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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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Originally scheduled Class of 2020 graduation ceremonies cancelled; school district to explore alternatives

Originally scheduled Class of 2020 graduation ceremonies cancelled; school district to explore alternatives

April 8, 2020

In a letter to the Class of 2020 posted yesterday, School District of Palm Beach County Superintendent Dr. Donald E. Fennoy announced that this year’s graduation ceremonies slated to be held at the South...

Missing the personal drama of high school fake relationships? Check out The Circle on Netflix

Missing the personal drama of high school fake relationships? Check out The Circle on Netflix

Arianna Wigodner, Staff Writer April 7, 2020

How far would you go to be popular on social media if there were $100,000 at stake? Released the first day of the new year, the Netflix original series The Circle instantly became a hit. This series is...

A Boogies Artist 2.0, which dropped on Valentines Day, is worth a revisit.

Need music for your social distancing? Look back to the Valentine’s Day releases of A Boogie’s Artist 2.0 and others

Matthew Nebenzahl, Entertainment Editor April 4, 2020

On Valentine's Day of 2020, the music culture was blessed with an unbelievable amount of releases. From A Boogie wit da Hoodie’s Artist 2.0 to a single collaboration from Migos, Young Thug, and Travis...

The Olympic Heights wrestling team ater winning the District 12-3A championship.

OH SPORTS WRAP: Wrestler Leidaly Rivera wins second consecutive state championship while boys send five to states; Spring sports in limbo; Soccer teams win district titles; Two teams honored for academic excellence

April 1, 2020

The Olympic Heights wrestling team closed out its season with a very strong showing in postseason competition with the highlight being senior Leidaly Rivera winning her second consecutive state championship...

Easy steps to staying safe during coronavirus pandemic

Easy steps to staying safe during coronavirus pandemic

Halli Arthur, Staff Writer March 24, 2020

Coronavirus/COVID-19 is known and feared by people on every continent it has swept over. Societies have been informed on the proper means of prevention - social distancing, self quarantine, and isolation.  The...

College Board announces online AP course testing in response to coronavirus; no word on AICE testing yet

College Board announces online AP course testing in response to coronavirus; no word on AICE testing yet

Arielle Perry & Ashley Perry, Managing Editors March 20, 2020

Advanced Placement (AP) exams are undergoing a facelift this year. According to a March 20 College Board statement, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, AP tests scheduled to be administered...

Lil Uzi Verts latest album, Eternal Atake, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

MUSIC REVIEW: Lil Uzi Vert drops two versions of Eternal Atake, and both are amazing

Matthew Nebenzahl, Entertainment Editor March 16, 2020

Eternal Atake has finally arrived! Lil Uzi Vert’s long awaited studio album is available to fans on all platforms and has received fantastic judgement from many so far. Fans have been waiting...

Both on the mound and at the plate, senior Kaitlyn Cunningham has been the catalyst to the Lions softball teams undefeated streak.

Olympic Heights softball team’s undefeated streak put on hold by coronavirus shutdown

Jordan Lanson, Staff Writer March 15, 2020

 The last thing the Olympic Heights softball team and new head coach Dylan Lee needed was for the blistering streak the team is off to in its 2020 season to be put on hold. But that is exactly what has...

The Olympic Heights Marine Corp JROTC Marksmanship Team (from left: Kevin Chen, Sofie Sasso. Trenton Frangos, Julia arocha, and Nathalie Calderon, with instructor Master Sergeant Wayne Byron) placed second at the Superintendent’s Cup contest.

OH HAPPENINGS: Marine Corp JROTC shoots lights out at competition; Chinese program brings home superior rankings; Class of 2020 Top Ten announced

March 6, 2020

The Olympic Heights Marine Corp JROTC Marksmanship Team placed second at the Superintendent’s Cup at Jupiter High School competing against other Palm Beach County and Martin County Marksmanship Teams...

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson has incredible skills for a 66, 285-pound player.

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson may be the best new NBA talent since LeBron James

Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor March 4, 2020

NBA fans are seeing possibly the best physical specimen in NBA history. At six foot seven and 285 pounds, Zion Williamson has an explosive 45-inch vertical. Zion has given fans a glimpse at future stardom...

EDITORIAL: District should abandon class rankings

EDITORIAL: District should abandon class rankings

March 2, 2020

Excessive amounts of homework, physically demanding sports and clubs, long hours of work, and countless nights without sleep are just some of the many conflicts that pervade the lives of academically advanced...

Statistics show that fewer teens are reading novels by choice, with many turning to online social platforms.

More teens are turning away from the traditional novel for their personal pleasure reading

Ashley Perry, Managing and News Editor March 1, 2020

Teenagers are not reading as much anymore.  While this statement may seem highly debatable, the facts surely prove otherwise.  In the 1970s, about 60 percent of high school seniors read a book,...

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