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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

Miss OH, Isabella Grippo, with the OH Lion.

Is Olympic Heights student body lacking school spirit?

Eva Woods, Features Editor March 23, 2023

School spirit allows students to participate in and create a large and involved community. Spirit days and weeks are meant to be an outlet for the stress school can create, allowing for students to have...

One photo from The Balenciaga Gift Shop ad campaign features a handbag over legal documents pertaining to child pornography, seemingly suggesting the documents are irrelevant.

Controversial Balenciaga ad campaign fallout continues as apologies are issued, profits drop, and a lawsuit is filed

Amanda DiTomasso, Staff Writer March 7, 2023

In November of last year, the Spanish fashion house Balenciaga announced a new campaign called "The Balenciaga Gift Shop." In one part of this campaign, children were shown holding handbags resembling...

The Olympic Heights Class of 2023 Top Ten are (counter clockwise, seated from left) Salutatorian Emily Zhang, #9 Lindsey Osinoff, #10 Maya Goldstein, #6 Bella Anusbigian, #5 Shiloh Bass. #3 Ben Zapson, #8 Tyler Haas, Valedictorian Brandon Silver, #4 Nathan Feuerberg, and #7 Jesse Bloom.

Meet the Olympic Heights Class of 2023 Top Ten

Mason Silverstein, Managing Editor March 3, 2023

The Olympic Heights class of 2023 is an extremely competitive one. There are many bright students that do very well, which leads to the anticipation of learning which students from the class will fill...

The Olympic Heights competitive cheerleading team at the UCA National Competition held at Disney World over the Feb. 10 weekend.

Olympic Heights competitive cheerleading completes best season in school history with third place finish at Nationals

Amelia Welch, Staff Writer February 24, 2023

Blood, sweat and plenty of tears were shed as the Olympic Heights competitive cheerleading team battled its way through the winter season to place third in the nation. The team had some of the best moments...

Understanding whats driving the rising crime rate

Understanding what’s driving the rising crime rate

Jack Nomberg, Staff Writer February 21, 2023

Crime has always been a substantial problem in the United States, continuing to grow for many years even though one might assume that with increasing prevention and technology that the crime rate would...

The cast of the Olympic Heights Theatre Departments production of Mamma Mia! Performances begin Friday, Feb. 10.

OH Theatre Dept. staging hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia!

Brooke Smurlick, Entertainment Editor February 9, 2023

Last year, the Olympic Heights Theatre department gave a smashing performance of the musical 9 to 5. This year, the musical theatre students are back at it with a new show that is sure to dazzle the audience....

Students in the Olympic Heights Early Childhood Teacher Academy work collaboratively on lesson plans for the on-campus Little Lions preschool program.

OH Early Childhood Teacher Academy offers a career path for students with a passion for working with young children

Eva Woods, Features Editor February 7, 2023

The Olympic Heights Early Childhood Teacher Academy (OHECTA) prepares students to become teachers of young children employing disciplines from various fields of study such as child psychology, social work,...

OH seniors Mollie (left) and Jessica and Stempler will be attending the University of Miami after graduation.

College-bound OH seniors looking forward to moving on

Mason Silverstein, Managing Editor January 24, 2023

With the start of the second semester of the 2022-23 school year, the senior class is now in the home stretch and looking forward to the graduation ceremony of May 23. One important aspect of that home...

Children receive nutritional food items from the Palm Beach County Food Bank, one of several local organizations assisting families facing food insecurity.

Biden Administration unveils plan to address world hunger

Jack Nomberg, Staff Writer January 13, 2023

There are three universal standards a human needs to survive: food, water, and shelter. In our world today, an estimated 10% of the world’s population, nearly 800 million people, is not adequately nourished...

The line of Olympic Heights students at the Hamptons Plaza Dunkin regularly runs out the door after school lets out.

Hamptons Plaza Dunkin’ a popular hangout for OH students

Madison Lemaster, Staff Writer January 5, 2023

Olympic Heights Runs to Dunkin’. For years, the Dunkin’ in Hamptons Plaza, about a half mile north of Olympic Heights on Lyons Road, has served as the “after-school hangout spot” for OH students....

Two of former president Donald Trumps (center) hand-picked celebrity Senatorial candidates, Dr. Mehmet Oz (left) and Herschel Walker (right) lost in the 2022 midterm elections.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Celebrity candidates nothing new, but are becoming more commonplace and increasingly erratic

Lauren Albano, Editor-In-Chief December 20, 2022

The 2022 midterm elections have ended, and many races have made headlines due to the household names running for office. Many were initially surprised to see some familiar faces take to the political stage,...

An electrician preparing to install new LED lighting in one of the 8000 building classrooms.

Olympic Heights undergoing campus-wide improvements

Brooke Smurlick, Entertainment Editor December 20, 2022

Olympic Heights High School is undergoing some new construction projects this school year. Both students and teachers have noticed the new bathrooms, classroom lighting, improved air conditioning, and...

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