Loveland, Ohio – Eight Loveland Middle School students have been selected to participate in the Ohio Music Education Association District 14 Honor Jazz Band. They will have an opportunity to join together with other talented musicians from around the region for a special concert later this month. Eighth-grade music teacher Chris Huening, teaches the young jazz musicians.
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland City School District has been awarded nearly a half million dollars in the latest round of the Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant program. The state funding will support improvements to safety security upgrades across the district.
“The safety of our students is our greatest responsibility, and receiving state support for our efforts will help tremendously. We appreciate Governor DeWine and the General Assembly’s dedication to the Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant program,” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said in a news release from the District.
Loveland Superintendent Mike Broadwater
The grant provides $461,250 to pay for security system improvements across the district. This grant will allow for the installation of additional security cameras and equipment. The grant will also provide funds for new safety technology on all district school buses according to the release.
This is the fourth round of the Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant program. Of all school districts in Hamilton County, Loveland received the fourth-highest grant funding in this current round. Loveland also received $100,000 in the second round of the program, which was used to replace the public address system at Loveland Primary and Loveland Elementary Schools.
• Loveland Early Childhood Center is earmarked for $65,225 in this latest round.
• Loveland Elementary is earmarked for $50,000 in this latest round.
• Loveland High School is earmarked for $100.000 in this latest round.
• Loveland Intermediate School is earmarked for $97,625 in this latest round.
• Loveland Middle School is earmarked for $98,400 in this latest round.
• Loveland Primary School is earmarked for $50,000 in this latest round
The Goshen Local School District received $400,000 in the latest round of school safety grants. The Great Oaks Career Campus in Clermont County received $100,000.
There is a “Round Five” to be recommended in the coming weeks according to Governor Mike DeWine Ohio as part of the General Assembly’s House Bill 45.
Indian Hill Exempted Village School District had previously been awarded $299,714, Sycamore Community Schools $93,824, and Little Miami Local Schools $200,000.
Loveland, Ohio – Emma Steiner said, “My connection to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society began when a favorite middle school teacher of mine, and now mentor, lost her aunt due to Leukemia.” Steiner is a junior at Loveland High School.
Steiner and Loveland High School juniors, Marcel Mangan, and Orhan Ozbudak are the candidates for Team CoUREage 4.0, a fundraising team raising money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign. The 2023 campaign runs through March 25th. There are 30 team members.
Marcel Mangan, Emma Steiner, and Orhan Ozbudak
Steiner was asked to join Loveland’s Team CoUREage last year. She said, “While fundraising, I got to hear so many touching stories of people affected by blood cancer.” That was more than enough to make her want to accept the nomination to be a candidate for this year’s campaign. “Although I don’t have a direct connection to blood cancer, my grandpa passed away from cancer last year, and I fight so that other families don’t have to experience what my grandpa went through.”
LLS’s Student Visionaries of the Year campaign is a seven-week competition among high schools across the Cincinnati area. Loveland is one of 15 teams raising money for blood cancer research, advocacy, patient support, and ultimately, a cure. However, it is not just a competition among these 15 teams, rather it is a combined effort to help LLS find a cure.
The trio has built this year’s campaign using the community as their foundation. Since last August, they have been building partnerships with local businesses securing sponsorships, auction items, and organizing events. So far, they have over 10 events planned to help them raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Visionaries look to the future—and see infinite possibility. They challenge the status quo—and make the impossible possible. They boldly imagine a better world – and lead the charge to create it.
Members of Team CoUREage 4.0 are all Visionaries that are hard at work fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. LLS was built on the same vision – of a better world – one without blood cancers.
Their Loveland goal is to raise $100,000 over the next 7 weeks. They hope to reach it through secured sponsorships with local businesses, community donations, events, t-shirt sales, and the Grand Finale Celebration. One of the biggest ways that the team will fundraise is through donations received by each of their 30 team members.
Team CoUREage 4.0
Orhan Ozbudak said, “Throughout my life, I hope to be an avid philanthropist. Ever since my youth, I have participated in many philanthropic events and hope to continue these types of activities into the future. One of my dreams is to create businesses that illuminate warmth and help people.” He added that When Marcel and Emma invited him to join them he knew this was an opportunity to positively impact not only people affected by blood cancer but also the world. “Even though I was hesitant to be a candidate at first, I realized that I am very thankful to participate in the Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign as a candidate.”
The goal is to not only raise money for blood cancer but also to raise awareness in our Loveland community about Leukemia and Lymphoma. “Any donation helps, and brings us closer to our goal,” said Steiner.
