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Loveland High School’s After Prom is this Saturday

by the Loveland High School PTO After Prom Committee

Prom season is here and many of us are busy helping prepare the Juniors and Seniors for what will be a memorable event. Loveland High School’s Prom is this Saturday, May 13th.

Pinning the corsages and boutonnieres, smiling for photos taken by misty-eyed parents – we all remember these traditions.

What may be a new tradition for some families is After Prom.

What exactly is After Prom? As it says in the name, it is an event following Prom, where the kids can continue their celebration in a fun, safe way without alcohol and drugs.

This year’s After Prom is scheduled for this Saturday from 11:30 PM until 2:30 AM am at Loveland High School.

All Loveland Junior and Senior attendees, and the dates of those who attend Prom, will win a door prize when they arrive at After Prom. The school will be transformed into a luau, complete with an inflatable surfboard, henna tattoo artist, and a balloon artist! Everything is included in the ticket price of $20.

A variety of teenager-approved food will be provided due to the generous donations of LaRosa’s, Skip’s Bagels, Dunkin, The Works, Subway, Gigi’s Cupcakes, Sweet Bliss Treats, and Cinemark popcorn.

Many local businesses have donated amazing prizes such as Perfect North, The Cincinnati Reds, Loveland Canoe and Kayak, Paxon’s, King’s Island, Dewey’s Pizza, LHS Athletics, Graeter’s, FC Cincinnati, Eastgate Lanes, The Cincinnati Zoo, The Fowling Warehouse, Altitude Trampoline Park, Dunkin, Whipty Do, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Candado Tacos, Le Peep, McAlister’s, Rusty Bucket, Joella’s Hot Chicken, deSha’s, Qdoba, Bibibop, Frutta Bowls, Blaze Pizza, Tano, Taziki’s, Wynn Nail Spa, El Picante, Rodi, LaRosa’s, Tahona, Ramsey’s, and Bishop’s Quarter.

We are so thankful for the donations from our corporate sponsors including American Legion Post 256, Bush Re Shea Insurance Agency, The City of Loveland, John Hill Construction, LCNB National Bank, Loveland Athletic Boosters, Loveland Dairy Whip, Loveland Fireman’s Association, Loveland Legacy Foundation, Mathnasium, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Union Savings Bank, Wards Corner Chiropractic, Bill’s Kustom Kut, LaRosa’s, Rumpke, Ben Morrison Fund, SAW Pilates, General Electric Credit Union, and the Loveland Eagles.

We want to thank everyone who has contributed to this event. Because of you, we are able to offer fun inflatable activities such as an obstacle course, whack-a-mole, golf chip challenge, and Twister, as well as a gaga pit, 9 square, Nerf battle, ping pong, air hockey, MarioKart gaming, foosball, life sized Jenga, life sized Connect 4, five casino tables, and a stilt walker from Cincinnati Circus!

Oh, and you can’t forget the petting zoo. Yes, there will be animals roaming the halls of Loveland High School, and we’re not talking about the teenagers!

The last day to buy tickets is this today, May 12th at 5 PM.

This event is not to be missed, thanks to the generosity of our community.

With gratitude,

Loveland High School PTO After Prom Committee

May 12, 2023
Honoring the 2023 Loveland High School Seniors with Awards and Scholarships

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Our kind and attentive reader Tori Morrison alerted us that we left out the last 2 pages of awards when this story was first published. Thank you so much Tori! We apologize to those students that received scholarships and were not acknowledged.

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Top 10 Academic Seniors in Accending Order

Photos by Loveland Magazine

Kiley Dunlap

Will Gerstemeier

Allyson Colegate

Gabriel Ali Ahmad Fathi

Brodie Merz

Elena Hentz

Sage Bushstone

Evan Osgood

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Recognizing Academic Excellence

Loveland, Ohio – Each May Loveland High School sets aside an evening of pageantry to honor its current graduating class. A near-capacity crowd of graduating students, teachers, staff, parents, siblings, and grandparents gathered Tuesday, May 2nd to honor the Top Ten academic students. Other Seniors were called to center stage to receive awards and scholarships. Most of the scholarships announced were presented by Loveland civic organizations that have spent the last year raising money. Many of the scholarships are awarded by a regional organization; all, recognizing academic excellence, and community and school involvement.

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May 9, 2023
Loveland school levy passes

Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District asked voters to approve an additional 4.9 mills permanent operating levy on May 2nd. Here are the accumulated results reported as of 10:56 PM from all 3 of the county BOE’s. These numbers are “Unofficial Results” until several weeks have passed and the Boards meet to certify results.

