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  • Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District

    Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District

    Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    by Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine is interested in hearing from parents, students, and teachers to find out about their experience so far with attending or teaching in the Loveland City School District’s Remote Online Academy.

    If you are a remote Online Academy teacher, student, or parent or guardian, please tell us about the experience after the first three weeks.

    You can send us an email or your video or audio response to lovelandmagazine@cinci.rr.com. Please use the subject line “Remote Online Academy”.

    Loveland Magazine will respect your desire to keep your response anonymous.

    • As a teacher, has the District supported your technology needs? Are they quick to fix your broken technology? Have they provided you with adequate hardware to teach effectively? Is the computer supplied by the district adequate?
    • As a parent/guardian or student, do you have adequate technology in your home, and is the district doing enough to meet your needs? Is the district responding well to help your child with connectivity problems?
    • Teachers, we would be interested to know how much you have spent of your personal money supplying your virtual classroom for a satisfactory learning experience for teaching. Have you purchased learning materials, microphones, webcams, monitors, etc? (Send us photos of your remote classroom)
    • How about class size?
    • Do your students or child with an IEP, ect., currently, have adequate support to be successful?
    • Teachers – Do all of your students have adequate support at home to succeed in a remote learning environment?
    • In what ways could the community help you as a teacher, parent/guardian, or student have a successful Remote Online Academy experience?
  • Great Parks Hunt

    Great Parks Hunt

    This year, the regional Great Outdoor Weekend event is Great Outdoor Week, and they are letting you create your own outside adventure with a photo!
    They will be posting photo hints on their Instagram of secret locations all across Great Parks of Hamilton County. Teams of four or fewer will earn points for posting selfies at the secret locations with the hashtag #greatparkshunt. Prizes will be awarded to teams who accrue 25 points or more. The hunt begins Sept. 19 and goes through Sept. 27.

    Lake Isabella

    Lake Isabella is a quiet 76-acre lake that packs a big bite when it comes to fishing for feisty catfish.

    Enjoy a 28-acre pay lake that is stocked weekly March through October and offers fishing from the bank, dock or rental boat. Electric trolling motors are permitted. Personal watercraft, such as canoes and kayaks, are not permitted on the lake. Lake Isabella also has a full-service boathouse and reservable Chart Room, Riverside Lodge and Shady Elm Shelter for group outings. The park offers picnic areas, a playground and access to the Little Miami River.

         

  • [POLL] Will you allow your children to go Trick or Treating this year?

    [POLL] Will you allow your children to go Trick or Treating this year?

    Halloween this year is on Saturday, October 31.

    Is Halloween tooooo scary this year?

    Will you allow your children to go Trick or Treating this year?

    [poll id=”7″]

    Trick or Treat hours are usually between 6 and 8 PM in Loveland, however, Loveland Clerk of Council Misty Cheshire said this morning that a decision has not yet been made about Halloween this year in the City. She said City Council will probably make a decision at their regular meeting next Tuesday.

    Is Halloween tooooo scary this year?

    Will you be passing out Treats this year?

    [poll id=”8″]

    For fun watch this LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV Halloween video that searches for the Loveland Frog at the Legendary Loveland Frog Ball…

    The Investigation of Centre Alley

    The sign caused quite a comotion as residents gathered and traffic was at a standstill for hours when residents came to see it for themselves.

  • [POLL] Will you be passing out Halloween candy this year?

    [POLL] Will you be passing out Halloween candy this year?

    Halloween this year is on Saturday, October 31.

    Trick or Treat hours are usually between 6 and 8 PM in Loveland, however, Loveland Clerk of Council Misty Cheshire said this morning that a decision has not yet been made about Halloween this year in the City. She said City Council will probably make a decision at their regular meeting next Tuesday.

    Is Halloween tooooo scary this year?

    Will you be passing out Treats this year?

    [poll id=”8″]

    Will you allow your children to go Trick or Treating this year?

    [poll id=”7″]

    For fun watch this LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV Halloween video that searches for the Loveland Frog at the Legendary Loveland Frog Ball…

    The Investigation of Centre Alley

    The sign caused quite a comotion as residents gathered and traffic was at a standstill for hours when residents came to see it for themselves.

  • Live From Music Hall – CSO Digital Season Opener

    Live From Music Hall – CSO Digital Season Opener

    The CSO’s new fall season is almost here. GO online for the FREE premiere of Live from Music Hall on September 26th at 8 PM EDT.

    Louis Langrée leads the CSO in the first performance of the digital concert series featuring Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Gather the family and enjoy music together again.

    How to Watch:

  • Cindy Wilmes: Running through sunshine and puddles

    Cindy Wilmes: Running through sunshine and puddles

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland photographer Cindy Wilmes says, “Running through sunshine and puddles is such a great mantra for life!”

    I took this after a pop up shower on one of my long 10 mile runs through Loveland in early September. I stopped to enjoy the puddles by the Loveland Museum and loved that the water was clear enough to see my reflection! I thought it was so neat to see the blue skies bouncing back through the pool of water—I had to snap a picture!

  • Watch Dean Parker’s “Call the Shot” OnDemand

    Watch Dean Parker’s “Call the Shot” OnDemand

    Los Angeles LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL returns to cut through the trials of a global pandemic by serving up a treasure trove of independent film, delivered and available to enjoy from the safety and comfort of your own home.

    Dean Parker hails from Loveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Loveland High School is one of the participants.

    You can watch the short film Parker directed, “Call the Shot” online as many times as you want until October 11th as part of the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. ​Call the Shot is about a suicidal man convincing his bartender to carry out his death wish through a life-defining conversation.

    Follow this LINK and purchase a ticket. Make sure you have chosen the Trendsetters shorts 4 section! That is the section where Call the Shot is playing.

