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.

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 yet.

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 the Autumn style.

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 future career.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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 that is always changing. We can assure you that the theatre is definitely not that capricious, but its frequently changing temperature may leave you stranded wondering about the truth, what is wrong with the theatre?

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 Seed Scatterers posing for a group picture!

Coming Soon: photos & descriptions of all our team members!

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, photography, and poetry) will have their entry published on the Ridge Report website and will be awarded a prize.

Click on each category to submit and know about the rules and requirements.

For more information, and to submit your entries, go to the CONTEST page.

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.

8 Tips To Help You Survive Summatives

1. 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 will need to be comfortable with to get good mark.