TOTAL

YES – 5,707

NO – 4,473

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CLERMONT COUNTY

YES – 2,933

NO – 2,027

HAMILTON COUNTY

YES – 2,704

NO – 2,384

WARREN COUNTY

YES – 70

NO – 62

May 2, 2023
[Video] Loveland High School athletes continuing their careers at the collegiate level

by David Miller

Loveland, Ohio – Wednesday, April 26, was the day athletes, coaches, teachers, and moms and dads gathered in the Loveland High School gym for National Spring Signing Day. It’s when student-athletes who have earned a college scholarship sign their intent to play at the next level. In this video, Athletic Director Righ Bryant talks about each student’s athletic achievements, academic success, and community involvement.

Congratulations to the following student-athletes who will be continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level:

Max Jody – Tennis-Ohio Wesleyan University

Cole Carrigan – Baseball-Mount Saint Joseph University

Owen Huynh – Volleyball-Baldwin Wallace

Olivia Raby – Basketball-Huntington University

Cayden Dyer – Cross Country/Track and Field-University of Virginia

Paul Hocker – Football-Culver-Stockton College

Quinn Jenkins – Football-Hanover College

Alex Nunn – Lacrosse-Thomas More University

Noah Lee – Soccer – Wilmington College

Apr 28, 2023
Town Hall called to discuss 4.9 mill Loveland operating levy

Superintendent Mike Broadwater (Loveland Magazine file photo)

Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, April 25, at 6 PM in the Media Center at Loveland Intermediate School. In his April 19 “Schools Update” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said, “The purpose of this Town Hall is to provide a forum for our Loveland City Schools community to ask questions about the upcoming 4.9 mill operating levy on the ballot on May 2.”

The Town Hall will include the Superintendent, Treasurer Rob Giuffre’ and two members of the Board of Education. It will not be an official meeting of the Board. The Superintendent’s newsletter did not specify which board members will participate in the discussions.

If you cannot attend, you can watch a live stream by following this link.

Only in-person attendees can participate with questions or comments. After the meeting, the live stream recording will be available on the Board of Education YouTube channel.

During the Town Hall, Broadwater said, “We will work to take questions or comments from as many participants as possible to foster conversation around these important issues.”

Apr 20, 2023
Vendors Announced for “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” [Video Interview]

Here is the list of vendors and non-profit organizations that will be attending the Sip and Shop

by David Miller, Loveland Magazine’s Managing Editor

Loveland, Ohio – “I am super excited about this sip and shop and I know it will be a great event to support Loveland Schools and these small businesses,” said Loveland High School Senior Kate Krabacher.

Kate is a student at Loveland High School and is a member of Tigers Inc. Kate said that she and Tigers Inc are excited to be co-hosting the “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” with Lemons and Limes Boutique owner, Wendy Knight. The event will be on April 22nd from 11 AM until 4 PM at the Landing Event Center on the bank of the Scenic Little Miami River in Historic Downtown.

Lemons and Limes is a local small business boutique with locations in Loveland and Mason. Tigers Inc is a nonprofit organization run by a selective group of business-oriented student leaders at Loveland High School.

Kate is also an intern at Lemons and Limes and Wendy said she has been in charge, from “start to finish” of the planning for the Mother’s Day event from day one. Kate reached out to business vendors in the area and persuaded them to be involved, and purchase a space at this event. Wendy said that one of the most important things she wants the community to know is that this is “truly a student led event”

The venue will be set up as a small business market and each vendor will have their own space for a pop-up shop or display.

Last year the event was run by an employee at the Landing Event Center, but she is no longer there, so Tigers Inc took on the responsibility of organizing the event with Wendy at Lemons and Limes.

Kate said that it was a great success last year for all vendors and they are hoping to grow the attendance, even more, this year.

Besides supporting Tigers Inc, this year, the event is supporting a Loveland Elementary School Capital Campaign to fund new tables for the LES cafeteria.

Wendy said that shopping at the Sip and Shop is an excellent opportunity to support local small businesses by buying Mother’s Day gifts, birthday presents, something for yourself, or a graduation gift. She said there will be many items to buy for men and boys as well.

There will be a map provided to attendees that will encourage shoppers to visit the other shops in Historic Downtown and Wendy encourages shoppers to buy a meal at a local restaurant.

