Bezawit O'Neill '23, Faith Editor

Editor's Note: Bezawit O'Neill '23 earned Top Honors for Massachusetts in Level II of the annual Letters for Literature Contest.  Additionally, Hana Shinzawa '24 and Elizabeth Glaeser '24 won Honorable Mention and Honors respectively. Below, you will find Beza's beautiful letter to Enid Blyton, author of the Faraway Tree series. I was born in Gonder, Ethiopia and lived with my aunt in Addis Ababa with my oldest sister, Mekdes, my two younger sisters, Selamawit and Rahel, and my baby brother, Andualem. My aunt had six boys and two girls, and we were a close family even though we didn’t have...

Anna Sheehan '21, Clubs & Classes Editor

As we wrap up the year, we celebrate many traditions at Montrose. One of these traditions is recognizing our students’ successes during the past school year at the Laureate and Achievement awards assemblies. At the Laureate assembly, the faculty awards character awards to middle school students, academic awards to upper school students, college book awards to juniors, and commencement awards to seniors. The next day, the Achievement awards recognize the accomplishments of Montrose students within the school and in competitions outside of Montrose.   Here are this year’s Laureate...

Lily Wei '20, Features Editor

Editor's Note: Lily Wei '20, one of our exchange students from China, served as this year's treasurer for the Executive Student Government team. The three other members of the exec team were seniors who graduated this morning - Clare Melley '19, Kiki Karam '19, and Maddie Marcucci '19. Below, Lily reflects upon her experiences with these three inspiring women.   My personal experience in Student Government at this year’s treasurer did not start off smoothly. It took me a few months to put my name on the school bank account just because I don’t have a simple social society number....

Cecilia Ashenuga '24, Contributing Writer

May is the month of Mary and the perfect time to talk about Marian apparitions, especially as we come to the close of the month. Actually, just recently, Pope Francis made a declaration about the ongoing apparition of Mary in Medjugorje in Bosnia. Our Lady has allegedly been appearing there many times since 1981. The Vatican has yet to claim Medjugorje an “accredited.” Nonetheless, since the site has produced several spiritual fruits (conversions, renewed fervor, etc.), the Holy Father has declared that Christians may lead pilgrimages there. So what exactly is an apparition? And what does...

Maevis Fahey '21, Editor in Chief

If you walked through in the cafeteria or Senior Commons after school a couple months ago, you probably heard many singing voices and piano notes resonating through the hallways. Throughout March and April, actresses of this year’s spring musical rehearsed in the the M&M Building every afternoon. Mary Poppins came to Montrose earlier this month, and Montrose thespians performed magically. After many hours of memorizing lines and learning choreography, the cast and crew put on one of Montrose’s best productions to date.   Abby McAvoy ’19, graduating this Friday (and pictured...