Editing Longmeadow, Massachusetts (section)

== Education ==
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The Longmeadow public school system operates six schools. Blueberry Hill School, Center School, and Wolf Swamp Road School are K−5 elementary schools. Williams Middle School and Glenbrook Middle School serve grades 6–8. [[Longmeadow High School]] serves all students in the town between grades 9 and 12. The town's elementary schools have been recently rebuilt, statements of interest for improvements to the two middle schools and Longmeadow High School were filed with the Massachusetts School Building Authority in 2007. In 2010, the voters of Longmeadow approved a 2.5% budget override to support the construction of a new $78 million high school. The town received an estimated $34 million in state funds to be used towards the new construction The new High School was completed and opened to students on February 26, 2013. After students and faculty had moved into the new school, the demolition of the old school was begun. The demolition was completed by June 2013. The school had its grand opening in September 2013 with both the brand new school and renovated business & administration wing open.

Longmeadow also hosts two private parochial schools, the [http://www.lya.org/ Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy] (LYA) and [https://web.archive.org/web/20090628214505/http://diospringfield.org/SUBDOMAIN/stmary/ St. Mary's Academy]. LYA was established in 1946 in response to the Greater Springfield Jewish community's need for a quality Jewish day school. In 1999, LYA became the first Jewish day school to be accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The more than 90 students that the school serves each year from across the spectrum of Jewish life include orthodox, conservative, reform, and unaffiliated families. St. Mary's Academy, located behind St. Mary's Church, serves Catholic students grades Pre-K through Grade 8.

Approximately 50% of the students at Longmeadow High School participate in the music program. The choruses have won numerous gold medals at the [[Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association|MICCA]] competition. The jazz ensemble has won numerous gold medals as well, but no longer competes. The honors chorus "Lyrics" has won numerous awards and has traveled to many places around the world on tours, such as [[Italy]] and [[Sweden]]. The wind ensemble and symphony orchestra have had the honor of performing in Indianapolis, Boston (Boston Symphony Hall), and New York (Carnegie Hall). In 2010, Longmeadow was awarded The American Prize in Orchestral Performance. The music program's crowning achievement has been receiving three national [[Grammy Awards]] based on the high level of excellence maintained throughout all groups in the music program.

Longmeadow is home to the primary campus of [[Bay Path University]], a private undergraduate and graduate institution founded in 1897.