Marcel Mangan said, “My connection to LLS began last year when the two past candidates, Grace Dressell and Claire Zeigler, had asked me to be a member of their campaign.” He explained that initially, he was hesitant due to not having a direct connection to leukemia or lymphoma, but after researching the stories of those who have had to deal with these blood cancers he felt it necessary to join. “The most touching story that I heard was about a girl named Emily Love who had been diagnosed with leukemia when she was only 1 years old. Luckily she recovered after 3 years and was able to live a normal life, but sadly those years of her childhood can never be given back to her. After hearing her story I joined the 2022 campaign, and I’ve been a part of it ever since. I just hope that my fundraising can help make a positive impact on those suffering from leukemia or lymphoma.”
Background Info about LLS:
LLS is uniquely able to report on the many advances and accomplishments that have occurred since their founding in 1949. From cutting-edge research and precision medicine innovations to legislative victories that improve access to therapies for cancer patients, LLS plays a leading- and often pioneering- role in the fight against blood cancers. Since 2000, approximately 40 percent of all U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved cancer drugs were for blood cancer, and some are now used to treat other forms of cancer and non-malignant diseases. A “win” for blood cancers, therefore, is a win for the cancer community overall.
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Research done by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society especially helps those with blood cancer but it also makes improvements for all kinds of cancer!
There will be a raffle for a parking spot at Loveland High School during school lunches
Students can also purchase t-shirts during their lunch and buy tickets for raffle baskets
Katie Rose
Teacher-mentor, Katie Rose said, “My ‘why’ is my Aunt Tina Eubanks, who died of Acute Myeloid Leukemia only three weeks after being diagnosed at the age of 53.” Rose had been fundraising for LLS through Pennies for Patients with Loveland Middle School Student Council for many years and would always tell people, “You never know when cancer will touch your family”. Another of her aunts is currently battling both lung and liver cancer. Sadly, this cancer diagnosis is her third – lymphoma and rectal cancer being two she defeated. “People often ask why I work so hard to fundraise. The answer is simple. As long as there is breath in my lungs and blood in my veins, I will do whatever it takes to help those who are impacted by cancer.”
Rose who is a Social Studies Teacher at Loveland Middle School said, “Cancer needs to be eradicated and LLS is the organization making the greatest strides in funding research and advancing new drugs to help those in need. I live a life of service, and by teaching my current and former students the importance of giving back and how to raise money for a worthy cause allows me to fulfill my life’s purpose.”
Donate an auction basket or item or become a Grand Finale sponsor (contact Emma Steiner 513-630-5610)
Attend events and mention Team CoUREage 4.0 when ordering. Most events will have raffle baskets.
Orhan Ozbudak said, “I am very appreciative of all the progress we have made and can’t wait to see what our team will accomplish throughout this journey. Hopefully, our efforts will also serve to inspire people to carry on this positivity.”
“Thank you to all of the businesses that are sponsoring our campaign, and thank you to all of the people in Loveland who have shown continuous support for our fundraiser,” said Emma Steiner.
Marcel Mangan summed up the campaign by saying, “Although we hope to raise a large amount of money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, we also hope to spread the importance of LLS throughout Loveland, but also the greater Cincinnati area as a whole.”
2/1-2/21
Buffalo Wild Wings at 11363 Montgomery Rd. 10% giveback on dine-in or carry-out all day if you mention “Team L”
EVERY SUNDAY2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 2/19
Bishop’s Quarter at 212 W Loveland Ave. 10% Giveback
2/8
Raising Cane’s at 3901 Montgomery Rd., 2 pm-9 PM
2/13
Cartridge Brewing at 1411 Grandin Rd. 4 pm-10 pm
2/22
Ramsey’s Trailside at 200 W Loveland Ave.
2/23
MPH Brewing at 7880 Remington Rd. 4 pm-10 pm. 10% Giveback on food and drink
2/27
Dewey’s Pizza at 11338 Montgomery Rd. 4 pm-9 pm
3/4
Athlete Instincts Fitness Fundraiser at 774 Loveland-Miamiville Rd. 10:30 am. $10 to sign up, text Jen Steiner 513-289-6393 to sign up
3/10
Cappy’s Wine & Spirits at 309 W Loveland Ave. 5 pm-11 pm. LIVE MUSIC starts at 7:30 pm
3/12
Nisbet Park – Text Jen Steiner 513-289-6393 to sign-up
3/15
The Work’s Brick Pizza Oven at 20 Grear Millitzer Place. ALL DAY
Loveland, Ohio – On a very frosty last Thursday morning, the students and teachers from the Loveland Intermediate and Middle School campus hit the street and carried food from their school to the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at the corner of Lebanon Road and West Loveland Avenue. They delivered the food they had collected to the Loveland LIFE Food Pantry which will distribute it to those less fortunate in the Greater Loveland Area.
As Nancy Grant explains in the LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV segment it was the start of the second decade of the “Pass it on Food Drive”, the 21st year! The goal this year was to help the food pantry put together 250 Thanksgiving Day and 250 Holiday meal boxes.
