Catherine Horton, Mountain Ridge Junior, has just   elected as a DECA State Officer for next year. In the coming year, Horton will go on to lead both our school and community through community service projects and her knowledge of business, marketing,...

MRHS DECA recently had an International Competition held in Orlando, Florida. Everyone that is involved in DECA can compete in this competition. The new DECA State Officer was assigned to Catherine Horton, a junior here at Ridge. Many other major awards...

Mountain Ridge Math and STUGO teacher Doug Evans received the Deer Valley Teacher of the year award. After being nominated by a peer, he had to go through a nomination process where he had to write 3-4 pages discussing his teaching style and philosophy,...

Kate Ourada from Mountain Ridge High School has won a gold medal at the state Skills USA competition. She competed in the Job Interview category on April 13 at the Phoenix Convention Center.   Skills USA is an organization that prepares students...

The March Mayhem Powerlifting Championship was held on March 9th, hosted by CrossFit Infinite Strength. Events included Bench, Squat, and Deadlift. Two people that stood out were Jason Bowey, who set a state record and Tiffany Price, who took first...

Ridge choir travelled to California on March 29 for a competition at Fullerton College where they received the highest rating award possible. During the competition there were many other choir teams there but this was a different type of competition....

Renee Woodruff has been teaching at Ridge for about 24 years, and has been in charge of FBLA for the past 3 years. Recently, she has been awarded the FBLA Adviser of the Year Award for the state of Arizona. To win this award, there is quite a lot of...

Mountain Ridge’s winter guard team was able to participate against two other top teams at state, and for the third year in a row took home the title of number 1.   Teams are judged in different categories during their performance, including...

Mountain Ridge offers many levels of visual arts classes. Ridge has had students art work recognized on a local, state, and national level. Whether it is drawing with colored pencils, creating 2D mixed media, or very hands on molding clay you’re talented...

This school year, in Mrs. Rodgers 4th year Biomedical Innovation Honors class, the students have been working on a project called Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Biomedical Innovation Capstone.   The students started brainstorming ideas for the...

Mountain Ridge’s production of the Broadway musical “Cinderella” by Rogers and Hammerstein was beautifully showcased. The theater department is well known for their incredible performances, costumes, and sets and this musical was no different. The...