Interactive & Engaging
Real-world, complex situations require more than textbooks and lectures. Outside of traditional assignments, students learn through open-ended problem solving and investigations, debates, hands-on experimentation, and other activities developed by teachers and students together.
Options for All
Inclusive and welcoming, Mountain Ridge supports all learners. Talented and gifted, special education, affective needs, career and technical as well as other programs are part of Mountain Ridge’s mainstream education. This approach allows students the opportunity to learn and gives them social space to recognize and respect each other.
High-Altitude Academics
Like other district middle schools, Mountain Ridge participates in High Trails. Over two days and one night, students earn hands-on experience understanding the relationships among history, geography, earth, life and space sciences through a camp-like atmosphere in an outdoor classroom.
Plugged In
Mountain Ridge practices global citizenship in the digital age through personalized and diverse learning opportunities. With their own devices or a school-provided devices, students dive deeper into subjects either learning about or developing technology, all while refining 21st century communication skills.