In the video, you can see most of the Tigers as they hustle their way up the street and into the church where they help sort their donations. Grant and Penny Dippold will tell you how the programs started and the enduring value to the Loveland community.
Loveland, Ohio – Watch this LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV VIDEO that was shot in the Spring of 2014 in the waning hours of Bruce Maegly’s teaching career. Maegly and the Middle School Stage Band entertained the young students at the Loveland Early Childhood Center just before his retirement. Maegly was one of the most all-time beloved Loveland school teachers who retired that week after 35 years.
He was the founder of the Loveland Middle School Stage Band.
Bruce Maegly
The Stage Band started the first year Maegly taught in Loveland when he was approached by then, principal, Jack Wood about playing for a basketball tournament they were hosting at the old middle school. “So, I put up a sign on the bulletin board inviting people to come in,” Maegly said. They started by learning three pieces of music for the tournament and played three pieces over and over all day long. “The night of our performance someone came up and said, ‘Hey. What’s this group called.” Maegly’s answer was, “Uh… I don’t know…. Uh… The Stage Band.” He explained it was because that is where they were playing, “On a stage.” And, that’s how it started forty-one years ago and it’s still going on. Later, former Loveland High School principal, Tom Hausterman invited Maegly to start what would become the Jazz Band. Two years later there were two jazz bands at the high school.
In 2012, Maegly was honored by the Hamilton County Education Foundation as a Teacher of the Year. At the time of the award, Loveland Middle School Principal, Chris Burke said, “Very few teachers have the ability to impact as many lives as Bruce Maegly does on a regular basis. Bruce leads hundreds of students on a daily basis to grow and achieve success. Teaching multiple periods of large group bands, in two different buildings, Mr. Maegly has the ability to reach more students on a daily basis than just about anyone in our district. When you add the fact that he expertly and skillfully engages these groups every day it not only makes him deserving of this reward but invaluable to Loveland.”
2022 will be a pivotal year for Loveland City Schools. We are launching a strategic vision process to determine the future of the district, and we want you to be involved. I want to hear from all of our stakeholders in regards to the priorities they have for the education of our most valuable asset: Our kids!
The strategic vision process will gather input from across our Loveland City Schools community of parents, students, staff members, and anyone who lives within our district boundaries. We will be working to hear as many voices as possible and come up with a set of future goals for Loveland City Schools. When we have a shared vision of what it means for our students to be successful, we can work together to help our students achieve those goals.
A series of community meetings will be announced soon, and if you can’t attend a meeting, we will be using other tools to give you a chance to make your thoughts known. The work that went into building our Portrait of a Tiger will be used as a starting point for this discussion, and we will grow our vision from there. I encourage you to get involved and help us in this important mission.
A Community Input Sessions was held on Wednesday, February 9, at Loveland High School during our Showcase Night. A second Community Input Session will be held on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 6:00 pm at Loveland Middle School.
Our Portrait of a Tiger was created with community input during a series of meetings in 2019. This is our vision for what our students will get from a Loveland City School education beyond academic excellence. This will form the basis of our strategic vision.
Return to this PAGE in the coming weeks to see the latest as we begin this journey together.
Loveland, Ohio – After it was announced that the Loveland schools were going into asynchronous learning for two days just ahead of the MLK Holiday break, to try to stem the tide of the COVID 19 outbreak in classrooms and among staff, a few hard-working parents went to work. They wanted to show their LOVEland LOVE to teachers and staff the day when students returned to in-person learning – the day after the holiday.
A call was put out to collect donations of money and local goodies so the staff and teachers would know they are loved and appreciated for their dedication to our children.
“We had an incredible outpouring of love from our community this morning for our teachers and staff at LCSD. The support came entirely from parents and families in the community,” said a statement by the organizers.
600 staff across all schools were supported.
“First and foremost – THANK YOU for so generously volunteering your time to help us succeed at showing our appreciation to all the staff members of LCSD. We could not have done this without the many hands you’re providing. Our community came through so strong with supporting this and it’s been such a pleasure to work with Erin and Becca to organize this! Our local businesses are grateful for our support of them in this mission to support our schools, overall an entire community support drive! It’s been an amazing couple of days…. COUPLE OF DAYS – with YOUR help we are getting this done in just a couple of days!”
Andrea Kimmey
Within just 5 days and over a couple of conversations, the idea blossomed into over $2,500 in contributions for our schools.
Our amazing educators, bus drivers, and support staff have been stressed physically and emotionally from the toll of the pandemic. This was a way our community could say they are not forgotten or unappreciated. The community could show support even in a gesture like coffee and donuts. We hope it brightened their day and let them all know how much their community rallies behind them.
“Donations were provided through Venmo and PayPal by the caring families, parents, and community in Loveland. With such a generous contribution, we have funding to do this again and be able to support local business at the same time,” said Becca Moates.
