The Ridge Review

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Ridge Review

The Student News Site of Mountain Ridge High School | Glendale, Arizona

The Ridge Review

Casto with his cow Ubre Blanca

The Story of Fidel Castro’s Milk Obsession

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist February 10, 2021

We all know the phrase “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” In history, Fidel Castro was one of many people who said that phrase the loudest. According to multiple people who have done interviews, or spoken to Fidel Castro, noticed...

Freshman vs Senior Opinion on Journalism

Freshman vs Senior Opinion on Journalism

Kelsey Nahodil, Co-Editor in Chief February 8, 2021

Journalism has been an interesting thing in my life for the last four years and my opinion on the field has constantly been changing since my freshman year. While my perspective of journalism was boring my freshman year, it has taken a turn for the better...

COVID-19’s Impact on Wrestling

COVID-19’s Impact on Wrestling

Molly Bomar, Journalist February 8, 2021

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have enacted health regulations to keep players and coaches safe. However these district benchmarks and the inconvenience of the epidemic has diminished numbers in seasons, especially in the winter...

Mrs. Schramm in the hallway

Ms. Schramm: an Adieu

“A Special Article Highlighting the Career and Retirement of Ridge’s Veteran Science Instructor."
Caitlin Bailey, Columnist February 2, 2021

“No matter what you do in life, you have a teacher somewhere that helped you get there.”   For many students, that teacher was Leslie Schramm. Many know her as a ‘Spirit Week Legend’ or as a passionate science teacher, or the Queen...

Photo of Vice President Harris from the White House

Acknowledging the Achievements of Kamala Harris

Zahrah Ralph, Staff Writer February 2, 2021

The passage of the 19th amendment, over a century ago, enabled some’s voting rights; today, the first woman occupies office as the Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris, with her black, Indian, and Jamaican descent, marks significant milestones...

Springmühl in one of her outfits.

Isabella Springmühl: Breaking the Barriers of the Fashion Industry

Caitlin Bailey, Columnist February 2, 2021

Isabella Springmühl is the creator and designer for Down to Xjabelle, a fashion company. However, it wasn’t easy for her.    Springmühl was born on the 23rd of February of 1997 in Guatemala, and was born with Downs syndrome. When she was...

Anxiety in Teenagers

Anxiety in Teenagers

Kimi Matibag, Staff Writer February 2, 2021

What is your inner demon? Everyone has something that haunts them, something that holds them back. A heavy weight around the ankles. For teenagers today, it is anxiety. Anxiety has a big impact on the youth of modern society and it appears that the amount...