A few weeks ago, Arizona’s first teacher walk-out took place under a movement known as #RedforEd. This was not some flight of fancy, but a serious action in an effort to combat several long standing issues that had gone unfixed for years. The walk-out...

The 20Time project was a fun and creative project for all the juniors to do in their ELA class. The project allows kids to create a project based on something they are interested in and then present it to the rest of the ELA class. There were no limits...

 Last month, one of the Ridge history teachers, Ms. Boland took a group of students to participate in the annual HEAL tea event. HEAL, or the Happily Ever After League, is a support system for people with cancer, started by a woman in Scottsdale. She...

High school students are in an inevitable moment of their life in which they are not adults, but they are not children either. They are treated like children, but expected to behave like an adult, a continuous back and forth tug of war. This same...

The Make a Wish fundraiser was a huge success that Mountain Ridge did this year. A lot of people participated during the spirit week by dressing up in all the different themed clothes throughout the week; students and teachers also donated money to the...

Teaching is a job that is becoming less and less valued. There is currently not enough time, money, and effort going into our educational systems. According to an article written by The Guardian, Switzerland is the country with the highest average teacher...

One of the biggest things we have seen on the news right now, is all of the teacher protesting. Teachers are tired of the low amount of pay, and the low amount of money and care being invested into their schools, and into the education systems. Hundreds...

Shivani Vaidya, an MRHS Junior, received the Presidential Outstanding Volunteer Award on February 27th, 2018. This award is given to people who volunteer much of their time to a specific organization. “It is not an award students typically get,...

Getting into college can be very difficult and stressful. Applying for scholarships, maintaining good grades, and doing other extracurricular activities may seem like a long uphill battle. Some may begin to doubt rather or not it is all worth it. While...

AzMerit testing will begin in April, but discussions about the future of the test have already begun. The discussions have centered around how the tests have a big impact on schools and the districts they reside in, but they have little effect on...

On your mark, get set , GO!  With those three words, the track & field season has kicked off. Track and Field is a sport in which an athlete gets to display their physical abilities in running, jumping and throwing. Here at Mountain Ridge, about...

Our Mountain Ridge High School Band attended a competition on Friday, March second at Highland High School in Gilbert, “The students had their best performance of the year!” said Aaron Vogel MRHS band director. The band had been working on their...