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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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Truth

Truth

“Have faith in yourself with Alex Ebert’s empowering and inspirational musical ballads.”
Aden Schulze-Miller, Editor May 21, 2020

No matter the mind, heart, soul or spirit as is held by anyone in this world, everyone has faced some semblance of darkness in their lives. Pain affects all of us in every measure; it’s for that reason, we strive for the solutions that act to ease our...

Loving the Little

Loving the Little

Emma Padelford May 14, 2020

Last weekend my family and I got to step out of society by going up north to drive through Bearizona and explore. Not only was it a fantastic way to step out of the chaos of today’s circumstances, but it opened my eyes to something very important. Driving...

CTE Conference: Aden with David Bowie's pants at the Hard Rock Cafe

How to Win the Game of Life

Emma Padelford May 5, 2020

This year, I had the amazing opportunity to get to know an extraordinarily strong individual. He has come a long way since the first time I met him. He has matured into someone who can take the hardships of life, learn from them, and transform through...

A Quarantined Birthday

A Quarantined Birthday

Aileen Resendiz May 3, 2020

Coronavirus and social distancing have ruined a lot of things for a lot of people. Countless seniors never got to experience a normal graduation, virtually all concerts have been cancelled, and summer trips are needing to be rescheduled. But one thing...

Finding Strength in Emma Joy

Finding Strength in Emma Joy

“A Long Story Made Short, Starring Everyone’s Favorite Newsgirl.”
Aden Schulze-Miller, Editor May 1, 2020

For Emmy, 'cause of everything that you are and then some.   I met the eldest Padely on the strangest of terms, having sorta half known her from my Freshman year, yet not really ever interacting with her; her being my R.R. boss this year didn’t...

Get Ready for Promchella 2020

Get Ready for Promchella 2020

Devyn Marie April 29, 2020

Upperclassmen all over the country are mourning the loss of prom, a rite of passage event many were looking forward to. Despite the devastating delays caused by Covid-19, a group of Arizona juniors and seniors are working together to throw a prom of their...

An Old-School Friendship Affair

An Old-School Friendship Affair

“The Beautifully Complicated Nature of Crossing Paths With Someone for the First Time in A Long Time.”
Aden Schulze-Miller, Editor April 27, 2020

I met up with a girl on the twenty-third who I hadn’t seen or really talked to for around three years (to be less vague, since the end of my eighth grade year). With the most honest series of truths I could ever deliver, it was probably the most generally...

Problems to Solutions

Problems to Solutions

Emma Padelford April 24, 2020

Due to more recent circumstances, teachers are being acknowledged in ways that they have never been before. Teachers are now proud to say that the world is realizing that, “teachers were never the problem.”    COVID-19 has put millions...

A Letter of Sympathy to the Class of 2020

A Letter of Sympathy to the Class of 2020

Devyn Marie April 21, 2020

Dear seniors,   As a junior, I do not know how you feel. I can’t equally feel your pain, and I am in no position to tell you that it will “all be okay.” This sucks. As I sit here writing this, I have tears in my eyes, but I hope this...

Don't Take These Things for Granted After Quarantine

Don’t Take These Things for Granted After Quarantine

Aileen Resendiz April 20, 2020

5 Things To Not Take for Granted After Quarantine  During these unprecedented times, life has been put on hold. Stopping not only normal life, but jobs, free expression, and simple social interactions all around the world as the Corona Virus hovers...

5 Things To Not Take for Granted After Quarantine

5 Things To Not Take for Granted After Quarantine

Makayla Bast April 15, 2020

During these unprecedented times, life has been put on hold. Stopping not only normal life, but jobs, free expression, and simple social interactions all around the world as the Corona Virus hovers amidst life as we know it. When the reigns of Covid fall...

5 Things I Took for Granted

5 Things I Took for Granted

Cassidy Bolchalk April 14, 2020

I’ve taken a lot of things for granted in life and probably still do but this isolation thing has made me realize I definitely did and things I didn’t even realize I did. From even just going to school or going anywhere. And not just by myself but...