As the school year comes to an end, so does the school newspaper. For 28 years, The Ridge Review has been the newspaper of Mountain Ridge High School. With the newspaper being shut down, the last staff of the newspaper came together to write final entries...

The Mountain Ridge Band performed with the Kansas City Chief cheerleaders and mascot on Saturday morning on the live broadcast of Fox and Friends at the State Farm Stadium.    “We formed different formations each time, like an arc or two...

Mountain Ridge hosted the Southwest Regional Auditions on January 27th and 28th. Band director Mr. Vogel said he is, “very happy with the results." In total, forty six students from Mountain Ridge made the All-Region Band and Orchestra along with...

The media center has completed a major renovation which began May 2022. There are now 3 meeting rooms that students can use for small group or individual study. Both the desktop computers and the book shelves have been moved to new locations within the...

The Scorpion Spectacular was held here at Mountain Ridge High School for the second year in a row this past Friday. A total of 35 schools attended. Overall, the debate went very well.     All of the students were very competitive and some...

Educators Rising’s annual book drive began Tuesday, January 17th. The book drive has been in action for about 5 years.   “We would like to bring in more than last year. We had about 3,300 books last year. This year, before our official start...

Rohan Agrawal: 1st Place: Public Service Announcement 1st Place: Leadership Circus 1st Place: Computer Problem Solving 3rd Place: Political Science   Apramey Akkiraju: 1st Place: Business Communications 1st Place: Entrepreneurship 3rd Place:...

On Friday January 13th, the varsity girl’s soccer team won 6-0 against the Valley Vista Monsoons.    “Our team unity and the culture the players have created has put us in a good position to compete at a high level,” head coach Ryne...

The Mountain Ridge Varsity wrestling team lost 39-42 to Tolleson High School on Wednesday the 11th in a close fought battle.   The match even had an interesting coincidence, “We had a fun battle between 2 sets of twins. Our sophomore twins...

National Honor Society members volunteered at Saint Mary’s Food Bank for their mandatory semester event on December 3rd. The students were assigned a location on a long assembly line, all purposefully packing boxes full of canned goods for families...

Ellie Morgan, Mountain Ridge senior, is a dedicated student in her AP courses, and involved in a multitude of clubs, like StuGo, NHS, and SOFS. Amongst her involvement in academics, Morgan started her own small jewelry business, Ellie Hart Co., in 2018...

The band and orchestra hosted a Christmas concert on Dec. 6 that was absolutely stunning and spectacular. I have been blown away by the talented students who participated in the concert.    The concert featured 4 different bands/orchestras...