The Looking Glass

On March 12, 2020, Montrose closed its physical doors in Medfield, MA in response to the rise of the coronavirus pandemic. Since our move into the virtual world, the Montrose community has stayed alive and well. The Looking Glass shifted from monthly print editions to our online website, where we have altogether posted over 100 articles. With our biweekly meetings and steady stream of daily articles that are written by students and workshopped by a team of 20 student editors, we’ve turned our greatest challenge into an opportunity. It’s been a long road, and we’ve grown in more ways that...

Maevis Fahey '21, Editor-in-Chief

The year 2020 will go down in history books. Between the Australia wildfires, the coronavirus pandemic, and recent protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death, there will certainly be many topics to cover. Hopefully, the future history books of local town communities will see a change in the year 2020 as well. On Sunday, June 7, about 1,000 Medway residents took to the streets in a peaceful march from the Medway Middle School to Choate Park. The Medway Marches were filled with people of all ages dressed in black for solidarity and wearing masks to cull the spread of coronavirus. While practicing...

Emma Barry '22 and Faith Chen '22

 If you have been paying even minimal attention to the news in the past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed the outbreak of protests across our nation and our world related to instances of police brutality and racial inequality. Sparked by the death of individuals like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery at the hands of some law enforcement officials, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Though some BLM protests have been associated with violence and looting, they are an organization that preaches peaceful protest and reform....

Anna Sheehan '21 and Lucy Stefani '21

At last year's Speech State Final tournament, a couple of sophomores jokingly said, “Hey what if we put together a Shrek multiple for next year?” At speech competitions, there are many events to compete in, such as reading speeches, poetry, emulating a radio broadcaster, and many others. This speech event, officially called Multiple Reading, requires three to eight students to perform a twelve minute excerpt of a movie, TV episode, musical, or play. What makes Multiple so special is that the students cut the script, cast the piece, and create the choreography on their own. We use chairs as...

Tess Farr '22, Ask Alice Editor

As protests take place across America in wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd, celebrities and many other public figures and companies have taken to social media to give their opinions on the current situation. Some of these posts are centered around the message “All Lives Matter.” When this happens, the post will typically receive backlash in the form of disappointed and angry comments, a critical Buzzfeed article, and will probably be followed by a Notes app apology (to take an apology to the ~next level~, record a video apologizing and post to either Instagram, Twitter, or both).  “But...