Monday, June 21, 2010
Ridley Prize Day!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Ridley Prize day TOMORROW!! Watch on Live stream!
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Ridley Prize Day
Ridley Prize Day is this Saturday! As the graduates walk across the stage to receive their diplomas they will be starting a new chapter in their life. Some graduates are heading to University or College while others are taking a GAP year - they all have big dreams to realize. With the help of Ridley College and family support the students have the tools to make their dreams come true. Watch the video below to hear what a few grads had to say about embarking on their future.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Campus Watch: Shhhh! Exams are Underway!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Campus Watch: Ridley Athletic Awards Ceremony
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Ridley Tradition: Chimes Challenge
Monday, June 7, 2010
Ridley Sports
Today is the annual Chimes Challenge. When the clock strikes 12, students will race around a marked course for the glory of the Chimes Challenge title.
The boys competing are:
Jimmy C.
Adam B.
Ayo A.
Antonius V.
Ayo A.
The girls competing are:
Karen G.
Alaina C.
Jordan F.
Courtney K.
Deanna P.
Stay tuned for a video of the Chimes Challenge- we may have to consult the video replay as this is often a tight race!
Sports Day!
Competition is in the air! Sports Day begins after the Chimes Challenge at noon. Students will be don their favorite orange and black clothing and battle it out on the sports field.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ridley Prefects Announced!
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Ridley Rowing: Bronze Medal for Sculler
Congratulations to Ridley Senior Sculler Ryan M. Ryan received a bronze medal for his performance in Sunday's South Niagara High School Invitational Regatta. The event is one of the largest high school regattas in Canada and draws approximately 1500 athletes from Canada and the United States.
Art Student Honoured
Congratulations to Nicola N., a Grade 12 AP Studio Art student, who has won the Best in Show award at this year's Niagara Regional Youth Art Exhibition. Nicola's work, along with senior secondary student work from 13 other schools in the Niagara region, is on exhibition at the Niagara Youth Art Gallery until June 20th.
The Houses of Ridley: Burgoyne House
Thursday, May 20, 2010
TheatreLink: Using Technology in the Arts
Yesterday the Grade 11 drama students completed the TheatreLink playwriting programme. They performed a play written by students from the Robert Morgan Educational Centre in Florida via video conferencing. After a discussion facilitated by The Manthattan Theatre Club, Ridley students watched the play that they wrote performed by students from Oregon. TheatreLink is an international web-based playwriting programme in its second year at Ridley. There are fourteen schools involved in the programme and it is sponsored by The Manhattan Theatre Club.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Houses of Ridley: Merritt North
Monday, May 17, 2010
Cadet Inspection 2010
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Campus Watch: Cadet Inspection
Monday, May 10, 2010
Merritt North: Music Night
Friday, May 7, 2010
Cabaret Nominated for 14 Cappies!
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It's the Niagara Regions version of the Tony Awards! And Ridley's production of Cabaret has been nominated for 14 Cappies. The Cappies are local theatre awards and Ridley is competing against six other local productions. The winners will be announced at an awards night at St. Catharines Collegiate on May 27th. The cast is also performing a number from the show during the ceremony. Congratulations on the nominations!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Houses of Ridley: Dean's House
The Houses of Ridley: Gooderham East
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Houses of Ridley:Gooderham West
The Houses of Ridley:Merritt South
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Church Parade
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Houses of Ridley: Mandeville House
The Houses of Ridley: Arthur Bishop West
Friday, April 30, 2010
Perfect Weather
Campus Watch: Church Parade
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The Houses of Ridley: Arthur Bishop East
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Houses of Ridley: Leonard House
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
OFSAA Gymnastics
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Ridley Radio: We're on the Air...Are you?
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Ridley Radio launched on Tuesday April 13th and has been going strong ever since. Students have conceived and created individual radio programmes including interview segments, food and cultural reviews, request show, shows that highlight different genres of music, and much more. The programming is really great!! I especially like ‘60 Minutes of Fame’ which showcases Independent music. There are new shows every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Click here to go the Ridley Radio website:
Monday, April 26, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: Dallas Edition
What a four day stretch!
Our matches on Friday were toughly contested, and even though some of our alliance partners were weaker teams, we managed to win them all and sit 2nd out of 100 teams at the end of Friday with just one more match to go in the preliminary rounds on Saturday. The complex scoring system allows teams with similar records to score differently and another good team from Puerto Rico was slightly ahead of us. Friday we celebrated with some excellent Texas steak.
Saturday, the last day of preliminary matches went well. Team 1509 (our best machine) won again for a perfect 8-0 record. 1509R finished 5-3 and 1509B finished 4-4. Because James C finished in the top 10 in the skills challenge, he was given one more opportunity to better his score. James posted a 129 to finish 3rd overall and win our first trophy.
