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

MRHS Alumni In the State Press: Aden Schulze-Miller

MRHS Alumni In the State Press: Aden Schulze-Miller

Ava Padelford, Co-Editor September 27, 2021

Aden Schulze-Miller, former Editor-In-Chief at Ridge, is now a freshman at ASU and is doing big things for his career.    Schulze-Miller goes to school for journalism and has been given many unique opportunities to become a broadcaster or...

Fall Festivities to get you in a Autumn Mood

Fall Festivities to get you in a Autumn Mood

Isabella Montoya, Journalist September 27, 2021

With October right around the corner, people impatiently wait for Halloween movies to start playing on TV. But living in Arizona, when 8 months out of the year are 100 degrees, it can make it somewhat challenging to get involved in the holiday. Have no...

Covid Protocols at Concerts: Local AZ and Washington D.C.

Covid Protocols at Concerts: Local AZ and Washington D.C.

Molly Bomar, Co-Editor September 24, 2021

Covid-19 vaccines, PCR tests, and negative tests have given way to public events again after the extreme lockdowns last year. Thousands of national and world concert tours were canceled, and some, thankfully, were rescheduled.    This past...

Get Organized With School

Get Organized With School

Alexa McClain, Journalist September 24, 2021

Students are constantly complaining about the excessive amount of homework that they have. They gain this unnecessary anxiety over the “overwhelming” amount of assignments. Well, is it really that you have too much, or is it just that your organization...

Superteams Swamp Sports

Superteams Swamp Sports

Makayla Bast, Journalist September 24, 2021

The TV flips on to a sports game where vibrant fans fill the crowd of their respective teams. In the sea of the team's crowd, you can spot new customized jerseys of household named player, now in the colors and threads of the home team. Who would have...

Is the Vaccine Mandate Constitutional?

Is the Vaccine Mandate Constitutional?

Ava Padelford, Co-Editor September 24, 2021

Thursday, September 9th, Joe Biden created a vaccine mandate that will be enforced in about 75 days. This mandate will require all employers with over 100 federal workers to get vaccinated or tested for the virus weekly.    Companies that...

Marching Band’s Bouncing Back!

Marching Band’s Bouncing Back!

Kimi Matibag, Journalist September 24, 2021

For the entire 2020-2021 school year, the marching band program had been severely hindered, being forced into a hiatus that prevented them from going to any competitions and postponed all after-school rehearsals until second semester; however, this year,...

Wednesday Morning Prayer Circle

Wednesday Morning Prayer Circle

Ava Padelford, Co-Editor September 24, 2021

Mountain Ridge students gather around the junior lot to pray and have devotionals led by students every Wednesday at 6:45 am. It is an encouraging way to start the morning and a great way to meet loving people.    When you arrive, there is...

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Fall Book Recommendations 2021

Molly Bomar, Co-editor September 20, 2021

I am well-aware, and quite frankly very familiar, with the busy schedules of teens, pressing through homework and studying, extracurricular activities, and sports just to have a smidge of free time to sleep and eat. However, carving out quiet time devoted...

20 Years After

20 Years After

Benjamin Jensen, Columnist September 14, 2021

Every person in the U.S knows the day. The day when the world changed. September 11, 2001 will forever be a day that no one will forget. To this day, modern problems can be traced all the way back to this day. From the wars of the middle east, to major...

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Greta Van Fleet is New Wave 70’s Music

Isabella Montoya, Journalist September 10, 2021

If you fall under the category of  “a person born in the wrong generation (specifically the 70’s)”, well listen up! Greta Van Fleet is the band for you. Formed in 2012, the band still continues to make music and hold concerts throughout the world....

Oh, Wouldn’t It Be Great To Be A Senior

Oh, Wouldn’t It Be Great To Be A Senior

Alexa McClain, Journalist September 10, 2021

I think it's safe to say that here at Mountain Ridge, we know how to give a friendly welcome to our new students. Well, I would like to take this opportunity to do quite the contrary and help our current seniors out the door.    This year,...