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OCPS joins Gaggle Incorporated in an effort to support online student safety.
OCPS Takes New Measures in Online Safety
Senior AJ Morales plays the title character in Chaplin.
Chaplin: The Musical is as Great as the Actor it Portrays
Students who arrive late to class will lose Cougar Credit as part of the new tardy policy.
New Tardy Policy is Right on Time
Ms. Smith presenting Brenda McMillion her scholarship.
UHS Students Receive Life Changing Scholarships
Joseph Healing (second from the left) dances alongside the rest of the Powderpuff cheerleaders.
SGA Begins New Tradition with Powderpuff Game
That 90s Show Reunited Former Characters
That ’90s Show Reunited Former Characters
A Royal Controversy Worth Watching
A Royal Controversy Worth Watching
SZAs latest album SOS released December 9th 2022.
SOS! SZA Has Served Yet Again
Gas app encourages students to vote on polls about their peers.
Is Gas the Next Major Social Media?
House of the Dragon cast Viserys, Rhaenyra, and Daemon Targaryen pictured standing next to each other, played by Paddy Considine, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith.
House of the Dragon impresses Game of Thrones fans
Boys Varsity Basketball Overcomes Injuries in Competitive Season
Boys Varsity Basketball Overcomes Injuries in Competitive Season
Boys Soccer Closes Season with a Loss
Boys Soccer Closes Season with a Loss
Sophomore Autumn Johnson makes her way down the court in the game against Winter Springs.
Girl’s Basketball Wraps Up Season
The UHS Competition Cheer team performs their Game Day routine at the UCA regional competition
UHS Competitive Cheer Places 3rd at FHSAA Regionals
UHS Athletics Face Coaching Crisis
UHS Athletics Face Coaching Crisis
Students in Ms. Acton’s veterinary class learn how to check vitals on Slater.
Doggie Day Care Educates and Entertains
Food Sabotage: The Complex Relationship Between Women and Food
Food Sabotage: The Complex Relationship Between Women and Food
Students in Ms. Sue Hwang’s Physics class participate in a lab that explores the concept of velocity.
Do Students Today Value Education?
Powder Puff Football Game 2023
Powder Puff Football Game 2023
Troupe 4848s Performance of Chaplin: The Musical
Troupe 4848’s Performance of Chaplin: The Musical
UHS 2022 Multi-Cultural Night
UHS 2022 Multi-Cultural Night
UHS Prism Concert 2022
UHS Prism Concert 2022
Boys Basketball Beats Timber Creek 51-49
Boys Basketball Beats Timber Creek 51-49
DeSantis targets school board and teachers unions with new Teachers Bill of Rights.
DeSantis Proposes New Teacher Bill of Rights
Kevin McCarthy finally won the vote for Speaker of the House after 15 votes.
Republics Divided on Speaker of the House
A vigil was held at the University of Idaho in honor of the victims.
Idaho Murder Suspect Caught
6 Year Old Boy Shoots His Teacher
6 Year Old Boy Shoots His Teacher
Drive Drunk? Be Ready to Pay Child Support
Drive Drunk? Be Ready to Pay Child Support
Maxwell Frost giving his acceptance speech the night of the 2022 Midterms elections as District ten’s first Gen Z member of Congress.
We’ve Elected our First Gen Z Member of Congress, What Now?
Kanye West in a recent InfoWars interview where he stated I see good things about Hitler.
Ye: New Name, Same Anti-Semitism
Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, waits to hear the verdict from the jury.
If Parkland Shooting Doesn’t Warrant Death Penalty What Does?
It’s Time to Change OCPS Policies that Aren’t Working
Asylum seeking migrants arrive in Martha’s Vineyard after having been flown from Texas by order of Desantis.
Governor Desantis is Using Innocent Migrants for His Own Political Agenda

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University’s annual Multi-Cultural Night hosted by SGA and Latinos in Action, on December 13th.

University’s Multicultural Night was a Big Hit

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Students in Ms. Acton’s veterinary class learn how to check vitals on Slater.

Doggie Day Care Educates and Entertains

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Bees swarm the trash cans in the plaza and seasonally increase in number.

What’s the Buzz About the Bees?

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SZAs latest album SOS released December 9th 2022.

SOS! SZA Has Served Yet Again

UHS News
OCPS joins Gaggle Incorporated in an effort to support online student safety.
OCPS Takes New Measures in Online Safety
Ale Lossing, Staff Writer • February 2, 2023

On January 26th, OCPS decided to join Gaggle Incorporated in an effort to support online student safety. Gaggle is used to help prevent tragedies...

Senior AJ Morales plays the title character in Chaplin.
Chaplin: The Musical is as Great as the Actor it Portrays
Dayanara Tinajero, Staff Writer • January 27, 2023

University’s musical theater class debuted their performances of Chaplin: the Musical, their third show of the school year, last week.      Chaplin...

Students who arrive late to class will lose Cougar Credit as part of the new tardy policy.
New Tardy Policy is Right on Time
Myra Oman, Staff Writer • January 27, 2023

   The new semester started with a new system to help minimize the number of students who have been arriving late to class. Principal Tom Ott...

Sports
Boys Varsity Basketball Overcomes Injuries in Competitive Season
Boys Varsity Basketball Overcomes Injuries in Competitive Season
Ale Lossing, Staff Writer • February 3, 2023

The UHS Boy’s Varsity basketball team has had a challenging, yet successful season so far, facing the obstacles of a new coach and going against...

Entertainment
That 90s Show Reunited Former Characters
That '90s Show Reunited Former Characters
Alyssia Ibanez, Staff Writer • February 2, 2023

  Fans of That '70s Show are headed to Point Place in the 90’s with Eric Foreman and Donna Pinciotti’s daughter for the Netflix spinoff...

Editorial
Maxwell Frost giving his acceptance speech the night of the 2022 Midterms elections as District ten’s first Gen Z member of Congress.
We’ve Elected our First Gen Z Member of Congress, What Now?
Ella Bisson, Staff Writer • December 2, 2022

Some members of Generation Z just reached the age of 25, which happens to be the minimum age to run for Congress. 25 year old Maxwell Frost took...

World News
DeSantis targets school board and teachers unions with new Teachers Bill of Rights.
DeSantis Proposes New Teacher Bill of Rights
Cricket Wainman, Staff Writer • January 27, 2023
Features
Students in Ms. Acton’s veterinary class learn how to check vitals on Slater.
Doggie Day Care Educates and Entertains
Andy Avila, Staff Writer • January 15, 2023
This Week in Sports
This Week in Cougar Sports: January 30th-February 4th 2023
This Week in Cougar Sports: January 30th-February 4th 2023
Sarah Walker, Editor • January 31, 2023

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