The Lightning Flash – The Student News Site of Long Reach High School

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Bored in Quarantine?
May 26, 2020
See what Long Reach staff and students are up to during quarantine. Maybe you'll be inspired to try something new!
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Bored in Quarantine?
May 19, 2020
See what Long Reach is up to during quarantine, and get new ideas for keeping busy and staying positive!
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Book Talk
May 16, 2020
Join Long Reach Media Specialist Ms. Lee for her book recommendations during quarantine!
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Many Recognitions, Many Reasons to be Humble
May 8, 2020
Vung Bawi, Editor
Students would agree that being taught by this award-winning teacher is an award in and of itself. Ms. Zepp is in her sixteenth year of teaching and has won multiple awards, including the 2015 Maryland Teacher of the Year, 2015 Class Nobel Educator of the Year, and the 2014-2015 Washington Post Agnes...
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An Octave Higher
May 6, 2020
Vung Bawi, Editor
Walking into the room where Ms. Pompei’s desk is, there is a little poster hung on the file cabinet with a magnet. It says, “Music teachers are an octave higher than others.” Ms. Pompei is a music teacher at Long Reach who has been teaching since Long Reach High School was established in 1996. She...
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May 1, 2020 • Comments closed

“There is something about poetry beyond prose logic; there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.” -Edward Young. On Tuesday, February 11th, Long Reach High School held a special poetry event presented...

Commit the Crime, and MAYBE do the Time

Jadyn Howard, Staff Writer

March 12, 2020 • Comments closed

Why work hard when you can bribe your way into your dream college? Perhaps this question crossed the minds of celebrities Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, and more. One year ago this month, the FBI arrested those...

Let Us Pray For Australia

Trinity Robertson, Editor

March 11, 2020 • Comments closed

The devastating news of the bushfires in Australia has completely taken the world by surprise. In mid-November of 2019, the country declared a state of emergency as the bushfires continued to rapidly grow since September,...

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Bored in Quarantine?

May 26, 2020 • Comments closed

See what Long Reach staff and students are up to during quarantine. Maybe you'll be inspired to try something new!

Bored in Quarantine? May 19, 2020
Book Talk May 16, 2020
Pass the Hype May 13, 2020
Many Recognitions, Many Reasons to be Humble May 8, 2020

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Critics' Corner

All Good Things Come to an End

Tori Ely, Staff Writer

May 5, 2020 • Comments closed

Whywhywhy is what audience members were thinking when members of the band MisterWives brought a dramatic end to their December 13th concert. The band of six New Yorkers closed off their “No...

Manic Episodes

May 4, 2020

This New Album is Taking Countries by Storm

May 1, 2020

Don’t Tell Her What She Can’t Do

May 1, 2020

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