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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 PTO members (from left) Vice-President of Membership Ms. Jenn Saiz, Ms. Vonda Sica, Vice-President Ms. Gretchen Scarborough sell school spirit merchandise at football games.

Olympic Heights Parent Teacher Organization aims to enhance school spirit and improve school environment

Amelia Welch, Staff Writer October 13, 2022

The Olympic Heights Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is a group of adults who come together and work as a team to enhance education and appreciation through school spirit. It has a mission to create annual...

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...

Monkeypox can leave a painful rash, lasting for about two to four weeks.

Here we go again: will Monkeypox shut down schools?

Madison Lemaster, Staff Writer September 21, 2022

The virus that has taken our world by storm. And no, it’s not COVID-19.  Monkeypox, a rare infection that has brought recent concern to schools globally, is starting to gain more attention throughout...

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history, passed away at age 96, on Sept. 8.

The world mourns the passing of Queen Elizabeth II

Eva Woods, Features Editor September 17, 2022

The world has been shaken by the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Crowned the ruler of England in 1952 at the mere age of 25, the queen passed away peacefully on Sept. 8, at the age of 96 in Balmoral Castle....

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...

Despite having lost 20 percent of its territory to Russia, the Ukrainian military is putting up a much better defense than was expected.

Ukraine continues tough fight against Russian invasion

Jack Nomberg, Staff Writer September 11, 2022

Since February 24, 2022, the world’s attention has been focused on the fighting in Eastern Europe. That was the day Russia made its initial move to invade Ukraine. Seven months later and with no apparent...

Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owens (right), and in a still photo with her husband Mark from a 1995 episode of ABCs Turning Point (left).

Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owens wanted for questioning in the murder of an alleged big game poacher

Amanda DiTomasso, Staff Writer August 31, 2022

Delia Owens’ New York Times bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing has sold over 4.5 million copies and was the top-selling adult fiction or nonfiction title in 2018. The book went on to be the most sold...

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, with school children as backdrop props, displays the Florida bill known as the Stop WOKE Act he signed into law on April 22. The law went into effect on July 1.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Gov. DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE Act” handcuffs teacher-led discussion of sensitive topics

Lauren Albano, Editor-In-Chief August 30, 2022

Florida teachers are seeing the impact of the “Stop WOKE Act” on their curricula as the new school year kicks off. The legislation, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, went into effect...

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...

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