Next we won the innovate award for the most clever techniques and use of VEX material. Following that we managed to win our division of 100 teams and came 3rd overall in the world! To top it all off, we won the most prestigious trophy of all, the Excellence Award, the highest honour at this tournament for overall team play, programming skill, technical excellence and sportsmanship.
Congratulations to the Ridley Robotics team!!
(Update Provided by Coach Rodney Reimer)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: Dallas Edition
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The Ridley robotics team has safely made its way to Dallas for the robotics VEX World Championship. Our trip down was eventful - we made special crates for our machines and when we arrived in Dallas, our machines were not in the luggage! After waiting for a second plane arriving later, we FINALLY got our machines.
Our first day of competition was today, and even though our machines had passed size inspections at previous contests, all 3 machines failed the stringent sizing requirements in Dallas. After grinding and refitting, we got all machines to pass inspection and then went out and competed in our first matches of the tournament. There are 400 machines at the competition, many of which are amazing, but we eked out wins in all of our matches (one by only 2 points: 52-50).
Tomorrow the contest really gets going with 6 more matches and stiffer challenges. This 12 hour day was exhausting but tomorrow is the real test. Team 1509, Ridley Rmageddon, did great today and hopefully we will continue our excellent play tomorrow!
(Update provided by Coach Rodney Reimer)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Public Speaking Contest
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: London Edition
Sadly our trip has come to an end. We have spent our last few days seeing the sights of London and of course doing a little shopping …some more than others – Colin practically bought out Primark. Last night we had a final dinner with the whole group at Zizi’s – an Italian restaurant (how appropriate since the play is Italian). We then went for some ice cream! Today we made our way to Shakespeare’s Globe theatre where we had a tour and a drama workshop. What better place to have a drama workshop! As I sit in the airport I see a lot of sad faces because our trip has come to an end, but we will always have the memories “….when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...that's AMORE...” Congratulations to the casts of the Servant of Two Masters on an incredible drama tour!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: London Edition
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Last night we had our largest audience of the UK tour so far! Many family members, friends and OR's came out to watch our performance which made it a very exciting and special night for the cast. The audience was very receptive and the cast was able to interact with them and use their improv skills. Today we went to Warwick Castle where we met with court jesters, lords and ladies. This afternoon was performance number four. Tomorrow the tour continues on to Oakham for our final performance.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: London Edition
Oxford was beautiful and relaxing, but the tour must continue so on to Warwick for performance number three. I had a moment while on the bus yesterday on the way to Oxford where I kind of felt like I was a part of a British rock band. Every couple of days we load up our tour bus with our luggage, costumes and set. We travel through the English countryside and arrive in a new location every so often ready to perform. I think at the end of this performance we should shout out “WE LOVE YOU WARWICK- YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT!” (in our newly acquired English accents of course) Anyway, we are looking forward to tonight. As a warm up, this afternoon we participated in a drama workshop with students from Warwick school, it was interesting to see the different improv activities and work with drama students from England. We will have many special guests in attendance tonight including Ridley’s former headmaster Rupert Lane and his wife Judy.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: London Edition
It's day four of the Ridley UK drama tour. Yesterday we went to Hampton Court, Henry the VIII's old stomping grounds. Then it was on to Wellington College where we performed in front of an intimate crowd. The theatre was being occupied by another performance, so our crew performed in a room instead of the theatre. It was a great opportunity to interact with the crowd and both the actors and audience really enjoyed this experience. We were happy to have former Ridley chaplain Tim Novice, his wife Catherine and their three children at the show as well as two former Junior Masters. Today we moved on to Oxford. Oxford has some Ridley history. .in fact there is a stone still present in the area that marks Bishop Ridley's martyrdom site--a must see for any Ridlean who visits Oxford. Tomorrow we are heading to Warwick for two shows.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Where in the World is Ridley College?: London Edition
The casts of the ‘Servant of Two Masters’ have just touched down in London town!!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Campus Watch - Broadway to Ridley College in a New York Minute
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The Ross Morrow Theatre was the scene for a unique way of teaching on Thursday, as twenty Grade 11 drama students sat in front of a video screen and participated in a dialogue with teaching artist Judy Trate in New York City.
TheatreLink is an international web-based playwriting programme in its second year at Ridley. Our students are linked with fourteen other geographically diverse communities from across the United States and Greece. Sponsored by The Manhattan Theatre Club , each school collaborates on a playwriting/production project via the Internet. Using distance-learning technologies, students confer with MTC teaching artists, study the MTC play, and communicate with their partner schools. The work culminates in a live presentation of the plays for the partner schools in the spring via video conferencing technology.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Campus watch: 1st Girls Hockey and Boys Basketball
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Despite the snow, it's a hot weekend on campus for 1st Girls Hockey and the Boys Basketball teams! The girls are hosting the NAPHA Hockey tournament to get things going in the new rink while the boys basketball teams are playing host to the Dorland Classic! GO BLACKS! GO BLACKS! GO BLACKS! GO!!