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  • Congrats to our SECME team for winning 1st place in the district!
  • 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 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....

Grocery stores are struggling to keep their shelves stocked as a food shortage resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine compounds the shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Consumers starting to feel the effects of an international food shortage caused by the conflict in Ukraine

Jessica Abramsky, Editor-In-Chief May 13, 2022

At a press conference following meetings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and G7 leaders, President Joe Biden said to expect a food shortage, which he says will be “real.” The president...

Sasha Romanenko (bottom right), a Ukrainian living in South Florida, shares his concerns over whats happening in his homeland.

Biden Administration introduces program welcoming 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the United States

Lauren Albano, Managing & News/Opinion Editor May 11, 2022

The Biden administration is fulfilling President Joe Biden’s promise to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees by launching a sponsorship program called “Uniting for Ukraine.” The program will...

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...

Floridas universities slow to move to test optional

Florida’s universities slow to move to “test optional”

Brooke Smurlick, Staff Writer May 6, 2022

Certain colleges and universities across the United States have announced that they will not require applicants to submit standardized test scores such as the SAT or ACT, although students can choose to...

WNBA player Brittney Griner has been held in a Russian prison on cannabis charges since Feb. 17. She faces a possible prison sentence of 10 years.

U.S. State Dept. will seek WNBA superstar Brittney Griner’s release from Russian incarceration on cannabis charges

Sachin Moosai, Staff Writer May 5, 2022

Brittney Griner is a legend in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is a seven-time WNBA all-star and a two-time was WNBA defensive player of the year. Griner also plays for Team USA...

Jewish Ukrainian refugees arrive at a Berlin shelter.

Jewish Student Union reaching out to Ukrainian refugees

Zoe Siegel, Social Media Editor May 5, 2022

Ukraine, under attack by Russia, continues to seek help from its neighboring allies. One such ally can be found in Germany, a non profit organization called Lauder Yeshurun, a division of the internationally...

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...

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson after being nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden (background).

Jackson would be first black woman to sit on Supreme Court

Jessica Abramsky, Editor-In-Chief March 29, 2022

President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25, after current Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, at age 83 after 28 years on the Supreme Court, announced his...

Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaks in support of the Stop WOKE Act.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Florida’s Stop WOKE Act designed to limit academic discussion on race in public schools’ classrooms

Lauren Albano, Managing & News/Opinion Editor March 25, 2022

The Florida Senate passed the “Stop WOKE Act” on March 10, and the bill is now headed to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis for approval. The bill would place restrictions on the discussion of race...

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