Lebanon, Ohio – The Southwest Region Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) has recognized the Loveland City Board of Education with an award for reaching the “Gold Level for Effective School Boards.” The award, which signifies the outstanding work of the school board and the positive cooperation and collaboration among the board, district superintendent, treasurer and administration, was presented at the Southwest Region OSBA Spring Conference in Lebanon, Ohio, on March 12.
“We are so grateful to our board members and the tremendous amount of work they put into the decisions for our school district,” said Dr. Amy Crouse, superintendent. “Each and every member is committed to our vision of high expectations for student achievement and quality instruction and makes significant contributions to the work we do every day. This award is well deserved!”
Gold level award winners meet at least 23 of 26 criteria determined by the OSBA, including among others, clear goal-setting, serving as a united team with the superintendent and administration, and practicing fiscal accountability. Board of Education members are: Art Jarvis (president), Dr. Kathryn Lorenz (vice president), Michele Pettit (board member), Ned Portune (board member) and Eileen Washburn (board member).
Loveland students across grade levels showcased their talents at the 2017-18 State of the Schools.
Hands-on, student-led event now scheduled for March 20
Loveland, Ohio – Winter weather caused the postponement of the 2018-19 Loveland City School District State of the Schools in January, but it is back on the calendar for Wednesday, March 20. The event will be held as a giant open house with students showcasing the learning that takes place around the district’s three core goals of growth, care and innovation.
The State of the Schools open house is scheduled for 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at Loveland High School (1 Tiger Trail, Loveland, Ohio, 45140).
“We had a wonderful response to our State of the Schools last year when we turned the event on its head by allowing our students to lead,” said Dr. Amy Crouse, superintendent. “What better way for us to showcase what goes on here at Loveland other than to put our students in the spotlight?”
The open house will consist of a gallery walk, where students from all grade levels will display various learning projects and interact with visitors through creative exhibits and presentations. The world-class Loveland Robotics will demonstrate robots and the exposure students gain not only to science, technology, engineering and math, but also to communication, leadership and project management through participation in the program.
There will also be music performances and art exhibits, as well as meet-and-greets with some of the many accomplished Loveland student athletes. Visitors will be engaged in a way-finding mission through the gallery walk, and rewarded with entries to drawings of gift baskets based on the completion of visits to the various booths.
“The State of the Schools is truly a highlight of the year,” said Dr. Crouse. “We hope the community takes advantage of this unique opportunity to see our amazing students in action, meet and interact with Tigers of all ages, and gain better insight into the work we do here at Loveland.”
The State of the Schools open house is scheduled for 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at Loveland High School (1 Tiger Trail, Loveland, Ohio, 45140).
Loveland, Ohio – As a follow up to the Building Tiger Nation Community Meeting on January 23, the Loveland City School District has announced four opportunities for focus groups to discuss and provide input around potential renovations of school facilities.
“The next step in our facilities master planning process is to explore and better understand what ‘renovations’ mean and what they should look like at Loveland,” said Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “The focus groups will help us discern the priorities of our stakeholders and the vision they have as it relates to renovations and additional spaces for fine arts, STEM and athletics in current buildings.”
Community input is one important factor for the Loveland Board of Education as it moves toward a decision on a facility master plan. The final decision will be based on the architect’s evaluation of the facilities, the student experience data collected over the past year, the ongoing work of the Building Tiger Nation Finance Committee, Fallon Research survey data, and community input. Feedback by community members on the master plan options presented in January has been published and is available to view here: https://buildingtigernation.org/lcsd-presents-facility-master-plan-options-to-the-community/.
The four focus group sessions are scheduled as outlined below. According to a release from the District, “To ensure an adequate and effective discussion, the number of attendees will be limited.” If interested in attending, RSVP in advance to Julie Dunn, administrative assistant to the superintendent (dunnju@lovelandschools.org). Additional focus group sessions may be added if interest demands. The District also said that input and planning for any new buildings will come after a bond is passed.
Monday, March 11, 5:30-7:00 p.m. (Loveland High School Media Center)
Topic: Loveland High School renovations and additions, including Fine Arts, STEM and Athletics
Thursday, March 14, 6:30-8:00 p.m. (Loveland Middle/Intermediate School Media Center)
Topic: Loveland Middle School renovations and additions, including Fine Arts, STEM and Athletics
Monday, March 18, 6:00-7:30 p.m. (Loveland High School Media Center)
Topic: Athletics
Wednesday, March 20, 7:00-8:00 p.m. (This meeting will be held during the 2018-19 State of the Schools at Loveland High School.)
Topic: Follow-up discussions on high school renovations and additions based on previous meetings.
