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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Do You Want to Learn Something About Yourself? Our Staff? Both? Here’s Our Section With Something Interesting For Everybody

School Work puts a lot of stress on us, its important to know how to have a good second semester.

Top 5 Ways to Make Sure You Have A Great Semester

Pranavi Vuppala, Staff Writer February 10, 2021

School starting back up is always a stressful time of the year. Not to mention New Year usually means New Resolutions. The questions that usually come into play are how will I have a successful semester along with keeping up with my resolutions? Not to...

Moving On

Moving On

Kelsey Nahodil, Co-Editor in Chief February 10, 2021

All the memories, years, and hours spent at this school, a school that I cheered for in games and spent all four years of high school at. But now it is time to move on and now leave high school forever. It can be really sad to say goodbye to something...

Go Take A Dive in Jeans

Advice for The Troubled Teen

Aden Schulze-Miller, Editor in Chief February 10, 2021

Charles Bukowski once wrote a poem titled “Friendly Advice to A Lot of Young Men” in which he detailed multiple ways to express and indulge in one’s creativity while avoiding something so drab as simply writing poetry.    In truth, indulging...

War in Photos

War in Photos

Ava Padelford, Editor February 10, 2021

Sounds of gunshots ring through the ear. Bombs explode, destroying territories and land. Cold weather creeps in and takes the unfortunate with it. Soldiers dying while serving their one true love: their country.    How can we see these tragic...

Casto with his cow Ubre Blanca

The Story of Fidel Castro’s Milk Obsession

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist February 10, 2021

We all know the phrase “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” In history, Fidel Castro was one of many people who said that phrase the loudest. According to multiple people who have done interviews, or spoken to Fidel Castro, noticed...

Freshman vs Senior Opinion on Journalism

Freshman vs Senior Opinion on Journalism

Kelsey Nahodil, Co-Editor in Chief February 8, 2021

Journalism has been an interesting thing in my life for the last four years and my opinion on the field has constantly been changing since my freshman year. While my perspective of journalism was boring my freshman year, it has taken a turn for the better...

Mrs. Schramm in the hallway

Ms. Schramm: an Adieu

“A Special Article Highlighting the Career and Retirement of Ridge’s Veteran Science Instructor."
Caitlin Bailey, Columnist February 2, 2021

“No matter what you do in life, you have a teacher somewhere that helped you get there.”   For many students, that teacher was Leslie Schramm. Many know her as a ‘Spirit Week Legend’ or as a passionate science teacher, or the Queen...

Photo of Vice President Harris from the White House

Acknowledging the Achievements of Kamala Harris

Zahrah Ralph, Staff Writer February 2, 2021

The passage of the 19th amendment, over a century ago, enabled some’s voting rights; today, the first woman occupies office as the Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris, with her black, Indian, and Jamaican descent, marks significant milestones...

Springmühl in one of her outfits.

Isabella Springmühl: Breaking the Barriers of the Fashion Industry

Caitlin Bailey, Columnist February 2, 2021

Isabella Springmühl is the creator and designer for Down to Xjabelle, a fashion company. However, it wasn’t easy for her.    Springmühl was born on the 23rd of February of 1997 in Guatemala, and was born with Downs syndrome. When she was...

Metallica in its early days with Dave Mustaine

Battle of the Bands: Metallica V. Megadeth

“The Clash Between Metal’s Biggest Rivals.”
Aden Schulze-Miller and Ethan Pendegrass January 27, 2021

INTRO:    Metal music is one of the most popular subgenres of rock ‘n’ roll, and for good reason. The delicious licks, fast tempo and crazy shredding on electric guitars paired with thunderous basslines and clashing drum symbols all blend...

A New Beginning

A New Beginning

Ava Padelford, Editor January 27, 2021

It doesn’t matter which side you're on; Left or Right, Up or Down, etc. At the end of the day we’re all human and we bleed the same blood. It doesn’t matter who you, or your parents, or friends voted for. There is a new leader over our country.    The...

A Soviet Early Warning Base

Among the Apocalypse Part II

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist January 27, 2021

The world can be changed in less than a second. It can be changed by a group of people, or by one person. It can be changed with multiple choices, or with simply one action. When the Cold War was dying down, the world still remained on edge to see who...