Congratulations!

Congratulations to our Junior and Senior Boys' Football Teams for their outstanding performances in the Halton Football Championships held at McMaster University. Our Junior Boys' gave their best effort throughout their game against Milton District but had to settle for the silver medal in a 21-6 loss. The score was not indicative of the solid play as our team had some good chances that bounced the other way in Milton's favour. Congratulations to this excellent young team on a great season and status as the Halton Finalists! Special thanks to our coaching team (Kris, Lawrence, Al and Mike) for your outstanding leadership, coaching and mentorship of our young student/athletes. You did us all proud! In the senior game against our cross-town rivals, Oakville Trafalgar, our team was at their peak performance, as they won the game by a wide, 43-0 margin. This was a fantastic win for our boys,who have played all year,with grit and determination. Led by a very solid coaching team (Mike, Scott and Junior), our seniors benefitted from a committment to hard work and exemplary sportsmanship in each and every game they played. You are now Halton Champions and Gold Medallists! Way to go, Ridge! A very special thanks to all of our parent, student and staff supporters and to Marie Guest and the Healthy Active Living Team for organizing ticket sales and seven bus loads of fans to the game. It was a very beautiful day for football and a great opportunity for our school to demonstrate their school spirit and pride in both of our teams! Truly awesome!!

Mid-Term Reflection

We have reached our mid-semester and have an opportunity to reflect upon our successes to date! With the mid-term report and our interview evening, students, staff and parents have time to look closely at student achievement to date, review and refine goals and set new targets for the balance of the semester. A close look at the "Learning Skills" portion of the report card may indicate an area of need. It is often in the learning skills area where students can really focus and work with their teachers to improve, as these skills are really the foundation for student success. Mid-term is also an opportune time to thank our very many students, staff and parents for a very successful start to our co-curricular program in 2011/12. Junior Girls Basketball made it to the play-offs against Georgetown; Senior Boys' Volleyball secured a play-off spot versus Kings' Christian College and our Junior & Senior Boys' Football Teams, finished first in their division, and now both teams head off to McMaster next week to compete in the Halton Football Championships. The Senior win over Burlington Central and the Junior win over Oakville Trafalgar were both come from behind victories which posed very exciting for the fans who attended this double-header play-off game. Thanks to Mr. Rob Harris and his class for marketing the event as one of our fundraisers for "Movember." Over 400 students purchased tickets for this "Buy-In" with the proceeds of over $2,000.00 going towards "Prostate Cancer Research and Awareness." In addition, our Cross Country Team sent a strong contingent to GHAC;we sent two golfers, Alanna & Anikka Haynes to the OFSAA Championships; our field hockey team made it to the play-offs and our Senior Girls Basketball Team and Junior Boys Volleyball Team played tough all season, representing our school with pride and enthusiasm. Great job everyone...we are proud of all of you! We are very thankful to our community for your support of our PINK "Vintage Fashion Show" and our recent Christmas Craft Sale. Your continued involvement and support of our students, staff and school is very much valued and appreciated. We will look forward to our parents and community members joining us in upcoming events which will include the trip to McMaster to support our Football Teams and the "Student Directed Plays", held in our Theatre, from November 30th - December 3rd. Your participation with us in these co-curricular activities means a lot to us and to our student athletes/actors and our staff coaches/mentors also appreciate your support. On a last note, I want to thank our staff for continuing to be so dedicated in support of our students' success. You are there for our kids whether in the classroom or outside of the classroom. Without you as excellent examples and role models for our students to aspire to we would not be as successful as we are! Thank-you for your committment and promotion of our curricular and co-curricular programs. You are the very best!