Students congratulated by Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse at
Chamber’s annual Valentine Breakfast
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District announced congratulations to all the winners of the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance 2019 Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest. The student-authors were honored at the Chamber’s annual Valentine Breakfast, held at Tano Bistro in Historic Downtown Loveland. The winning students included:
Amalie Lyke, Loveland Early Childhood Center
Thomas Stapleton, Loveland Primary School
Natalie Niese, Loveland Elementary School
Caroline Lorio, Loveland Intermediate School
Lexi Duff, Loveland High School
The Chamber’s annual Valentine program kicked off in early January, with Dr. Kathryn Lorenz – longtime member of the Loveland Board of Education – serving as the 2019 Valentine Lady. During the first two weeks of February, Dr. Lorenz visited with hundreds of students in their classrooms and media centers at Loveland Early Childhood Center, Loveland Primary School and Loveland Elementary School.
“I am so impressed with the care and kindness expressed by our youngest Tigers,” said Dr. Lorenz. “When I asked what they associate with Valentine’s Day, they mentioned love, family and friends – candy appeared much further down the list! Our Tigers are true sweethearts.”
Students making hearts in the Loveland Primary School classroom of Brooke Hobson.
An update on the Loveland City School District Facility Master Plan
By Dr. Amy Crouse, Loveland City School District Superintendent
The Loveland community has once again come together for the benefit of its students: on January 23, more than 150 members of the general public and school community gathered at the third Building Tiger Nation community meeting, where the district shared the latest information on the progress of the Loveland Schools facility master planning. The architects, with whom we have worked closely for the past year in assessing our buildings and how they serve our students and staff, presented the first options for a new district facility master plan.
In addition, the Loveland Board of Education has discussed proceeding with investigations into the possible acquisition of land for construction, which brings with it new potential in this process.It allows us to potentially make possible what currently is not: creating the spaces we need to accommodate not only our current students and programs, but also the growing population of students that are projected to enroll in our schools over the next decade. It also allows us to realistically contemplate adding spaces that are specifically dedicated to science, technology, engineering, math and arts programs, which we so desperately need and are critical to the future success of our students.
Our top priority is to advance the mission of student learning and growth, and to improve the physical environment for the students and staff while continuing to be fiscally responsible. With this in mind, we are grateful for the involvement of the community in the decisions we will be making in the months to come.
We have worked hard to make the facility master planning process transparent and accessible to all Loveland stakeholders. We want everyone to be informed and engaged, providing feedback and posing questions as they arise. As we continue with our master planning process into the spring, we want to hear from you. There will be opportunities to voice opinions and concerns as we evaluate, prioritize and finalize the recommendation that will be presented to the Loveland Board of Education, likely in April. The Building Tiger Nation Finance Committee continues to hold its monthly meetings, open to the public, and will be adding more meetings to the calendar as the work intensifies to develop a financing recommendation that will be presented to the board along with the facility master plan recommendation.
I appreciate the support of this amazing community, which understands the needs of its students and values the public schools as an integral part of Loveland’s success.
The State of the Schools open house is scheduled for 6 – 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 31, at Loveland High School
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District has invited the community to participate in the 2018-19 State of the Schools – a giant open house with students showcasing the learning that takes place around the district’s three core goals of growth, care and innovation.
“We had a wonderful response to our State of the Schools last year when we turned the event on its head by allowing our students to lead,” said Dr. Amy Crouse, superintendent. “What better way for us to showcase what goes on here at Loveland other than to put our students in the spotlight?”
The open house will consist of a gallery walk, where students from all grade levels will display various learning projects and interact with visitors through creative exhibits and presentations. The world-class Loveland Robotics will demonstrate robots and the exposure students gain not only to science, technology, engineering and math, but also to communication, leadership and project management through participation in the program.
There will also be music performances by Mallet Madness and the Loveland Show Choirs, among others, and art exhibits, as well as meet-and-greets with some of the many accomplished Loveland student athletes. Visitors will be engaged in a way-finding mission through the gallery walk, and rewarded with entries to drawings of gift baskets based on the completion of visits to the various booths.
“The State of the Schools is truly a highlight of the year,” said Dr. Crouse. “We hope the community takes advantage of this unique opportunity to see our amazing students in action, meet and interact with Tigers of all ages, and gain better insight into the work we do here at Loveland.”
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Loveland, Ohio – The community is invited to a presentation of the Loveland City School District facility master plan options, developed by emersion DESIGN architects after the completion of the educational facility evaluation and physical assessments of the buildings in 2018. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 23(6:30-8:30 p.m.)in the LMS/LIS Cafeteria on 757 South Lebanon Road.
This is a first opportunity for Loveland community stakeholders to see the options the architects have produced.
“This is a first opportunity for Loveland community stakeholders to see the options the architects have produced, which were guided by data collection and needs identified during the assessment phase,” said Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “We invite all community members to attend this presentation, as their feedback is critical to the success of the planning process.”
The meeting is the third in a series of community meetings to engage the public in the master planning process. Each option presented will be accompanied by a conceptual budget range. After the initial presentation, the audience’s feedback will be sought and collected in smaller break-out groups.
Following the meeting on January 23, the community’s feedback will be considered as the options are evaluated throughout the coming months. The final master plan recommendation, along with financing recommendations, will be presented to the Loveland Board of Education in the spring.
