Many students attend the Mountain Ridge plays each semester, but few get to see exactly what goes on to produce such an elaborate performance. Students involved in theater share some of their most exciting moments backstage and during rehearsals. The...

Over the first semester, Ridge has had some major achievements…   Kim Rodgers was nominated for the 2019 Gatorade secondary athletic trainer award for District 7.   Jenna Jones received the AZ Republic Academic Athlete of the...

National Letter of Intent Signing Several of our student athletes at Mountain Ridge have taken their next step into their sport careers and into college by signing letters of intent. Here's what their interpretation of the experience was like.   Zach...

Back in November, Mountain Ridge partnered with Terramar Elementary and put on a suicide and mental illness awareness night. Last Monday, there was another one of these events put on at the district office at 6:00pm. This event is what the district is...

Mountain Ridge High School is partnering with Teen Lifeline to help students through the struggles of mental health. Teen Lifeline is a program that provides services that students can turn to in order to deal with stress, depression, or any type of crisis...

Next year, Mountain Ridge is starting a Gifted Academy. Since the program is so new to the school, there is some ambiguity among students about what it really entails, so I conducted an interview with Mrs. Sparks, a Gifted Specialist and Fully Gifted...

It’s that time of the year again and finals are almost here. People are starting to stress, worry, and hope they do well on their tests. We may often find ourselves rushing around the night before studying and trying to cram as much information in our...

Mountain Ridge swim team competed at the AIA Division One Championships, ending the season with multiple personal and team records. On Friday, November 2, the state team made their way down to Mesa to compete at Skyline Aquatic Center. “I qualified...

Ridge Madness is an event to get more students involved in winter sports. MRHS is hoping to build a culture of students supporting students. Food trucks and games prior to this event will be provided at this event. As the event is taking place, all...

High school students are constantly on the run trying to balance school, extracurricular, work, and keeping up with friends and school events. Volunteering, although important, is often at the bottom of the list of important things to get done, even if...

A sensory room would be super beneficial for kids with special needs. Alexis Von Hatten is hoping she can make this a reality for these very deserving kids. What started off as just a high school project in Mrs. Moya’s Future Teacher’s class ended...

A few weeks ago, Mr. Korman received the luck we all wish to have, winning a grant for $5,000 to improve his classroom. Every year the Fiesta Bowl gives out around two hundred grants for $5,000 to teachers who have applied for the grant all over Arizona....