Junior year is infamous for being the hardest year of high school, but is it really? It seems like every grade just gets harder, but which year really entails the most struggles?   Freshman year Freshman year, you naturally face three...

Congratulations to our Mountain Ridge High School Band, who will be attending the Music for All National Festival in Indianapolis in March. They were recognized as one of the top bands in America and were selected as a featured ensemble (the highest honor...

Last Tuesday, October 30th, Mountain Ridge helped put on a suicide prevention event alongside its feeder schools. This event was meant for adults and students in grades 6th-12th and its goal was to inform the community about mental health, anxiety, and...

Between the news, political ads on TV, and the increasing call to action all over social media, it is likely that you know that November is voting month. This year, despite it not being a presidential election year, marks a vital election. One third of...

Mountain Ridge High School’s Theater department is putting on their fall play Letters to Sala. They’ve been working on the show since the start of the year and have put their heart and soul into this show. Letters to Sala chronicles the story of...

The Mountain Ridge Color Guard has won the state competition 6 times in the past, setting a record for the state of Arizona. Cari Eng has led the school’s Color Guard for 14 years. One of her goals has always been to take Guard to Nationals. However,...

Bright and early on Saturday, October 13th, Mountain Ridge Swim and Dive team went to volunteer at Arizona’s Special Olympics swim event at the West Valley YMCA in Litchfield. “Volunteering felt really good especially since I have a little sister...

According to a small survey here at Ridge in which we asked what school event the students look forward to most, the homecoming dance came in first place. This year’s homecoming dance was a big success, the majority of the student body came to have...

Group projects are incorporated into school and lessons quite frequently. They are often seen by others as a great way to collaborate with classmates about a topic and to gain a better understanding of it, while still having a good time working with classmates....

This year the Transition School to Work program is starting up the Bagel express as a thank you and service for the teachers and staff. They are hoping that the students will get to learn entrepreneurial and work place skills. Teachers and staff can...

Sometimes seniors only worry about their grades or what college they are going to get accepted into, but Aditi Galande has different goals. As a DECA State Officer, she is a leader to over 6,000 Arizona DECA members. “As State Officers, our goal...

Mountain Ridge girls golf team won the Ridge Open Saturday, September 21 with 376 points.   The team met at their home course, The Legends at Arrowhead, at seven in the morning, and while the whole team came to support, five girls played in...