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The Ridge Review

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Ridge Review

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Ridge Review

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members of the Ridge band pose with their award

A Season of Pride

The Incredible Success Story of a First Year Band Director and His Band
Tristan W. Johnson, Journalist December 6, 2024

Mountain Ridge’s Pride of the West Marching Band concluded their fall season on November 16th at the ABODA State Championship, hosted at Glendale Community College. The band, performing their 2024 production Heart of Steel, won the competition with...

teacher poses next to skeleton

Enthusiastic Teachers: Long Ridge Careers

Part 2
Remi McKim, Journalist December 6, 2024

Continuing from the last installment… With longstanding issues of low pay, lack of participation from students partially due to the pandemic, and years upon years in the field; teachers who continue to strive to uplift their students, always doing...

fall outfit on the floor

What to Wear this Fall

Ella Sutton, Journalist November 20, 2024

It’s that time of year again. The -ber ending months, the weather is getting cooler and those pumpkin spice flavors you’ve been waiting to hit the coffee shop menus are finally here. The season is shifting, and your wardrobe is going to have to keep...

four album covers together

Four Alternative Rock Albums Perfect for Autumn Playlists

Tristan Johnson, Journalist November 18, 2024

With the weather growing chilly and the trees growing barren, Arizona finds itself entering a magical time called autumn. Shorter days, frequent wind, and orange leaves littering the ground leaves tranquility drifting through the air. This manifests itself...

booths set up at fall festival

Ridge’s Second Annual Fall Festival

Remi McKim, Journalist November 7, 2024

October 25th, 2024, marked Mountain Ridge’s Second Annual Fall Festival. This festival serves as a fundraiser for Ridge’s annual food drive, as students can bring in three cans for free entry or pay a small fee of five dollars. The festival boasted...

2024 Homecoming Assembly

Jenna Dudley, Editor in Chief November 7, 2024

On Friday, November 1st, Ridge’s Student Government held the annual Homecoming assembly. This year’s assembly featured performances from the Honor Choir, cheer, pom, and band. Friday was also the end of spirit week and was marked by the traditional...

Club Officers pose at festival

Second Annual ACAA Culture Festival

The Reason Behind the Success
Remi McKim, Journalist March 4, 2024

It was a warm Saturday afternoon when Mountain Ridge’s campus was bustling with activity. Guests were first welcomed by a booth, which handed out a ticket with areas to be stamped. At each booth, the student working it would stamp the ticket after a...

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Staff vs GPD Charity Basketball Game

Jenna Dudley, Editor in Chief October 11, 2023

On Friday, October 13th, the Mountain Ridge staff will be facing off in a charity basketball game against the Glendale Police Department. All donations and proceeds from the game will go to the AZ Special Olympics, whose goal is to raise $5,000 through...

Pride of the West at the Super Bowl Pregame

Pride of the West at the Super Bowl Pregame

Molly Bomar, Editor in Chief February 23, 2023

The Mountain Ridge Band performed with the Kansas City Chief cheerleaders and mascot on Saturday morning on the live broadcast of Fox and Friends at the State Farm Stadium.    “We formed different formations each time, like an arc or two...

National Art Honor Society

National Art Honor Society

Bhavana Vinodh, Contributing Journalist February 2, 2023

RR: What is the purpose of your club?   National Art Honor Society is a club for advanced art students that have taken at least three years of art courses.  The purpose of the club is to make connections with other serious art students, work...

Trading Card Club

Trading Card Club

Nicolas Lara, Contributing Journalist January 30, 2023

RR: What is the purpose of the club? To build community while playing card games like Yugioh, Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, etc.   RR: How do students join your club? Come to a meeting on Wednesday after school.   RR: What kind...

Educators Rising

Educators Rising

Madison Hsu, Contributing Journalist January 26, 2023

RR: What is the purpose of your club? The mission of Educators Rising is to bring awareness about the field of education to the community and to provide a path for high school students who may be interested in working in the education field in the...