A crayon drawing of Lynn Oury the 2025 Loveland Valentine Lady by 1-grader Evelyn
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by Jennifer Miller
Loveland, Ohio – Lynn Oury, The 2025 Loveland Valentine Lady, visited my 1st-grade classroom on February 27th. The Valentine Lady visit is always exciting and something that my students look forward to. My students love meeting someone from their Loveland Community and why Valentine’s Day is so special in Loveland. This year proved no different and perhaps was a little more anticipated as Lynn is also known as Miss Lynn, the preschool teacher!
I have known Lynn for about twenty years. I have known her as a 
beloved colleague and as a mom when my own daughter had her for two years in preschool almost seventeen years ago. To say that I was excited about this year’s Valentine Lady was an understatement. I knew Lynn’s visit to my classroom would be an experience that my students wouldn’t forget and I was right.
Miss Lynn came to our classroom that morning dressed the part in a cheery Valentine sweater and she also had some props. She talked
about Loveland, friendships and caring for one another. She captured our attention as she retold a chapter from Frog and Toad are Friends. She taught us some sign language as she told the story and also used several buttons as props as she retold the endearing story of Toad looking for his button with Frog.
She ended her time with us by presenting us with a wooden heart ornament that her husband had made for us. It now hangs in our classroom as a reminder to be kind to one another. She stamped a special Valentine for each of us to either keep or to give to someone special.
We said our goodbyes and took a few photos with Miss Lynn before she was on her way to another classroom. Hunter and Oliver had a special picture taken with her as they were members of her last preschool school class before she retired.
At the time of Lynn’s visit, my students were learning to write a report. We spent the next few weeks writing about The Valentine’s Lady visit to our classroom. We collected our information, made a plan for our writing and then wrote our reports. Below is our collective report.
Miss Lynn returned to our classroom on April 11th. We surprised her with our reports and this story. She got to click the Loveland Magazine “Publish” button!
Below are pictures of our time together and our favorite pages from our reports.
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Photos by David Miller/Loveland Magazine ©2024
