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ELA Teachers dressed up on Tuesday for “Warm up With a Good Book.”
UHS Celebrates Literacy Week for the Fourth Year in a Row
UHS Band pictured celebrating following their FFCC win.
Cougars Triumph at the FFCC Band State Championship
Official poster for the performances.
UHS Performs the School’s First Double Feature
Zachary Lau during his solo playing a percussion instrument called the marimba.
Magnet Students Show Off Their Skills at Second Quarterly Recital
Student Spotlight: Q & A With Troupe 4848 President Ella Turner
Student Spotlight: Q & A With Troupe 4848 President Ella Turner
The official poster for the final season of Stranger Things, featuring the main cast facing off against Vecna.
Stranger Things Season 5 Misses the Mark Completely
Avatar’s stunning movie preview poster introduces Varang.
Avatar: Fire and Ash Unjustly Underperforms At Box Office
The Running Man is the ultimate high-stakes cat-and-mouse scenario viewers have been waiting for.
The Running Man: Run. Kill. Survive.
Five Nights At Freddy's 2 received a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 16%.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Takes the Terror Even Further
Wicked: For Good, had a massive opening in late 2025, garnering around $226 million worldwide.
Wicked: For Good Stuns Fans As An Emotionally Soaring Sequel
A group photo of the University High School Varsity Boys Basketball team
Varsity Boys Basketball Team Defeats Rival Colonial High School
Football team pictured celebrating after their win against Colonial High.
Varsity Football Team Stays Steady This Season
Girls Varsity team huddles up during practice.
Girls Volleyball Team Rebuilds After A Tough Season
Flag Football Team Further Develops Their Skills This Season
Flag Football Team Further Develops Their Skills This Season
Varsity Boys Baseball Keeps Swinging This Spring
Varsity Boys Baseball Keeps Swinging This Spring
Giuliani pictured during a conference.
Rudy Giuliani From “America’s Mayor” to America’s Courtroom Regular
Alongside multivitamins, energy drinks are the most popular supplement consumed by American teens and young adults.
Increased Caffeine Use Sparks Discussion About Potential Risks
Across every age group, males have higher suicide rates than females, with the largest difference appearing among teens ages 16–18. This data highlights how mental health risks grow during adolescence and why early support matters.
Under Pressure, Adolescent Mental Health Plummets
Federal Student Aid Office pictured at 830 First Street NE Washington.
From Federal to Local: The Ripple Effect of Eliminating Department of Education
A smoke cloud rises in Gaza following Israeli strikes on October 9th, 2023.
Rooted Animosities: The Gaza War and Ceasefires
Boys Waterpolo
Boys Waterpolo
Varsity Softball
Varsity Softball
Varsity Flag Football
Varsity Flag Football
Boys Lacrosse
Boys Lacrosse
Boys Varsity Volleyball
Boys Varsity Volleyball
Trump at the World Economic Forum speaking about the future of Greenland.
Greenland Under Threat by the Trump Administration
President Nicholas Maduro detained by U.S. armed forces.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Captured by U.S. Forces
Families patiently waiting to be processed at the Customs and Border Protection facility in El Paso, Texas.
Mass Firing of Immigration Judges Bolsters Serious Backlog in the U.S.
Pictures of MukhammedAziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook at a memorial in Providence, Rhode Island.
Two Students Dead, Nine Wounded During Shooting at Brown University
PepsiCo announces its debut of alternate packaging and Red 40-free products.
Red 40: A Health Hazard Being Phased Out
A shirt that says “Daddy” currently sold on Trump’s clothing website.
Trump’s Merch Website Is An American Disgrace
Candace Falls visits the grave of her daughter Nevaeh Crain and granddaughter Lillian Faye Broussard in Buna, Texas.
Abortion Ban Places The Lives of Women In Jeopardy
Sammy Lahik, 18, died in a car crash on March 1st.
Tragic Orlando Crashes Claim Young Lives, Urging Safe Driving
If made HHS secretary, Kennedy could rollback vaccine efforts across the country.
RFK Jr. Is Not Only Unqualified; He’s Dangerous.
Under Florida Law, schools do not have to teach sex education to students.
OCPS Introduces Sex Education Plan Outlining Abstinence

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UHS News
ELA Teachers dressed up on Tuesday for “Warm up With a Good Book.”
UHS Celebrates Literacy Week for the Fourth Year in a Row
Mary Nguyen, Staff Writer • February 23, 2026

    University High School celebrated Literacy Week starting the week of January 26th, an annual celebration created to encourage students...

UHS Band pictured celebrating following their FFCC win.
Cougars Triumph at the FFCC Band State Championship
Dalilah Pastor, Staff Writer • February 20, 2026

   The FFCC (Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit) Band Outdoors Championship is the culminating event for Florida high school marching...

Official poster for the performances.
UHS Performs the School’s First Double Feature
Cassie Rivera, Staff Writer • February 2, 2026

    This past week, UHS theater students presented two musicals on an alternating schedule. This was Troupe 4848’s first time implementing...

Sports
A group photo of the University High School Varsity Boys Basketball team
Varsity Boys Basketball Team Defeats Rival Colonial High School
Aliyah Neance, Staff Writer • February 19, 2026

      The Varsity Boys Basketball team delivered a huge win against Colonial High School, on January 23rd defeating them in an exciting match...

Entertainment
The official poster for the final season of Stranger Things, featuring the main cast facing off against Vecna.
Stranger Things Season 5 Misses the Mark Completely
Aliyah Neance, Staff Writer • February 19, 2026

         Stranger Things Season 5 was released in three parts, anchored to a holiday schedule spanning from Thanksgiving, Christmas, and...

Editorial
A shirt that says “Daddy” currently sold on Trump’s clothing website.
Trump’s Merch Website Is An American Disgrace
Cassie Rivera, Staff Writer • December 16, 2025

    Now that Trump has entered the second term of his presidency, he has released an interesting assortment of merchandise on his website,...

World News
Trump at the World Economic Forum speaking about the future of Greenland.
Greenland Under Threat by the Trump Administration
Yonwai Ng, Staff Writer • February 9, 2026
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Rudy Giuliani From “America’s Mayor” to America’s Courtroom Regular
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