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Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School (LHS) has been recognized with two awards by the Ohio State Board of Education. The first, the Momentum Award, is given to schools for exceeding expectations in student growth for the year. In order to be recognized, schools must earn straight A’s on all value-added measures on the state report card. They must also have at least two value-added subgroups of students, which includes gifted, lowest 20 percent in achievement, and students with disabilities. The award signifies a school’s commitment to the success of students by ensuring they exceed the growth expectations in English language arts, and mathematics.
The second award, the Overall A Award, is presented by the State Board of Education to schools that earned an overall A on their 2018 report cards. It reflects high academic performance and that schools are building bright futures for students of every background and ability level.
“We have a team of highest-caliber leaders and staff at Loveland High School,” said Loveland Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “I am beyond proud of how they have embraced the challenge of making sure that all of our students at LHS are prepared and empowered to take on the world after high school.”
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At Community Meeting #2 on November 28, students shared their needs as they relate to the Loveland Schools facilities.
A ballot issue is expected in November 2019.
Community Meeting #3 is on January 23
A news release from the Loveland School District
On November 28, the Loveland City School District held the second Building Tiger Nation Community Meeting, with over 100 members of the Tiger Family and greater Loveland community in attendance. In a presentation of the results of the educational facility evaluation conducted over the past six months, a panel of students and teachers shared their personal experiences regarding the implications of the current school facilities on teaching and learning at Loveland.
“It was very powerful to hear directly from the ‘experts’ on their impressions and experiences, and see the correlation to the hard data collected during the evaluation process,” said Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. “Some of the needs we heard about are recurring themes throughout the district, while others are specific to certain building and campuses. Taking into account enrollment projections and the fact that we can’t provide all the programming we wish to due to space limitations today, our buildings compromise our students’ educational needs.”
Community members toured the “gallery” and learned about specific needs in the various school buildings.
The educational facility evaluation, which has been part of the assessment phase in the master planning process, focused on five main areas and how the school facilities currently perform in each: whether there is adequate academic square footage; building navigation (taking into account hallways, circulation spaces within the buildings, as well as parking and traffic patterns); the potential for expansion of buildings at the various campuses; how the buildings serve students and staff in terms of health and wellness; and whether the buildings and learning spaces are inspirational and relevant for today’s students.
“It’s like a square peg trying to fit in a round hole,” said Cincy Rack, third grade teacher at Loveland Elementary School. “The biggest, single challenge every year is ‘how am I going to make my space work?’”
Loveland High School Sophomore Anna Colletto spoke of navigation issues and a particularly difficult area in the overcrowded hallways: “Students trying to get upstairs are struggling, students trying to get to their classes are struggling, and students trying to get into their lockers are struggling. It takes two to three minutes just to get through that portion of the hallway, which takes up our five-minute break to get to the next class.”
The meeting was the second in a series to inform the Loveland community about the facilities master planning process since the start of the 2018-19 school year. Finance Committee meetings, open to the public, continue to be held monthly. The master planning process now moves from the assessment phase on to the translation phase, and the first options for a master plan will be developed over the coming weeks. They will be presented to all Loveland stakeholders at Community Meeting #3 on January 23, and will then be evaluated, prioritized, and finalized. The master plan, along with financing suggestions, will be presented to the Loveland Board of Education in spring, likely April or May. A ballot issue is expected in November 2019.
Loveland, Ohio – At halftime during the girls varsity basketball game on December 12, the Loveland City School District honored 23 students from across the district who have been identified as champions of the “My Voice, My Choice” campaign. The students were acknowledged for their ongoing efforts to support a culture of kindness at Loveland.
“Our goal with the ‘My Voice, My Choice’ campaign is ultimately to create a positive school climate for all of our students,” said Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse. ”Students are asked to stand up for their peers in words and actions, and I am so honored to regularly be able to recognize some of those who contribute to a more compassionate culture at Loveland through their good deeds and kind words.”
Each of the following students received a “My Voice, My Choice” certificate and t-shirt:
Loveland Early Childhood Center:
Alex Fromm
Abbi Melton
Secora Ray
Loveland Primary School:
Constance Guhlke
Nora Kopecky
Benji Mix
Kailey Schildmeye
Loveland Elementary School:
Emily Patterson
Loveland Intermediate School:
Adam Lake
Paxton Merz
Reese Renock
Brady Stidham
Ada Williams
Maddi Williams
Loveland Middle School:
Joshua Bryant
Joe Hallquist
Lindsey Hartman
Sophia Herbon
Jared Werling
Loveland High School:
Austin Black
Erika Lesperance
Anna Price
Katie Stephenson
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“We are so grateful to our board members and the tremendous amount of work they put into the decisions for our school district,” said Dr. Amy Crouse, superintendent. “Each and every member is committed to our vision of high expectations for student achievement and quality instruction and makes significant contributions to the work we do every day. This award is well deserved!”
