Important News

Now open to all AP Students and Parents... Dear Long Reach AP Student/Parent, Does the thought of tackling your first Advanced Placement course make you quiver? Does the idea of taking numerous AP courses at once overwhelm you? Well then, it’s time to get into AP shape! The AP Team invites you to attend Long Reach High School’s 4th Annual…

HCPSS uses Family File for parents/guardians to complete emergency information. Parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child, and can do so by logging in to HCPSS Connect Parents new to the Howard County Public School System will receive a welcome email with instructions to activate an account. These welcome emails are expected to begin going out later this…

Message August 5: Dear LRHS Community, On July 19, I sent a message to our community to address inaccurate information in relation to the boundary review process that was critical of Long Reach High School (LRHS). Since then, we have received tremendous support throughout Howard County. I would like to invite you to our first Restorative Justice Healing Circle this…

CLASS OF 2021 The Class of 2021 is in the process of planning several great events/activities for our rising Sophomores – A School Ring Ceremony, The Prom, and a Moving Up Ceremony/ Picnic Day (once the seniors leave). We will be running several fundraisers throughout the year to help cut the costs of these events/ activities. We are currently collecting…

Childhood food insecurity remains at unacceptable levels across the country and children are most acutely at risk during the summer, when they do not have access to school meals. In 2015, about 3.8 million children received Summer Meals - far fewer than the 21 million children who receive free or reduced price lunches through the National School Lunch Program during…

For all of our students that will be attending Summer School, this is a reminder that both your Student Orientation and first day of classes are next Wednesday, June 26, at either Atholton or Hammond High Schools depending on the course you are taking. We wish you luck with your courses this summer and hope that you have a great…

HCPSS is excited to utilize online scheduling for the 2019-2020 school year. You and your child selected courses, and school counselors have met with students to review their course selections. Your student's scheduled courses for the 2019-2020 school year will be mailed home with their final report card. If you would like to make changes to the current scheduled courses…

On Wed. June 12th the Long Reach Leadership Classes hosted Cathy Smith representing Grassroots Crisis Intervention in an effort to increase Mental Health Awareness. The project was undertaken to expand the cooperation between Long Reach and Grassroots, a provider of a long list of mental health services. Ms. Smith met our students in our atrium and taught our classes about…

From the Health Room- If your child has medication in the Health Room, you will be receiving a call within the next week from either the School Nurse or School Health Assistant in regards to end-of-the-year medications. We will work out a plan on when medications will be picked up and by whom. As a reminder, medications for the next…

Our Leadership Classes have teamed up with Grassroots in an effort to promote Mental Health Awareness here at Long Reach. Grassroots is a private, nonprofit organization that has worked with Long Reach before. It is a multi-service crisis center providing 24 hour crisis services, emergency and transitional shelter and community education. We want students to be aware of this FREE…