Meeting a Holocaust Survivor

On Wednesday April 1st, all Grade 10 students taking history this semester had an opportunity a once in a lifetime experience. Our school was visited by a speaker named Bill, as survivor of the Holocaust.

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All About AP

AP exams are one of the many opportunities that Iroquois Ridge has to offer. Advanced Placement Exams are self- taught courses that end in an examination run by the school. If you do well on the exam you may be able to count the course as a university credit. In 2013, 5307 students wrote 8233 exams in Ontario alone.

Students take AP exams for many reasons. The most common include; standing out on university admissions, earning university credits, fast-tracking introductory courses in university, and to build skills for post-secondary education. Many people take AP courses simply as an exploration of a topic of interest, possibly to decide if they would like to study it further.  If you are interested in taking an AP exam to count it as a university credit, become familiar with your prospect universities on their rules and regulations.

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Model UN Conference 2015

If the title isn't clue enough, this is about the Halton Model United Nations Conference, a program that took place on Tuesday March 31st, or as you may say, yesterday. The Model U.N. is a simulation where students are assigned countries and divided into committees to solve 2 world issues, I was South Korea, and I had to try and tackle ISIS and Police Militarization.

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Ridge Report Writing and Photo Contest 2015 Now Open

                Come one, come all; this is an open call to all short story writers, poets, and creative photographers looking for a challenge and a chance to win some prizes.

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MWC 2015 Recap

Its that time of year again, the time of smartphone innovation, coming in from Mobile World Congress, one of the world's largest smartphone conferences. During this time,  brands like Samsung, HTC and Google do their annual unveil of many of their flagship products that will represent the best of each company's product line for the year. Devices like the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the HTC One M9 are those that were highly anticipated prior to this event and they certainly held up to their high expectations set by their previous years of success. 

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The Phenomenon Of Gary

    

        When my sister was in grade 10, I heard many stories about the legendary ‘Gary’; a mysterious individual who would post sticky notes all over the school with the signature ‘Gary’. It was a fun and curious mystery for the students, whereas to some of the staff at Iroquois Ridge High School, it was a nuisance and pain to clean. I have had the wonderful chance to talk to the anonymous figure and here I am unfolding the ‘myth’ of Gary.

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