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Our New Saftey Measures: Keeping Us Safe in a Hostile World
As tensions rise in the world, the proletariat revolts, the Middle East uproars, and political turmoil heats up, Sage Ridge School is facing a new era of threats never seen before. With recent targeted killings on campus, and the discovery of several landmines planted on the field, the school needs to lock down on its [...]
The Genomics Conference: A Field Trip Outside the Classroom Walls
When most people think of academics at SRS, they think of students sitting in classrooms, listening to lectures, and taking notes and tests. However, this image of education does not always hold true. On March 1st and 2nd, Ms. Bissonette took several students to San Diego, California for The Future of Genomic Medicine V conference. [...]
Ryan Returns: A Presentation on Undergraduate Research
On March 8th, 2012, Ryan Dhindsa, a Sage Ridge alumnus and current freshman at Duke University, came to speak to current students about undergraduate research and the work he has done in research facilities since graduation. Unlike many science and engineering majors at large universities, Ryan has been privileged enough to find research opportunities as [...]
Locally and Nationally, Debate Continues to Dominate
Over the past four years, the debate team has worked hard to make a name for themselves. After hours of practice and dozens of tournaments, they have proven themselves to be formidable competitors capable of winning many awards. This year, the debate team has been especially busy with tournaments. After competing at Carson Valley Middle [...]
Poetry Out Loud at Sage Ridge
This is Sage Ridge School’s first year participating in the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, begun in 2006. The competition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, which has partnered with state arts agencies in order to make Poetry Out Loud possible. Last year, a total of 365,000 [...]
Early to Rise, Eager to Sing
As the sun rises over the school on Monday and Wednesday mornings, students can be seen pulling up to the Crossbow building to start their vocal warm-up for choir. The choir group was officially established last year when, music teacher Mr. Eric Gault, noticed an increase in interest in singing among many of his students. [...]
Scorpions Fall to Excel Christian in Two Close Basketball Games
What began as close games turned into electrifying battles for victory against Excel Christian School, with the Scorpions coming up just short.
Caughlin Fire’s Impact on Community
At 2 A.M. on Friday November 17th, several students and faculty woke up to the bright orange light of flames burning outside their homes. While many students awoke at a normal hour to find that school had been canceled due to a raging fire in the hills behind Caughlin Ranch, some had been up for [...]
8th Grade Shadowing: A Taste of the Upper School
On Monday November 14th and Tuesday November 15th, the population of the Upper School grew as 8th graders paired up with high school students to spend the day shadowing classes. Mrs. Antoun-Becker, the new Director of Admissions, said that this year the shadowing program was “different from years past because the students had an opportunity [...]
Dodgeball Night at Sage Ridge!
What’s more fun than throwing dodge balls at your friends and teachers? Throwing dodge balls at your friends, teachers, and eighth graders, of course! On Friday November 11th, Upper School students and eighth graders geared up to battle it out at Student Government’s Dodgeball Night. For two hours students did nothing but play dodge ball [...]
