Christmas Assembly 2014

It's that time of year again. The time of year when the snow is falling and the world outside is white and beautiful. Er, never mind. But that doesn't make the holidays any less festive. Like every year, Iroquois celebrates the holidays and enters the break with a bang, holding the annual Christmas...

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Interact's Nicaragua Silent Auction 2014

Every year, the IRHS Interact Club sends a group of students on a trip to a developing country to do some community work. These students take the Rotary motto of "Service above Self" to an international scale and push the boundaries of what we as high school students can do to make a change...

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Mirvish Highlights 2015

In the past two years, Toronto has seen some iconic productions return to Mirvish Theatre stages, including Les Miserables and Wicked. In 2015 we are anticipating two more exciting classics among many other enticing productions. Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Toronto productions Jersey Boys...

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Summer Season

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Annual Holiday Movie 2015 Trailer

Every year, IRHS CommCo makes a holiday video to be premiered just before the winter break. The trailer for this year's annual video has been just released and it looks amazing! Check out the trailer her...

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Fall Season

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6 Essential Winter Style Basics To Stay Warm, Cute and Stylish For $20or Less

I'm  Here in Oakville we have already seen our fair share of snow, but as December begins it is officially time to jump into our wardrobes and pull out all of our winter gear, but don’t fret! I will be your sugar plum fairy and supply you with all the help you need to make your winter ensembles...

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My Opinion, Death and Life, the Good and the Bad

  First of all, this is my opinion; if the idea bugs you then don't bother reading. Secondly, I can't believe that this is what I'm doing for my post, seriously, my second post and I choose DEATH as my topic. Who cares, I'm doing it. Death obviously is very bad, but it also does some good,...

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The Second Door on the Right

I walked up to the main doors that led into the large front entrance way, since I was holding a lot of stuff, I used my whole body in an attempt to push the door open. It didn't open so I quickly pushed it again, it still refused to open. I leaned back fast and threw my weight against the door repeatedly. I sensed people standing behind me, waiting for me to open the door but I didn't turn around....

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What do Teachers Think About our Future

Hello people, this week I decided to see what a few of the teachers think about the students. In a future with such diverse issues as climate change, cyber terrorism and vaccine resistant super diseases. Do they think we can handle ourselves...

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Coffeehouse 2014

While the weather outside was raging, students at the Ridge got to enjoy a memorable evening inside the school at the annual Coffeehouse, organized by the Eco-schools and Student Voice teams...

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OSLC 2014: Leadership - The Future Is Now

On November 9th over 2500 student leaders from all over Ontario met in Niagara Falls for the start of the largest student leadership conference of it’s kind. 25 students from Iroquois Ridge were among them. The Ontario Student Leadership Conference (OSLC) is a 3 day event where students interested...

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Iroquois Pins on Poppies

In honor of the brave men and women who gave their lives to protect Canada, staff and students alike at the Ridge wore poppies to commemorate their actions. Not just people at our school, but people all around Canada wear poppies to represent our pride in our country and the gratitude we feel towards...

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Amanda Johnson Photos

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Annual Holiday Marketplace 2014

Sleeping in this past Saturday, November 1st, after a long night of trick-or-treating? Well, meanwhile things sure were busy at the Iroquois Ridge annual Holiday Marketplac...

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Blood of Olympus Book Review

After nine years, the universe which demigods inhabit have closed off an arc with the Blood of Olympus. The conclusion to the Heroes of Olympus was delivered with the tag #therewillbeblood and as promised, blood arrived. No spoilers for the book, but there was blood and tragedy in the finale of...

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Seeing Rick Riordan

Legions of fans assemble around the world to flock his latest book, but a few local fans got the chance to see him in the flesh and blood. That's right demigods and magicians. Rick Riordan came to Toronto and I'm here to give you the full scoop. The event took place at the Bloor Street United Church...

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Rick Riordan Announces Brand New Series.

On Tuesday, September 23rd, Rick Riordan announced the title of his upcoming new series based on Norse mythology and it's bound to keep his fandom abuzz. The name is... wait for it... Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. Is it a coincidence that that the main character of the new series shares the...

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Amazing Spider-man #2 review

After the relaunch of the Amazing Spider-man, Peter Parker has had his world flipped upside down and the second issue continues the tale of the wall crawler dealing with the damage Otto Octavius has done to his personal life. After the introductory first issue, major events happen in the second...

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Staff of Serapis Review

When Rick Riordan announced the Son of Sobek, excitement was high. As the official crossover between the Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus series and the Kane Chronicles series, the short story was huge news. While the Son of Sobek was a solid read, it didn't really have the gravitas or high magnitude...

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Blood of Olympus Cover Revealed: My thoughts

The popular children's book series, the Heroes of Olympus, is coming to a close with the Blood of Olympus this fall, and the cover has been released. This book will cap off ten years of stories set in the fictional Percy Jackson universe, featuring characters from the Percy Jackson & Olympians...

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Amazing Spider-man 2 vs. Spider-man 2

One decade ago, Sam Raimi directed Spider-man 2 which became a beloved classic and still stands today as one of the finest superhero films of all time. When Marc Webb directed the reboot, the Amazing Spider-man, he managed to create a stronger origin story than the 2002 version, but he was unable...

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Amazing Spider-man 2 review: Swinging to Success.

The Amazing Spider-man 2 has been anticipated for quite some time. An abundance of marketing can be credited to that. The film finally opened in theaters in the U.S and earned mixed reactions from critics, being the first Spider-man movie to earn the dreaded "rotten tomato" branding on the review...

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Amazing Spider-man #1 Review

With a new Spider-man movie hitting theaters, Marvel needed to create a special issue to commemorate the event, and the return of the wall-crawler's original title was what they offer. A bit of back-story for those who aren't familiar with the past year of Spider-man comics. In Amazing Spider-man...

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review

Just a few months ago, Marvel released Thor: The Dark World, and a few months before that, Iron Man 3. Both opened to critical and commercial success and kept Marvel Studios alive during Phase 2, but neither really brought out the glory days of Phase 1 with smash hits like Iron Man and the universally...

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The Facts About Victory Laps

      If you are considering taking a victory lap to better your grades, or just to give you another year as a trailblazer, there are some things that every student should know about the effects of a second go on your post-secondary education - they may just change your mind.   ...

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

       The Broadway production of Wicked has bewitched its audience since it's opening in 2003. Though it began (and is currently continued) on Broadway, popularity drove the production around the globe. And of course Toronto's Ed Mirvish theatres were host to the touring magic...

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Artificial Actors: How Technology Can Now Resurrect Actors

Man has reached the point where death can be cheated. At least for entertainment purposes. Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, has recently passed away, but at a most unfortunate time. Hoffman played Plutarch Heavenbee, an important character in the Hunger Games film series. However, he has left the...

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Frozen is a Warm Tale

Despite the chilly title, Frozen is a heart warming animated film set in a fictitious town of Arendelle. Loosely based on the Snow Queen, a fairy tale by Hans Anderson, the movie is set in the medieval times of a fairy tale and is premised exactly like a fairy tale, but more deep than a simple children...

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