For an event deemed the “HOPE” Dance Concert, the young dancers must summon all hope they can muster to rise above hardships this year. After grueling months of practice, performance, and determination,...

Let’s face it: I’ve never been a big poetry person. Sure, I’ve memorized the occasional Shakespeare monologue or Robert Frost piece for Ms. Tiansay, but other than that, I’ve never actively gone...

2015, New York City. Over two centuries forward in time, our nation’s Founding Father boomed in popularity when Lin-Manual Miranda transformed the historical tale of Alexander Hamilton into a global...

I’ve read many books over the years, and most just slip into the background of my distant memory, the title remembered but never the content. However, once in a lifetime, you get a book that never goes...

Every child, teacher, and parent around America looks forward to the week when they can go all out with crazy socks, hairstyles, and character cosplays. Maybe they’ll even start the day off with a hearty...

At six years old, Brinn Marks, a current 12th grader, had a dream. After seeing the British Olympics’ opening scene, Brinn realized she wanted to be part of a sport at the highest level possible. During...

Over the course of my high school career, I’ve taken twelve dual enrollment classes through Seminole State College. Throughout these grueling semesters filled with late nights and grinding out extra...

Being a senior in high school comes with a flood of contradictory emotions. You long to graduate, but can’t ever imagine actually leaving. You’ll miss your friends, and yet you go on and on about how...

Warning: contains spoilers   With my senior trip on the horizon and the first semester coming to a close, I knew I needed to read something packed with both entertainment and enlightenment. Having...

For the first time, physicists have observed how antimatter reacts to gravity. This is one of the most important scientific discoveries of the century, and it completely reconfigures the way we perceive...

Ever since we were young and memorizing the planets in school, it has always been just Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The possibility of a “ninth planet” has been...

Very few books tackle the existential struggles of living with a mental illness while navigating the trials of teenage life as “Turtles All the Way Down” does. Written by John Green, this piece of...

We’ve all heard of black holes. They’re huge, all-consuming vacuums thousands of lightyears away, looming just far enough out of our minds for us to feel at peace, but still looming nonetheless....

Have you ever walked around a college campus and thought, “Wow, why do the squirrels act like dogs?” At the University of Central Florida, this experience is heightened with the roomy nature of the...

For many scholars who seek a way to knock out college credits whilst still in high school, dual enrollment is a favored choice. OSOTA offers a chance to enroll in courses at Seminole State College, right...

Oh no! Homecoming is in a week and you don’t have a dress? Where shall you go? When I went shopping for homecoming dresses (a few weeks ago like a normal person), I found that Dillard’s had the best...

I am excited to join this year's homecoming court! If I win homecoming king, there is an incredible benefit for the school and our peers. You see, it is my great joy to make people smile. My homecoming...

Emma and I are 11th graders. I love playing hockey, I work at the story time cafe, and I am very involved in the culinary program, something that I hope to pursue in my life as a career. Along with that,...

Ian and I have been together for four years. We began our high school journey together, and would love to finish off our senior year as homecoming king and queen. I am beyond grateful to have someone that...

Layla Hubler and Jill Wilson are the chess club redeemers! Chess club has been brought back to OSOTA for the high school scholars. During enrichment every Thursday in Room 404, members engage in friendly,...

Want to read about literature’s favorite axe murderer? In this jarring philosophical tale, a former law student is driven to poverty and forced to abandon his studies. At a loss and utterly hopeless,...