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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Turning his dream of a career in art history into reality, eleventh-grader Luis Flores actively and passionately volunteers as a docent at Sarasota’s own Selby…

Eleventh-grader Jack Gallahan delivered a compelling speech on quantum physics at the Sarasota Physics Club on July 19 this past summer. Gallahan presented his speech…

Eleventh-grader Waseh Khan has no debate in his mind about pursuing opportunities to improve his Speech and Debate skills. Khan attended a summer camp at…