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 had it all since there was something special for everyone. It was specially reserved to just our amazing grade nine student body, the Interact team and the Link Crew.

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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 course the biggest news of the offseason: Kyrie going to the Celtics, and Isiah Thomas to the Cavs. Kyrie, George, Melo, Wade, and Paul are the biggest names to have a change of scenery during this offseason. With the big switch for each of these players, the question is always; ‘will they be a good fit?’. Paul joined the Rockets and averaged around 28 mpg, 10 ppg, and (as he usually does) he had 7 apg. He seemed to be comfortable in his new home, but he has definitely had took a hit in his scoring numbers and minutes. George, however, averaged 29.3 mpg in OKC, but unlike CP3, his scoring was still impressive at almost 20 ppg. Melo was playing ‘hoodie-Melo’-esque this preseason. He looked like he was in his early NYK days. He only averaged 19.7 mpg, but had a great efficiency level by scoring 15 ppg, and on 45% shooting while grabbing 6.3 boards a game. Wade, a certain Hall of Famer, settled into his new home in Cleveland with his title-winning buddy, LeBron. The legendary shooting guard averaged only 19 mpg, but put up 11.5 ppg. It’s a lower minute and point total than his career averages (35.4 mpg and 23.3 ppg) but with LeBron, his scoring is not needed to be in the 20s. Last, but certainly not least, Kyrie, in his new home in the TD Garden in Boston, looked like the star of the show playing 24.3 mpg and 17 ppg while putting up some of his signature circus shots. These all-stars and masters of their craft are dubbed so for a reason: they are proving to the world that no matter where they go, they can still ball at an elite level.

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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 a certain story you’d like to see, don’t hesitate to tell me about it in the comments!

You may or may not have heard of an animal called the tardigrade.

 

The tardigrade, also know as the water bear or moss 
piglet. I suppose I can see the resemblance.

Perhaps you read about it in scientific news articles a while back. If you’ve been following CBS’s Star Trek Discovery, you’ll know about the giant tardigrade-like creature that the starship Discovery used to navigate their ship for a couple episodes. But if you have no idea what a tardigrade is, or if you’d like to learn more about them, then it’s worth learning exactly what makes these tiny creatures remarkable enough to earn a mention in one of the most renowned sci-fi franchises in the world.

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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 your online course!

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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 in our yearly Terry Fox Walk. This walk’s purpose is to raise money for cancer research, and to remember Canada’s own, Terry Fox, and the sacrifices he made to help make a difference for the whole world.

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