Mitch wins prestigious award

Christian Mathis, Writer

February 7, 2017

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Several faculty and staff members received "of the year" awards recently. Lisa Reitz is  Support Staff member of the year, Ana Alvarez is Teacher of the year, and Mitch Whitcomb is Plant Operator of the year.        According to Mitch, he was nominated for the award...

Top 5 Warrior Record pictures from 2015-2016

Christian Mathis, Writer

May 20, 2016

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Some pictures used by The Warrior Record this year are good, some great, and others unbelievably breathtaking. While most pictures posted on The Warrior Record website are taken by our staff, there are occasions when a guest photographer’s picture was used. With summer just around the corner, stud...

Prom king and queen reflect on their evenings

Brianna Patenaude, Writer

May 10, 2016

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Osceola’s prom was this past Saturday, with juniors and seniors coming together at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg to celebrate the end of the year in style. As the night progressed, it came time to announce the winners of prom king and queen from the court of seniors who had been voted as finalists....

City art event showcases local talent

Johnette Williams, Journalism 1

May 3, 2016

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Students from Osceola Fundamental High School had the opportunity to have their works on display at the first “Art in the Park” event held on Saturday April 23rd at Seminole City Park. The opportunity came about because, as Becky Gunter, City of Seminole Recreation Director explains, “We don’t ha...

“Faces in the Mirror” features faces from Osceola

Brianna Patenaude, Writer

April 21, 2016

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“Faces in the Mirror” is the theme of this year’s Stanley Shalit Largo Library Short Story Contest. Entrants had to write a story that centered around the theme while adhering to certain guidelines, from number of pages to typing it double spaced with margins justified. Among the eight finalis...

Student work displayed in Museum of Fine Arts

Jordan Waits, Web Editor

April 14, 2016

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  Over the weekend, two students had their artwork brought to life at the Museum of Fine Arts in Downtown St. Petersburg. The art works were visual metaphors. “A visual metaphor uses images rather than words to make the comparison,” according to the students' art teacher  Mr. Locascio. Juliana...

Californian clothing store faces bankruptcy

April 14, 2016

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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. also known as PacSun has been known for its laid back surf style, catering to mostly teenagers from coast to coast. After 36 years of being in retail and having 605 locations, PacSun has filed for bankruptcy. The reason? "The California lifestyle look [is] exploding...

Teen docents give tours of the Dali

Brittney Bombard, Writer

April 8, 2016

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Students from both Osceola and St. Petersburg High School have been preparing to give a tour at the Dali for months. The teen docent program at the Dali Museum consists of students from St. Petersburg High School’s IB Spanish program and AP Art History classes and students from Osceola’s Literature...

Warrior artists win for visual metaphors

Jason Zappulla, Writer

April 8, 2016

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Several student artists have received a big honor. Ryan Van Middlesworth, 11th grade, and Juliana Franzese, 10th grade, each had their artwork accepted in the Metaphor High School Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. Each one created a work that literally represented a common idiom, metaphor, or figure...

English class goes Gatsby

Christian Mathis, Writer

March 29, 2016

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The Great Gatsby is a fictional novel set in the 1920s.  But for a day at OFHS, the book came alive in one English classroom. According to the University of Wisconsin's Young Auditorium website, the novel deals mostly "with the jazz age and explores concepts of resistance to change, social up...