Category Archives: Upper School Events

Ski Day 2013

Bright and early on Friday morning students in Grade 7-12 boarded buses and we headed to Kissing Bridge in New York state for a day of downhill skiing, snowboarding and tubing.  Excellent conditions made for a great day on the … Continue reading

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Ridley College Tradition – Cadet Mess Dinner

The annual Cadet Mess Dinner was held Friday evening in the Great Hall.  Ten students were honoured with long service medals from the military and Dr. Lowell Scott and Mr. Nick Holmes were honoured with long service awards from the … Continue reading

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Grade 9 Residential Life Night

To celebrate the New Year and to take some time to reconnect after the Christmas holidays, the grade 9s met for a residential life evening on Thursday. The boys met with their housemasters and assistants to play some soccer and … Continue reading

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Designing “Blood Brothers”

A musical, a classic comedy or a modern drama are all possibilities for Ridley College’s two major productions every year.  This year in the fall Ridley drama produced “The Comedy of Errors” and in the winter they are producing the … Continue reading

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Holiday Season Celebrated at Ridley College

With over 37 countries represented at Ridley we are truly an international school.  To celebrate the holiday season and our global diversity we hold a Christmas Around the World Service each year.  This year we had students read passages in … Continue reading

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Leonard and Mandeville House Charity – “Free the Children”

Free the Children is an organization that was founded by Craig Kielburger in 1995. He believes that young people have the power to change the world. The name of the organization comes from three goals: free the children from poverty, … Continue reading

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Ridley College Raises Over $1,500 for Movember

In early November you probably noticed some five o’clock shadow forming on the upper lips of teachers, Upper School Boys, Father Jason and even Headmaster Mr. Kidd.  By mid-November you could see the normally clean-shaven men with some serious facial … Continue reading

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Ridley College Alumnus Bruce Croxon ’79 – Part One of Speech “Life of an Entrepreneur”

Bruce Croxon ’79 – Ridley College alumnus, Co-Founder of Lavalife and Celebrity Judge on CBC’s Dragon’s Den spoke in the Mandeville Theatre on Wednesday, November 21st. In the first of three videos Mr. Croxon speaks about the life of an … Continue reading

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Ridley College Runs Annual Cross Country Race

Yesterday, the Lower and Upper School students braved the brisk fall air to run the annual cross country race – one of Ridley’s longest standing traditions.  For the Lower School students tribe pride was on the line.  Students dressed in … Continue reading

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Ridley presents “The Comedy of Errors”

Ridley drama is set to present “The Comedy of Errors” October 26th and 27th and November 2nd and 3rd at 7:30pm in the Mandeville Theatre. “The Comedy of Errors” tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were … Continue reading

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