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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FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out This Spring Break

FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out This Spring Break

Remi McKim, Journalist March 11, 2022

Spring Break is right around the corner: a time to spend happily at home after a long quarter of school. In my opinion, the third quarter is the worst time of the school year. Not quite the thriller of starting a new semester like at the beginning of...

Romanticize Your Life For Spring

Romanticize Your Life For Spring

Remi McKim, Journalist March 11, 2022

Spring is a wonderful season, when the chill of Arizona melts down to a nice breezy atmosphere. Spring is the door between crisp winter and the miserable summer. It signals the near-end of the school year. I love spring. It is the perfect time to...

Ways Students Spend Spring Breaks

Ways Students Spend Spring Breaks

Makayla Bast, Journalist March 11, 2022

Almost there! Spring break is just around the corner and students could not be more excited for the much deserved week of rest. The school year is in its final stretch, and spring break is truly the last moment of rest before summer break is allotted...

Isaac and Lincoln’s Story

Isaac and Lincoln’s Story

Alexa McClain, Journalist February 28, 2022

During the winter of 2010, the friendship of Isaac Shelby and current sophomore Lincoln Baldonado began. The two met during Lincoln’s first soccer season, in New Mexico, where they both lived at the time, and their friendship only continued from there.     Eventually,...

Cracked brick wall painted with a Ukrainian flag on the left and a Russian flag on the right.

WAR: Russia Invades Ukraine

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist February 28, 2022

The peace in Europe has been shattered, as Russian forces begin their invasion of Ukraine. The reason why Ukraine is being invaded is still unknown. Thousands of Ukrainian citizens are fleeing the capital city, Kiev, and moving away from the invasion....

Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Widespread of Wordle

Makayla Bast, Journalist February 28, 2022

Crazy. Viral. Wacky. Think. Guess. Right. If you hold any interest in pop culture you may have been able to string a connection between the italicized words. 5-lettered, and maybe the answer to today’s most popular game that has swept the nation in...

How to Start and Maintain a Club

How to Start and Maintain a Club

Kimi Matibag, Journalist February 11, 2022

Many people have a passion they wish to share with others, and starting a club at school is a great way to reach people who share your common interest(s)! Of course, it’s easier said than done, most people don’t even know where to start when it comes...

How to Get a Valentine

How to Get a Valentine

Isabella Montoya, Journalist February 8, 2022

It’s that time of year again, where love suffocates you. You see all these happy couples being in love, and it makes you ill. “Why can’t I be in love?”, you may ask. Well, fear not! This year's Valentine's Day is gonna be different for all you...

Global Home and Garden

Global Home and Garden

Alexa McClain, Journalist February 4, 2022

Global Home and Garden is a store of many, located at Arrowhead mall Town Center, here in Arizona. Global Home and Garden obtains items for home décor as well as cute trinkets for outdoor décor. If you are someone who has an eye for antiques, then this...

MRHS StuGo 2022

Why More Kids Should Participate in Spirit Week

Kimi Matibag, Journalist February 1, 2022

Pajama day, anything-but-a-backpack day, color day…it’s always a fun and festive week during school spirit week! Look around you, though. How many people do you actually see wearing silly costumes and lively attire in the name of school spirit? Unfortunately,...

Unofficial Logo by Benjamin Jensen

The Pleasures of Being on Accutane

Alexa McClain, Journalist January 31, 2022

In the month of August, my dermatologist put me on Accutane. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it's an extremely harsh medication that ruins your life for about six to eight months. Let me clarify though; once this six to eight months is...

Time Flies: A Senior’s Reflection

Time Flies: A Senior’s Reflection

Caitlin Bailey, Journalist January 28, 2022

  As a freshman, I wanted nothing more than to be an upperclassman. Time seemed like it was going at a snail’s pace, inching forward day by day. It was like the universe was intent on making my first few years of high school the longest ever.    Now...