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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.
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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...

The cast of the Olympic Heights Theatre Departments production of the musical-comedy 9 to 5.

OH Theatre Dept. dazzles with musical-comedy 9 to 5

Brooke Smurlick & Eva Woods, Staff Writers February 16, 2022

It was an eventful Valentine's Day weekend for the Olympic Heights Theatre Department as it staged four performances of the musical-comedy 9 to 5, under the direction of Performing & Fine Arts Department...

TEACHER FEATURE: Dr. Seth Alper

TEACHER FEATURE: Dr. Seth Alper

February 15, 2022

How many years have you been teaching, and how many of those have been at Olympic Heights?  -I have been teaching for 18 years, and this is my third year at Olympic Heights. What courses are you...

FBLA members Michelle Knaz (left)  and Jordyn Kelman (right) celebrate with advisor Ms. Cheryl Shimmel after placing first in the E-business category at district competition.

Heights FBLA has 11 advance from district competition

Mason Silverstein, Sports Editor February 10, 2022

“The Happiness that the students show when they have been successful in a competition or event and how much fun they have learning new things and experiencing field trips and community service” is...

OH Theatre Department set to stage musical-comedy 9 to 5

OH Theatre Department set to stage musical-comedy 9 to 5

Brooke Smurlick & Eva Woods, Staff Writers February 8, 2022

After a long break due to COVID-19, the Olympic Heights theater department is back on the stage for the first time since performing the musical Little Shop of Horrors in 2020. This year's performance...

Olympic Heights Marine JROTC Rifle Team medalists (left to right): Ana Insignares, Isabella Amador, Elsa De Leon , Valentina Insignares, and Italo Ramirez.

OH HAPPENINGS: JROTC Rifle Team shoots straight at competition; DECA sends nine qualifiers to states

February 4, 2022

).The Olympic Heights Marine JROTC Rifle Team placed first in the New Shooter Teams classification by 120 points and placed second in the Overall classification, only 27 points out of first place. The...

The Castaways team of Manny Alboher, Nikolas Dasilva-Shoats, and Morelli Anthony was the winner of the first Onward Challenge competition hosted by the Olympic Heights Finance Academy.

Olympic Heights Finance Academy hosts first Onward Challenge entrepreneurial event and competition

Mason Silverstein, Sports Editor November 19, 2021

As part of the celebration of National Entrepreneurship Month, Olympic Heights, for the first time, hosted the Onward Challenge event on Nov. 5. The event involved students from the OH Finance Academy’s...

Olympic Heights SGA members model their outfits for Homecoming Spirit Weeks Black and Yellow Day.

OH’s Homecoming neon theme bound to brighten things up

Zoe Siegel, Social Media Editor September 29, 2021

It’s that time of the school year! Homecoming is just around the corner with Spirit Week starting Monday, Oct. 4. This year’s homecoming features a neon theme, and the Spirit Week dress-up days are...

OH Club Rush to give students the opportunity to find the club or organization that best fits their interests

OH Club Rush to give students the opportunity to find the club or organization that best fits their interests

Mason Silverstein, Sports Editor September 21, 2021

As the end of September nears, it is finally time for an Olympic Heights favorite event: Club Rush. Club Rush is an event wherein the various clubs and organizations set up displays during lunch, allowing...

Olympic Heights clubs and organizations make the best of a school year fraught with pandemic restrictions

Olympic Heights clubs and organizations make the best of a school year fraught with pandemic restrictions

Eva Woods, Staff Writer June 11, 2021

Over the past year all that people seem to be extensively discussing is COVID-19 and its effects. For many students, school can no longer be used as an escape from reality and instead they are stuck in...

The Olympic Heights Class of 2021 will be happy to move on but have many fond memories of their time at OH.

OH Class of 2021 looks back on fond high school memories

Halli Arthur, Staff Writer June 9, 2021

Some people think of their high school years as the best years of their life. The concept of high school has been overly-romanticized in literature and films. The truth is, everyone experiences both high...

After seven years at the helm of the Olympic Heights baseball program, Coach Casey Beck will be taking over the John I. Leonard program next year.

OH baseball coach Casey Beck leaving for John I. Leonard position: “One of the hardest choices [of] my life.”

Mason Silverstein, Staff Writer May 11, 2021

“The opportunities both on the field, on the course, and in the classroom here at OHHS will never be forgotten, and I am HUMBLE and forever THANKFUL for each second I have been a Lion!”  While...

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