Important News

The basketball teams have been doing so well!! Girls Varsity beat Mt Hebron and Northeast High School. They beat Northeast 74-17 Girls JV also beat both teams!! Boys Varsity came back to beat Mt Hebron 70-65, but fell to Arundel. Boys JV beat Arundel 55-53. Our wrestling team beat Hammond last week!! Good luck in your matches today!

Please help support the PTSA Restaurant Night at Chipotle on Monday, Dec 12th from 5-8pm. Bring in this flyer, show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 50% of the proceeds will be donated to Long Reach PTSA.

Senior students who have not met their college and career readiness requirement according to the State of Maryland will be required to reassess by taking Algebra 11 and/or ELA PARCC assessment. the assessment will be December 13, 14, 15 for Algebra and December 19, 20, 21 for ELA. There are also several other students in grades 10-11 who are required to test for various reasons. Parents have been notified and all students will receive a pass with the appropriate dates, time and location. Participation is mandatory and students are encouraged to be here on times on and to do their very best!

For the second year in a row, HCPSS has been named the top school system in Maryland by Niche.com.

This week students are participating in Hour of Code. Our goal is that students can be engaged in activities which allow them to explore coding and see the career opportunities in a variety of fields from digital arts to electronics to game design.

Dear LRHS, I hope you each had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We have had a lot to celebrate this week at LRHS. We learned that 9 of our current students auditioned for and were accepted into the Maryland All-State Band, Chorus and Orchestra.

The Herff-Jones Representative will be at Long Reach on December 8, and 9 during all lunch shifts to take cap, gown, ring and announcement orders and answer any questions.

The LAST sitting for senior portraits here at school will be Tuesday, December 6. If your student would like to have his/her portrait taken that day, he/she must make an appointment by signing up on the schedule outside of room 326.

HC DrugFree’s Teen Advisory Council is open to all Howard County high school students and community service hours are available. The next two meetings will be on Monday, December 12 and Monday, January 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at The Barn (Teen Center) in the Oakland Mills Village Center. Free pizza provided. Teens need to complete the 2016-17 online registration form and RSVP to admin@hcdrugfree.org.

Congratulations to the following Long Reach music students who auditioned for and were accepted into the Maryland All-State Band, Chorus and Orchestra.