Olympic Heights Community High School

Olympic Heights Community High School is a public high school located at 20101 Lyons Road, serving west Boca Raton, parts of Boynton Beach and parts of Delray Beach as part of the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida.AcademiesOlympic Heights offers a number of "academies", or specializations within the school itself. These academies are early childhood and teacher education, engineering and technology (Project Lead The Way), hospitality and tourism, and finance and resort management.Students applying to any of the programs must meet the following eligibility criteria: 2.0 GPA (Not required for tourism and resort management) Three favorable teacher recommendations (teacher recommendations must be sent to the school to which student is applying)There are also two in-house academies: culinary and fashion design.ChineseThis school has a fantastic Chinese department. They have won the state championship twice in a row, not only being the first public school to win, but the one second too. They have beat over 20 private schools from all over Florida.AthleticsAlthough the school's sports teams have captured a number of state titles, Olympic Heights is perhaps best known for the girls volleyball team's seven straight state titles from 1996-2002.FootballOlympic Heights football achieved 10-0 in its second year of existence and 10-0 in its 3rd season . Ultimately, Olympic Heights tied a Florida state record of 26 straight regular season victories from 1992-1994.WrestlingThe Olympic Heights wrestling team has gone undefeated three times, been Palm Beach County champions four times, district champions eleven times and just won their first region title in 2012.