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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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Mr. Seth Alpers fourth period AICE Psychology class has one of Olympic Heights highest in-person attendance rates with 14 students on Oct. 20.

School District requires a binding decision on in-person or virtual instruction for the remainder of the first semester

Lauren Albano, Staff Writer October 20, 2020

Students and parents at Olympic Heights and across the school district have made their final selections for how they will be attending school for the remainder of the first semester. The “Make Your Choice...

Torch hits on six of 10 XXL Freshman Class of 2020 predictions; entire class is more than worthy

Torch hits on six of 10 XXL Freshman Class of 2020 predictions; entire class is more than worthy

Matthew Nebenzahl, Editor-In-Chief October 19, 2020

Back in August of 2020, XXL magazine announced their Freshman Class for this year. Annually, ten artists are selected to the lineup whom voters feel are rising stars in the rap industry. Earlier this year,...

Volunteers at Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control celebrate in front of empty kennels after every dog was adopted.

Empty animal shelters one positive side effect of Covid-19

Eva Woods, Staff Writer October 18, 2020

Quarantine kitties and pandemic puppies. While the coronavirus pandemic has brought many hardships to the community, it has had some positive effects as well. One of those positive side effects has been...

Low numbers of returning Olympic Heights students help to make for a smooth transition to brick and mortar

Low numbers of returning Olympic Heights students help to make for a smooth transition to “brick and mortar”

Halli Arthur, Staff Writer October 17, 2020

Coming back to the Olympic Heights campus is a choice very few students have made. While the campus started the initial brick-and-mortar week off with 650 students, it dropped to less than 500 students...

Should teachers express personal viewpoints with students?

Should teachers express personal viewpoints with students?

Jessica Abramsky, News Editor October 16, 2020

Teachers seem to have become more and more comfortable expressing their personal opinions on controversial matters to their students. Some people think that this is beneficial to students because it shows...

Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett addresses the gathering at her nomination announcement as President Donald Trump looks on.

OPINION: Hypocritical rush to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat threatens hard-fought for minority freedoms

Alexis Rejouis, Opinions/Managing Editor October 15, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Sept. 18, leaving open a seat on the court that President Donald Trump has moved quickly to fill with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, a very...

Marvel Avengers leads the pack of fall video games releases

Marvel Avengers leads the pack of fall video games releases

Nicholas Tramazzo, Staff Writer October 13, 2020

Gaming season has begun with the release of the new Marvel’s Avengers game on September 4. Over the next few months, new games and new updates will be rolling out almost every week. This is a long awaited...

Are you ready for some Olympic Heights football? Fall sports programs finally kicking into gear

Are you ready for some Olympic Heights football? Fall sports programs finally kicking into gear

Mason Silverstein, Staff Writer October 9, 2020

Olympic Heights baseball and boys golf coach Casey Beck expresses, “I just hope we can all get back as quickly and safely as possible. This is a time in a teenagers life that they can never get back........

The in-person attendance of Ms. Gina Woods first period Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition class is indicative of the class sizes across Olympic Heights. The school is averaging less than 500 students on campus per day out of its total population of approximately 2,300 students.

EDITORIAL: School district’s mismanaged reopening of campuses began with a lack of foresight

October 6, 2020

On Sept. 21, the School District of Palm Beach County began welcoming back students to in-person instruction after starting the 2020-21 school year with three weeks of virtual learning only. The return...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Sept. 18, at the age of 87.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a lasting legacy

Emily Nomberg, Staff Writer October 5, 2020

On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away due to pancreatic cancer. Throughout her 87 joyful years here on Earth, she helped to lead the United States in the right direction....

The Miami Marlins celebrate their Wild Card Series playoff win over the Chicago Cubs, and now move on to play the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series.

MLB moves to Division Series of playoffs; Here are The Torch’s picks to move on to the League Championship Series

Joshua Wolf, Staff Writer October 5, 2020

With the wild card match ups behind us, the Major League Baseball COVID-19 version of the playoffs now enter the League Division series. The National League wild card match ups featuring a best of three...

Is there a direct relation between procrastination and grades? Probably not so much.

Is there a direct relation between procrastination and grades? Probably not so much.

Lauren Albano, Staff Writer October 1, 2020

With constant distractions in their homes all day and with loads of homework to do, students struggle to keep from procrastinating. But a study from StudyMode showed that only 45 percent of students see...

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