The fashion show will feature local “elite celebrity” models you will recognize, teachers, school administrators, and local moms and students. Most of the fashions come from the selection of clothing and accessories found at Lemons and Limes.

Learn more about Kate and Wendy and their excitement about “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” in this newest episode of LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV.

Please “Like” and become a “Subscriber” to our YouTube Channel!

Do you want to join the fun and become a vendor? Email Wendy or Kate.

Here is the LINK if you want to become a vendor.

Find out more about the “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” on Facebook

Tigers Inc on Facebook.

Learn more about Lemons and Limes Boutique.

The Landing Event Center on Facebook.

Apr 19, 2023
Ohio School Safety Center announces keynote speakers for the 2023 Ohio School Safety Summit
Registration coming soon!

Tuesday, July 25, 9 a.m.

Dr. Dewey Cornell, Professor at the University of Virginia and developer of the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, (CSTAG), will present on School Threat Assessment as a Safe Fair, and Effective Practice in Ohio Schools, which will describe how to implement best practices and resolve student threats, while maintaining a fair and equitable manner.

Tuesday, July 25, 2 p.m.

Dr. Amanda Nickerson, Professor and Director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, will speak about Bullying Prevention and Intervention, including solutions, strategies, and resources to promote a safe school climate.

Wednesday, July 26, 9 a.m.

Sgt. William Chapman, a member of the Newtown, Conn. police department, uses his experiences as a Sandy Hook first responder and School Resource Officer to help school districts and law enforcement to develop best practices and will present on Navigating the Unthinkable: A First Responder’s Perspective.

Wednesday, July 26, 2:45 p.m.

Dr. Scott Poland, Professor and Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office at Nova Southeastern University, will discuss School Crisis and Liability, including issues involving obtaining parental consent, failure to notify parents, and legal consequences of inadequate threat assessments in schools.

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CONTACT

The MISSION of the Ohio School Safety Center (OSSC) is to support all Ohio schools and first responders in preventing, preparing for, and responding to threats and acts of violence, including self-harm, through a holistic, solutions-based approach to improving school safety. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, the OSSC will provide resources to schools to enhance their strategies for safety, security, and emergency plan development.

Our goal is total commitment in supporting all schools in ensuring the safety of students, employees, and visitors through effective policies and procedures, training, and community and interagency involvement.

There are four main components to our goal:
- Prevention/Mitigation: Schools can take action to increase the safety and wellbeing of their staff and students. To create a safe and supportive learning environment, schools may institute policies, positive behavior intervention supports, and prevention programs to improve the culture and climate of their building.
- Preparedness: School leaders should be equipped with all the vital resources, information, and expectations to create a comprehensive safety plan and response protocols for any emergency situation, including natural disasters, violent incidents, and terrorist acts – before, during, and after the event.
- Response: Assisting schools with the development of their all-hazards response plan is a key element of our goal. Safety and well-being in an emergency depends on how prepared students and staff are and on how everyone responds to a crisis. By being able to act responsibly and safely, school administrators will be able to protect students, staff and facilities. Our office will strive towards ensuring updates on school safety regulations, directives, policy, and deadlines will be communicated on a regular basis so schools can revise and implement the most current criterion and respond accordingly.
- Recovery: The primary objective of recovery is to provide a caring and supportive school environment so that staff and students can return to teaching and learning as quickly as possible. Creating a system of supports with community social service agencies and local first responders can reinforce the cycle of safety planning and restore the social, emotional and environmental needs of students and staff.
Apr 13, 2023
Our Loveland Story – The Colletto Family

by Kim and Dan Colletto

Loveland Schools are worth fighting for! Keeping our school district strong in turn will keep our beloved Loveland community thriving, protect our home values and make our neighborhoods enticing to outside buyers. We, as proud Lovelanders, will stand behind the #yesforloveland movement. This is our family’s story and why we are so passionate about supporting the Loveland School District.

Our family relocated from Orlando, Florida to Cincinnati in the summer of 2016. This change was met with a lot of resistance by myself and our girls, who were 12 and 8 at the time. We were faced with leaving the community we loved and the only home our girls had ever known. Getting the move right was essential, to set our family unit up for success in our new home. Where did we start? The area school districts.

In Orlando, our girls had grown into a young school district and a developing area, with one elementary and middle school to choose from. After 10 years in the area, our school district had grown to encompass three elementary schools, two middle schools, and a new high school. My husband and I sat on community growth committees, held school PTA board positions, and volunteered countless hours in the classroom, at fundraisers and community events. We assisted in the effort to make our neighborhood one of the best in the Orange County School District. We knew what a successful educational community looked like and we felt it was essential to make the right choice for the future of our girls in our relocation.

