To all Mountain Ridge Students,    We must retain our courage and strength during these months with which we maintain uncertainty regarding the future of the school year and our lives in general; accomplishing such an act is by no means simple...

When Governor Ducey announced we wouldn’t be returning to campus until October, I got a little panicky. After talking with some of my friends who also have ADD and ADHD, we were mostly on the same page. Although each person with an attention disorder...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...