How to take advantage of your grade 9 year- and make it the BEST EVER

Let me get straight to the point: grade 9 is an awkward time all around. What with all the new people, the big idea of highschool and the older kids (who are basically adults) staring you down from their lawn chairs. It can be hard at times,but you can make it awesome (or more bearable) by following these 4 simple steps...

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Rick and Morty - The The Rickchurian Mortydate: TV Show Review

Well, Rick and Morty fans, season 3 has come to an end with the fantastic episode: The Rickchurian Mortydate (a play on words for the Manchurian Candidate). This season was bubbling with crude humour, interesting plot lines, and great characters. Luckily, the finale didn’t disappoint and it was one of the best episodes ye...

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Outfit of the week

As the leaves start falling from the trees and temperature starts to drop, we know Autumn is here! With this weather comes pumpkin pie and high fashion. Autumn is my favourite season when it comes to fashion with the emergence of the art of layering. This week these were best fashion looks for...

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How to Make the Most of Your Senior Years

What does it take to get into university? What can you do to ensure your acceptance into the program of your choice? It takes a lot more than just getting good grades in school. Not everyone will be accepted into a university program that is the best of the best. This article will help you understand how you can set yourself apart from the rest of the student body and vault toward your thriving...

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Ronak’s Love/Hate list for Week 10

On Fridays I will be submitting a Love/Hate list for Fantasy Football. These will be my opinions on Quarterbacks and Running backs (and occasionally flex’s) that I believe will tank or flourish in the week...

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Ronak's Love/Hate List for Week 9

On Fridays I will be submitting a Love/Hate list for Fantasy Football. These will be my opinions on Quarterbacks and Running backs (and occasionally flex’s) that I believe will tank or flourish in the week....

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The Grade Nine Dance of 2017

This year to welcome all the new grade nine students to the Ridge, the fantastic Link Crew leaders upheld the tradition of the Grade Nine Dance. Whether you enjoy dancing with your best buds, buying all the popcorn, wearing some ‘lit’ glow bands, hanging out with some dudes you just met, playing some fierce games of table-tennis or just coming out to have a good time, this year's Grade Nine Dance...

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Ronak's Fantasy Football Love/Hate list for Week 8

On Fridays I will be submitting a Love/Hate list for Fantasy Football. These will be my opinions on Quarterbacks and Running backs (and occasionally flex’s) that I believe will tank or flourish in the week....

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The NBA’s crazy offseason

This NBA off-season was arguably one of the most dramatic and eventful in NBA history! During this offseason, many big names such as Paul George + Carmelo Anthony (Oklahoma City), Chris Paul (Houston Rockets), Dwyane Wade + Derrick Rose (Cleveland Cavaliers), Paul Millsap (Denver Nuggets), Gordon Hayward (Boston Celtics), and Jimmy Butler (Minnesota Timberwolves) made big moves- including, of...

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Science Fiction #1: Tardigrades

My name is Clara, and I’m the writer for Ridge Report’s new column, Science Fiction. Each article in this column will take a certain idea from a sci-fi story and talk about how it’s related to the technology we already have (but no knowledge of sci-fi is necessary to understand the content). If there’s...

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8 Study Tips for Taking Online Courses

Have you ever been interested in taking an online course? Are you, perhaps, doing one right now? Online courses can be a lot more fun and bring a lot of scheduling benefits, whether through a spare during the school day or by letting you work from home during summer school. But they can also be a lot of work- and it’s sometimes easy to forget that. Here are some tips for you to get the most out of...

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The Ridge’s Fantastic Terry Fox Walk of 2017

The End of a Long Walk as they Turn to Head Back Home Photo Credits to Mia Semeniuk and Mercedes Clunie Thursday the 28th was the Ridge’s amazing annual Terry Fox Walk. Staff and students from every grade joined together in the morning after a shortened first period to celebrate and participate...

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Constant Cold Rehearsals: The Ridge’s Freezing Theatre

Have you ever had a class or even been in Iroquois Ridge’s one and only magnificent (and freezing) theatre? If you have, then you clearly understand the extreme struggle of having to deal with its absurd temperatures. Yes it's real, it's no myth or hoax, not even a fantasy, so if you don't believe in climate change, then you better start believing it because of the theatre's unpredictable climate...

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Seed Scatter Photos

On Thursday May 18th, a huge group of students scattered seeds on the empty green space around our school. Organized by Sam Hollinrake and friends, the seed scatter was an overall success! Read on for some photos from the event, and look forward to new flowers growing around the school! All the...

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Coming Soon: photos & descriptions of all our team membe...

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Submit Your Entries for Ridge Report's 3rd Annual Writing and Photography Contest!

This year, you can submit a short story, poetry piece, and/or photography connecting to one of three possible themes. Your options are "Hush", "Bang", and "Click". Be as creative as you want! Entries will be accepted starting Monday May 1sth 2017 The deadline for entering is Friday May 20th 2017  First place winners in each category (short story,...

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Riverdale Show Review

The new drama series, Riverdale which casts itself as a moody teen drama in a small, mysterious and slightly spooky town was released on January the 26th, and has become one of the top ranked shows watched on Netflix in less than a week....

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8 Tips To Help You Survive Summatives

Don’t wait until exams to make your review notes. Since many summatives are open book, review notes will be your best friend. They allow you to quickly access all the information you have learned over the course of the semester easily, concisely and quickly. Even if your summative is not open book, creating review notes will help you go over all the relevant knowledge and establish the skills you...

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