Around a month ago, tenth-grader Max Rudin returned home from school to find three copies of the same book on his doorstep. The front of the books had a black background, with half…
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Ninth-grader Ocean Bruinius’ expansive skillset never fails to impress her peers, as she has established herself as a distinguished yet unpretentious actress and singer. Bruinius has…
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With muscles afire and water reflecting glaring-hot sunlight into his eyes, time moves differently. Calloused hands chafe against the oars, and the world is reduced…
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No one can steal ninth-grader Graycen Schwartz’s thunder when she strikes with her racquet at the tennis court. Yet, once Saturday comes around, from 9:30 to…
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Story by Torch adviser Chris Lenerz How did I get roped into this? Beginning in early December, my wife, Rachel, started telling us about this…
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Years of hard work paid off when twelfth-grader Edward Brunicardi earned a silver key at one of the hardest tournaments in the Barkley Forum at…
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Tenth-grader Moriya White takes the gold when it comes to silver smithing, as she creates local handmade jewelry for art shows across the country. White…
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Spending his summer at the University of Florida (UF) researching projects to optimize a popular, scientific, imaging tool, twelfth-grader Kevin Zhu continually goes the extra…
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Ever since ninth-grader Layna Malave was a young girl, she had always been fond of horses. Riding since she was four years old, Malave became…