| Long Reach High School | |
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| 6101 Old Dobbin Lane Columbia, Maryland 21045 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1996 |
| Principal | Mr. David Burton |
| Enrollment | 1,443 |
| Color(s) | Purple , Silver ,
White , & Black |
| Mascot | Lightning |
| Website | http://hcpss.org/lrhs |
Long Reach High School is a public high school located in Columbia, Maryland. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.
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Long Reach High School is located in eastern Howard County, Maryland. It is east of Maryland Route 175 and west of Maryland Route 108. This school is a very short distance south of Howard High School. Long Reach High School's boundary touches those of Howard High School, Oakland Mills High School, and Hammond High School.[1]
In 1695, Colonel Edward Dorsey, patriarch of an influential Maryland family, purchased a 448 acre (1.8 km²) tract of land in northern Anne Arundel County. (Howard County did not come into existence until 1850.) The plantation he built first grew tobacco and later, with the opening of a mill by the Ellicott brothers (Ellicott City), grew wheat. Dorsey named his plantation Long Reach. In 1974, Long Reach became the name of one of the new planned city of Columbia's original villages. In 1995, a new high school, Long Reach High School, was built in the village of Long Reach in the city of Columbia.[2] Also, Long Reach was featured in the background of a scene in the comedy movie Borat.
Long Reach High School has won the following state championships in sports:
| 2009 | 1,212 |
| 2008 | 1,247 |
| 2007 | 1,356 |
| 2006 | 1,428 |
| 2005 | 1,478 |
| 2004 | 1,562 |
| 2003 | 1,497 |
| 2002 | 1,492 |
| 2001 | 1,430 |
| 2000 | 1,522 |
| 1999 | 1,381 |
| 1998 | 1,287 |
| 1997 | 968 |
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