    Also make sure to vote for Call the Shot for the audience choice award!

    Parker is an award winning filmmaker and a former Loveland Magazine intern.

    Learn more about Dean Parker at deanparkerfilms.com
    In traditional Lift-Off fashion, we bring true independent film from emerging artists around the globe, connecting the US and international markets. Our aim to maximise artist’s connection with audience, and provide an experimental platform for indie creatives to help nurture voices and launch careers.
    A mixture of new voices, trendsetter feature narratives and genre bending shorts; for the first time in Lift-Off’s history, we bring you a programme of online-only content with our partners Vimeo OnDemand.
  • Loveland bus driver tests positive for COVID 19/Caso positivo COVID-19

    Loveland bus driver tests positive for COVID 19/Caso positivo COVID-19

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District sent out a newsletter this morning reporting they have been notified that a bus driver has tested positive for COVID-19. The driver was last present at work on Thursday, September 10.

    As a result of this confirmed case, the following actions were taken according to the District:

      • One student was determined to be in close-contact (6 feet or less for 15 minutes or more) with the confirmed case, and that family has been notified and will follow Hamilton County Public Health protocols.
      • For other students on this driver’s routes, those families have also been notified to advise them of the positive case and to assure them that their students were not in close contact.

    If you were not notified, your student was not determined to be in close contact.

    Should you or your student develop any of these symptoms, the District advises you to contact your healthcare provider for guidance and to be aware of any of these symptoms:

    – Fever and chills
    – Cough
    – Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    – Fatigue
    – Muscle or body aches
    – Headache
    – Loss of taste or smell
    – Sore throat
    – Congestion or runny nose
    – Nausea or vomiting
    – Diarrhea

    In order to find the school’s COVID-19 data, go to Loveland City Schools home page, click the tab “Reopening Plan.” On the left-hand side, it will say “COVID-19 Data Update.” Click there. At the very bottom of that page, click the link to their document that tracks the numbers.

    The current Dashboard was last up-dated on Friday (see below) and does not reflect the positive case or “close contact” reported on Thursday.

    Caso positivo COVID-19 

    Familia de tigres de Loveland,

    Este fin de semana, se notificó al distrito que uno de nuestros conductores de autobús dio positivo por COVID-19. El conductor estuvo presente por última vez en el trabajo el 10/09/20. Como resultado de este caso confirmado, se están tomando las siguientes acciones en este momento:

    • Se determinó que un estudiante estaba en contacto cercano (6 pies o menos durante 15 minutos o más) con el caso confirmado, y esa familia ha sido notificada y seguirá los protocolos de Salud Pública del Condado de Hamilton.
    • Para otros estudiantes en las rutas de este conductor, esas familias también han sido notificadas para informarles del caso positivo y asegurarles que sus estudiantes no estuvieron en contacto cercano.
    • Si no se le notificó, no se determinó que su estudiante estuviera en contacto cercano.
    • Todo el personal y los estudiantes deben seguir los protocolos descritos por Salud Pública del Condado de Hamilton, incluidos los controles de salud diarios para detectar síntomas de COVID-19.
    • Si usted o su estudiante desarrollan alguno de estos síntomas, comuníquese con su proveedor de atención médica para obtener orientación: 

    – Fiebre y escalofríos 
    – Tos 
    – Falta de aire o dificultad para respirar 
    – Fatiga 
    – Dolores musculares o corporales 
    – Dolor de cabeza 
    – Pérdida del gusto u olfato 
    – Dolor de garganta 
    – Congestión o secreción nasal 
    – Náuseas o vómitos 
    – Diarrea

    En todo momento, es la intención de las Escuelas de la Ciudad de Loveland esforzarse por la seguridad de sus estudiantes y personal. Las pautas que se siguen aquí se ajustan a las establecidas por el sitio web de Salud Pública del Condado de Hamilton o de los CDC en https://www.cdc.gov/ .

  • Food stamp benefits available to eligible Ohio schoolchildren attending classes remotely

    Food stamp benefits available to eligible Ohio schoolchildren attending classes remotely

    By Ohio Capital Journal Staff

    Thousands of Ohio children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at school will soon receive money to buy food through the Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced last week.

    This funding was made possible by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a release said, adding that ODJFS provided more than $250 million in P-EBT benefits to more than 850,000 Ohio children last spring. The agency recently received federal approval to issue a second round of benefits for children enrolled in schools operating fully remotely or with a hybrid remote/in-person model, the release said.

    “As families juggle the challenges of work, remote learning, and additional responsibilities, I hope that these additional benefits eliminate the stress of providing healthy, nutritious meals,” said Gov. Mike DeWine in the release.

    ODJFS is working with the Ohio Department of Education and local school districts to identify all eligible children, which includes children participating in remote learning for at least five consecutive days between the dates Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 who are already eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

    “Ensuring that our most vulnerable children have access to nutritious meals remains a top priority,” said ODJFS Director Kimberly Hall. “As families continue to navigate the challenges related to COVID, we are happy to have the P-EBT program as an additional resource to offer our children and their families.”

    As with the benefits issued last spring, the P-EBT benefits will be added to the Ohio Direction cards of families that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the release said. Families that do not receive SNAP benefits will be sent P-EBT cards with the one-time benefit added and no application is needed, it added.

    Individuals may qualify for SNAP if their household’s gross monthly income is at or under 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. Ohioans can apply at benefits.ohio.gov.

  • Remembering 9/11 in Loveland, Ohio

    Remembering 9/11 in Loveland, Ohio

    Loveland, Ohio – This photo was taken at the Loveland Police and Fire Memorial in Historic Downtown last night. An event was hosted by the Loveland/Symmes Fire Department to honor all who died in a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.