In researching the Cincinnati area, we toured every surrounding school district. The final school on our list was Loveland. We feared that the opportunities and programs would be lacking, as it was a smaller school district. Boy, were we wrong.

In Loveland, we were greeted by enthusiastic administration and teachers who took the time to talk directly to our girls and answer their questions. We had top-notch tours and even had a sit-down meeting with the superintendent, assistant superintendent, and the person who would be our daughter’s high school counselor. The girls instantly felt like they would feel safe and welcomed in the Loveland schools. The district’s forward thinking mindset, focus on growth, and developing a well rounded, competitive student was supremely impressive.

We knew Loveland was the right choice when we left that meeting. Not only were there educational opportunities here, including a thriving gifted program and course options such as foreign language and college prep courses, but the district had top-notch music and arts programs which were of very high importance to both our girls. Loveland was providing music programs from the elementary level up. The high school arts programs were known as some of the best in the Cincinnati area. These opportunities solidified our decision.

We wanted to get a sense of the Loveland community as well. We explored the quaint downtown, enjoyed the local restaurants, and toured a dozen homes before we ended up buying in a beautiful, homey neighborhood where we were instantly greeted by welcoming neighbors. We had found our home and a place where we felt confident our girls would thrive and above all, be happy. And they have flourished here. Each of our girls had different needs in the classroom and they were both met with phenomenal teachers and support. They each threw themselves into drama, music, and show choir. They were exposed to and tried new things including runners club, intramural sports, student government, and volunteerism.

Our oldest has now graduated and was set up to enter college with 32 hours of college credit classes allowing her to easily double major in two rigorous programs. The Loveland High School experience gave her the tools to enter into the world confident and prepared. Anna was exposed to a broad range of activities, including music, art, student media, Showchoir, and student leadership groups in addition to a multitude of course options from financial planning to AP and College Credit Plus opportunities. And she took advantage of it all. She had a remarkable high school experience and was set up to get into highly competitive college programs.

Our youngest is now a junior and is in the college preparation stage. While her high school experience began during the COVID-19 pandemic, she continues to have a wonderful high school life in her classes and extracurriculars including athletics, music, and show choir. We are so thankful for her dedicated school counselors and teachers and for the arts programs that have given her hope and comfort in spite of the challenges of these last couple of years due to the pandemic and unfortunate cuts in the Loveland schools. She has grown immensely into a hard-working student, performer, athlete, and a Tiger through and through. At Loveland, Avery has learned resilience through compassionate district leaders, teachers and mentors.

Even while navigating the challenges of failed levies, Loveland has kept excellence and the dedication to their students at the forefront. No matter what challenges the district may face, the foundation of community and excellence prevails. The opportunity for students to experience a vast, well-rounded education is there. But the reality is that many of those beloved, winning programs our children have been blessed with are now on the chopping block.

We have hope that the community will step up and value the importance of a strong school district and how important it is to set our children up for future success.

Our children in the younger grades should have the same opportunities to enter their years after high school prepared, motivated, and competitive. It’s up to each of us to fight for our schools and to keep Loveland thriving.

We are Lovelanders now and we won’t give up on our schools or this community. I hope you will join in the fight to keep Loveland strong and get out and vote #yesforloveland.

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Kim and Dan Colletto live in the Miami Trails Neighborhood

Apr 11, 2023
“Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” [Video Interview]

by David Miller, Loveland Magazine’s Managing Editor

Loveland, Ohio – “I am super excited about this sip and shop and I know it will be a great event to support Loveland Schools and these small businesses,” said Loveland High School Senior Kate Krabacher.

Kate is a student at Loveland High School and is a member of Tigers Inc. Kate said that she and Tigers Inc are excited to be co-hosting the “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” with Lemons and Limes Boutique owner, Wendy Knight. The event will be on April 22nd from 11 AM until 4 PM at the Landing Event Center on the bank of the Scenic Little Miami River in Historic Downtown.

Lemons and Limes is a local small business boutique with locations in Loveland and Mason. Tigers Inc is a nonprofit organization run by a selective group of business-oriented student leaders at Loveland High School.

Kate is also an intern at Lemons and Limes and Wendy said she has been in charge, from “start to finish” of the planning for the Mother’s Day event from day one. Kate reached out to business vendors in the area and persuaded them to be involved, and purchase a space at this event. Wendy said that one of the most important things she wants the community to know is that this is “truly a student led event”

The venue will be set up as a small business market and each vendor will have their own space for a pop-up shop or display.

