belina Bubenik Perry and Riley Tobin (pictured above left and center) won first place in their respective categories of Foreign Language and History at the 2022 Pathfinder Awards....

TEACHER FEATURE: Mr. James Cullen

TEACHER FEATURE: Mr. James Cullen

May 9, 2022

How many years have you been teaching, and how many of those have been at Olympic Heights? This is my 14th year teaching and my 4th year at OH. What courses are you teaching this year, and which...

The Olympic Heights Class of 2022 prom court featured (from left): Arie Eitani, Dylan Brenner, Spencer Vogel, Makayla Lewis, and the eventual prom queen and king, Tamara Backers and Alec Pattoukian.

Olympic Heights class of 2022 enjoying senior activities in a return to normalcy after COVID-19 restrictions lifted

Zoe Siegel, Social Media Editor April 26, 2022

As this school year comes to a close, the senior class is enjoying its last couple of moments of high school before graduation. Seniors were luckier this year and got to have their prom, while the previous...

TEACHER FEATURE: Ms. Heather Ortiz

TEACHER FEATURE: Ms. Heather Ortiz

March 11, 2022

How many years have you been teaching? How many of those at OH?  I have been teaching for 16 years, and this is my ninth year at Olympic Heights. What courses are you teaching this year?  AICE...

The Olympic Heights Class of 2022 Top Ten are (clockwise from back row left): Maxwell Schwartz, Riley Towbin, Salutatorian Vincent Lam, OH principal Ms. Kelly Burke, Valedictorian Zoe Silver, Ava Seigel, Nicholas Kottas, Gabriella Petillo, Olivia Ricca, Brooke Hollander, and Livia Vieira.

Olympic Heights Class of 2022 Top 10 announced

February 23, 2022

Congratulations to the Olympic Heights Class of 2022 Top 10!  They are as follows: Valedictorian (#1): Zoe Silver Salutatorian (#2): Vincent Lam #3: Riley Towbin #4: Ava Seigel #5: Maxwell...

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