Even though many community members may have differing views of how these past two years should have been handled – one thing we can certainly come together about is kindness and supporting the staff of Loveland schools. And that is what #beLOVEland is all about.
The organizers got up bright and early in the AM with a group of super volunteers to pick up coffee and deliver both coffee and donuts to each school and the central office. Transportation had their own event with goody bags handcrafted by students and organized by Katie Smyth.
Our local Businesses stood up and supported providing coffee and donuts. A special thanks to:
• Blossim Donuts in Montgomery (new!), owned by Natalie Blomer.
• Our very own Hometown Cafe owned by The Hooper Family.
• Mile 42 owned by Tim Butler
• And Biggby’s Coffee in Loveland franchised locally
Volunteers included (but not an exhaustive list) Andrea Kimmey (organized and ran logistics), Erin Mix (organizer), Becca Moates (organizer), Katie Smyth (organizer), Kris Stapleton, Tara Hamilton, Laurie Hyrne, Lara Ferrer, Julianne Dominguez, Sharon Shepherd, and Liz Goldschmidt. Each of them arrived early, picking up and delivering the goodies to each school.
SAW Pilates instructor Tara Hamilton said, “LIS/LMS said they were so excited for this and they were beyond appreciative. Thanks so much for all of your work. Such a great thing for our staff.”
Photos provided by organizers.
Andrea Kimmey said, “Our community came through so strong with supporting this and it’s been such a pleasure to work with Erin Mix and Becca Moates organizing this. Our local businesses were also grateful for the support of them in this mission to support our schools, overall an entire community support drive. It was an amazing couple of days.”
A Google Doc was used for organizing pickup and delivery assignments and ended with this note to the volunteers:
THANK YOU ALL, FOR SO GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO HELP US SEND A “HUG” TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SHARE OUR SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THEM! YOU ARE ALL THE VERY MEANING OF KINDNESS AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland parents Leah Marcus and Becca Moates say, “Hey all, It’s time to take our combined effort and show our Superintendent and School Board what is important.” They wrote a template letter, a petition, with the help of who they call a super IT friend to solicit support to help them protect school children, teachers, and the community by performing the following COVID 19 related steps.
Copy the contents of the below template and paste it into the body of the email message.
Add your name and additilal comment to the bottom of the document.
Share your voice by hitting send.
Moates adds, “I can’t stress enough how important it is as a community for us to come together around this. Our healthcare systems are drowning and we are hurting our most vulnerable if we don’t act.”
Dear Superintendent and School Board Members,
I am writing as a resident of the Loveland City School District to urge you, our Superintendent and elected School Board members, to maintain the all staff and PreK through 6th grade universal indoor masking requirements, scheduled to end January 18, 2021. I am also writing to request that the current universal indoor masking requirement be expanded to include students in grades 7 -12.
This request is being made in consideration of the recent COVID-19 Omicron variant case surge, which has been shown to be more transmissible and contagious than previous variants.
The Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Department of Education, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, and locally, the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, recently provided clear guidance for universal masking in schools and in the community. Universal indoor masking, in addition to vaccination and boosters for those eligible, are strongly recommended as the best tools, especially when used in tandem, for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and the current variant.
The pandemic also continues to take a toll on our children’s and educators’ mental health. Since the pandemic began, rates of psychological distress among young people, including anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders have increased substantially. There is much to be done and each of us has a part to play. Supporting the mental health of youth will require a community effort to address challenges, strengthen the resilience of young people, support their families, and mitigate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
As a resident of the Loveland City School District, I am asking that you consider the following actions:
1. Maintain universal indoor masking for all staff.
2. Maintain Universal indoor masking for all students Pre-K through Grade 6.
3. Expand universal indoor masking requirements to include students in grades 7 - 12.
4. Identify a threshold for educator and/or student absence at which the district will move forward with a remote learning plan.
5. Increase the frequency with which you report to the public student and educator absences as well as individuals positive for COVID.
6. Create and promote safe, positive, and affirming school environments which are inclusive and supportive of student’s social, emotional, and cultural needs.
7. Provide key administrative, educator, and paraprofessional staff with the necessary training to recognize signs of changes in mental and physical health among students.
8. Provide Mental health gatekeeper training so that staff and peers take appropriate action when needed.
9. Support the mental health of all school personnel, including providing competitive wages, time off, access to well paid substitute teachers, regularly assessing staff well-being, and integrating measures to help personnel maintain their own empathy, compassion, and ability to create positive environments for students.
As superintendent and elected school board members, your roles include the evaluation of district operations, interpretations of public health policies, and health service delivery.
My role as a district resident is to help our district leadership identify the areas in need of protection, prioritization, and planning to keep Loveland City School District safe and in school: Universal Indoor Mask Requirements and adequate Mental Health Support for Students and Staff.
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