Longmeadow High School is located on Grassy Gutter Road in
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Longmeadow High School was founded in 1956 and enrolls approximately 1,100 students. The school's mascot is a Lancer.
Longmeadow High School is known for being one of the best public schools in its area. Longmeadow High consistently scores above the national average in both the verbal and mathematics section of the
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Longmeadow High School is located on Grassy Gutter Road in
Longmeadow, MassachusettsLongmeadow is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,633 at the 2000 census. Its town government consists of a Select Board with 5 members....
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Longmeadow High School was founded in 1956 and enrolls approximately 1,100 students. The school's mascot is a Lancer.
Longmeadow High School is known for being one of the best public schools in its area. Longmeadow High consistently scores above the national average in both the verbal and mathematics section of the
SATThe SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service...
. Longmeadow also scores above the state average in the state wide test, the
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. Approximately 5% of seniors continue their studies at a four year college. In recent years top students have gained admission to the most respected schools in the nation, including all in the
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, Stanford, MIT,
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Besides excelling in academics, Longmeadow High also boasts an exceptional athletics department. Longmeadow has many state and division championships on their record. Longmeadow has a powerful football program making them ranked as 5th in the state and 1st in WMass. However, Longmeadow lost the traditional Thanksgiving Day game to its rival East Longmeadow in 2008.
Longmeadow High School is also known for its Grammy award-winning music program, which includes an orchestra, a student-run chamber orchestra, two bands, a jazz band, a pep band, two women's choirs, a men's choir, an honors choir, an a cappella women's choir, and an honors a cappella choir. These ensembles have received numerous awards and honors, including international tours, performances at Carnegie Hall and Boston Symphony Hall, and MICCA Festival Gold Medals.
Notable alumni
- Bridget Moynahan
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- actress, appeared in I, RobotI, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are...
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's baby.
- Aaron Lewis
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- Lead singer of the alternative metal band StaindStaind is an American rock band from Springfield, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist/vocalist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki...
- Jay Heaps
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- Defenseman for New England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club is owned by Robert Kraft, who also owns the New England Patriots of the National Football League...
- Michael Palmer - New York Times Best Selling author
- Joey Santiago
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- Lead Guitarist of the Pixies
- Dan Whipple- Defenseman for the Major League Lacrosse Boston Cannons
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- Damien Fahey
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- TRL host
- Meghann Fahy - understudy to the lead in Broadway musical Next to Normal
- Joel Merrill - Minor League Baseball Hall of Famer
External links
- http://www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/lhs/pages/about/SATA03.htm
- http://www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/dist/pdfs/Grade%2010%20MCAS%202005%20Scanned.pdf
- http://www.bostoncannons.com/team/roster/?id=10618
- http://www.masslive.com/varsity/football/
- http://www.longmeadowmusic.com