published by admin on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 11:28
The R.A. Long Alumni Association web site is currently being upgraded. Don't mind the unusual, non-Lumberjack-related pictures in the masthead; they are placeholders. Please bear with us while the process is completed. Thank you.
R.A. Long High School is a great school full of amazing graduates, students, teachers, and staff. With R.A. Long alumnus Rich Reeves (’86) taking over as principal with the 2009-2010 academic year, we expect more great things to come out of the school.
Welcome!
The R. A. Long High School Alumni Association began in 2002 with just a few people gathering to answer the question "Wouldn't it be nice to form an alumni association to maintain contact amongst the generations of R. A. Long students and to benefit the school and current students in some way?" This small group researched, planned, and registered as a non-profit corporation in the State of Washington. The Association is also a non-profit organization under the IRS 501(c)(3).
published by Mike on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 18:18
R.A. Long's "Mr. Lumberjack" contest raised over $1,500.00 for "the Veterans of Foreign Wars to distribute to needy veterans in the area". Read The Daily News story here.
Great job!
published by Mike on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 17:58
The Daily News had featured a story on R.A. Long's Key Club. The Key Club has begun a recycling program at R.A. Long. According to the story, R.A. Long is one of the first schools to begin such an ambitious recycling program.
Great job! Keep up the good work!
published by Mike on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 19:59
The 2011 R.A. Long High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Friday, March 18. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 PM and will be in the R.A. Long Auditorium. Note: This is a change from the previous Fall induction ceremonies. The date change is an experiment with the goal of avoiding conflict with inductee's holiday travel plans.
Keep checking back here. We'll have a list of the inductees soon.
published by Mike on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 16:53
RAL grad Julisa Smith ('02) was featured by The Daily News on Sunday, February 27, 2011. Smith is working as an usher for the 2011 Academy Awards. You can read the Daily News story here.
published by Mike on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 06:51
The Daily News profiled comic and RAL grad Aaron Therol ('97) recently. Read the Daily News story here. Therol and some of his fellow comics also spent some time with RAL's theater class.
published by Mike on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 17:47
Former R.A. Long head football coach and teacher Gary Ekegren died December 31, 2010. Coach Ekegren had been battling pancreatic cancer. Ekegren taught and coached at R.A. Long 1980-1989.
published by Mike on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 19:09
The interior of R.A. Long High School is being painted. We're told that the school has not been painted since the renovation of '83-'84. More than 25 years! Principal Reeves and other volunteers, including students, are taking on the task, often working at night. Even with donated labor and discounted materials, the project is still costly. Given severely constrained budgets, the Longview School District cannot fund painting the interior. The Association and several other donors have provided the funding for this project.
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