The annual USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships are held in February in the city of Charlotte, NC. One of the participants is a Ridge freshman, Luke Sarmiento. Born and raised in Arizona, Luke has been fencing for a little over two years and has found...

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...

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...

It's officially the new school year! Eighth graders are becoming freshmen and juniors are becoming seniors. Some are starting high school, and for others, it's their last year. Whether or not this is you, this year will be the start of new beginnings...

A few weeks before the first day of school, Mountain Ridge began implementing its biggest change on campus for the 24-25 school year. After years of using iPads as the schoolwide form of one-to-one technology, Ridge made the switch to Chromebooks just...

In the hectic halls of high school, where stress and excitement intertwine, music has become my refuge. As a senior in my fourth year of high school, I've found that my diverse collection of playlists has helped me navigate the ups and downs of my academic...

On April 9th, 2024 the Society of Female Scholars had its biggest event of the year, the Crowning Commencement. I, as a SOFS Co-Treasurer, am here to recap everything on what the event is, all the preparations for this day, and how it went! This...

On Saturday, March 2nd, was the official beginning of the 2024 Formula 1 season, with the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hopes were high for teams such as Red Bull and Ferrari coming out of pre-season testing in Bahrain the week prior. Even teams such as Mercedes...

In every year since 1939, excluding 2020, the champion of NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball has been determined by a bracket-style tournament that is set over three consecutive weekends. It has come to be known as March Madness, a time when fans can...