Seniors gathered at dawn on April 15th to watch the sunrise together and celebrate the end of four years at Long Reach. Senior year is a pivotal moment in every student’s life, but this experience has been compromised due to safety measures enforced by the county to curb the spread of COVID-19.  To...

As environmentalists and conservationists have discovered that planting trees has been a way to reduce the use of carbon emissions, a new challenge has formed, setting back the previous goals of reforestation.  Recently, the Frontiers in Forests and Global Change journal found that there is...

Should the United States federal government substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States? You have 8 minutes to form a response. Go!   Two years ago, the Long Reach Speech and Debate team was formed by two students after watching the movie Speech and Debate (2017)...

Junior Kailey Young was first nominated for the Carson Scholars Fund when she was in fifth grade, and she has received it a total of six times since, including her most recent win in March of 2021. According to Young, “The Carson Scholars Fund awards $1,000 scholarships to students in grades...

Junior Autumn Boit’s self-portrait “Ascent of a Dreaming Artist” is on display with the Howard County Arts Council Re-Imagining Boundaries: Persevering in the Time of COVID virtual exhibit.  For her piece, Boit was inspired by both her fondness for modern and classical fantasy and science fiction....