Last year the event was run by an employee at the Landing Event Center, but she is no longer there, so Tigers Inc took on the responsibility of organizing the event with Wendy at Lemons and Limes.

Kate said that it was a great success last year for all vendors and they are hoping to grow the attendance, even more, this year.

Besides supporting Tigers Inc, this year, the event is supporting a Loveland Elementary School Capital Campaign to fund new tables for the LES cafeteria.

Wendy said that shopping at the Sip and Shop is an excellent opportunity to support local small businesses by buying Mother’s Day gifts, birthday presents, something for yourself, or a graduation gift. She said there will be many items to buy for men and boys as well.

There will be a map provided to attendees that will encourage shoppers to visit the other shops in Historic Downtown and Wendy encourages shoppers to buy a meal at a local restaurant.

The fashion show will feature local “elite celebrity” models you will recognize, teachers, school administrators, and local moms and students. Most of the fashions come from the selection of clothing and accessories found at Lemons and Limes.

Learn more about Kate and Wendy and their excitement about “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” in this newest episode of LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV.

Please “Like” and become a “Subscriber” to our YouTube Channel!

Do you want to join the fun and become a vendor? Email Wendy or Kate.

Here is the LINK if you want to become a vendor.

Find out more about the “Sip and Shop: Mother’s Day Edition” on Facebook

Tigers Inc on Facebook.

Learn more about Lemons and Limes Boutique.

The Landing Event Center on Facebook.

Apr 10, 2023
Urgent! Loveland Community Needs School Levy Passed

Ellen Main, is a stay-at-home mom of two boys in Loveland Schools: one kindergartener and one first grader. Her family lives in the Belle Meade subdivision.

by Ellen Main

Loveland City School District has an operating levy on the May 2 ballot this year. Because Loveland has not passed a school levy in nine years, they are in desperate need of these funds to maintain their current high quality of education. If the levy is not passed, they will move towards State minimum services. Our students and future students deserve better than this. As a mom of two young Loveland students, I am witness to the outstanding and dedicated faculty, staff, and administration in our community. My experience at a recent school event illustrates this perfectly.

Waiting anxiously for the show to begin, I looked around at all the other parents, siblings, grandparents, and other family members sitting in the Loveland Primary School gym and thought how grateful I am to live in this community. After the heartwarming show, during which the look of pride on my son’s face almost made me tear up, we walked through a gallery of children’s art—vibrant paintings, oil pastel drawings, and construction paper weavings covered the hallways from floor to ceiling. My son showed such confidence in finding his art on the walls and explaining it to his family. Then, he led us to his classroom (Ms. Miller, Room 9), where he showed us two beautiful books, one created by him (about koalas) and one created by his classmate, a biography about what makes my son special (my son created one about his classmate too). He proudly showed us all his work, which had an Australian theme (each class had a different country). All of this thanks to the hard work, energy and creativity of Lauren Alten (music teacher) and Kayla McClary (art teacher) as well as the classroom teachers, custodians, administration—too many people to mention.

The “Around the World” Showcase is an example of what makes Loveland Schools such a special place to be. Music, theatre, art, athletics, physical education, robotics and so many other programs we may take for granted won’t be possible much longer if we don’t pass a school levy. Think about the most memorable and important moments of your elementary and secondary education—most likely they were made possible because of school levies being passed.

I was lucky enough to have some extraordinary teachers in the Perrysburg School District in Northwest Ohio. My most memorable experiences had to do with music and theatre, which would not have been available without teachers having the freedom to use their creativity to benefit students both in the classroom and through extracurricular activities. Maybe yours have to do with sports, science club, art, student government, none of which would be possible without our talented educators, who would slowly be cut due to lack of funds. We cannot deny future generations these experiences.

Right now, the employees at Loveland Schools are doing amazing work despite not having the money—92 percent of all Ohio school districts receive more money per student yet we are in the top 2 percent in the state on the Ohio Department of Education scorecard. We cannot keep the talented and hard-working people we have in Loveland Schools now if they feel stressed that they may lose their jobs or if the class sizes are so big they are spending all of their time managing student behavior rather than teaching.

With the passing of the levy on May 2, we can keep not only our schools strong but our community as well. Voting yes for Loveland Schools on May 2 is a vote for our students and future students and also for the well-being of our entire community.

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Apr 5, 2023