LHS Seniors participating in the school’s debut Armed Forces Signing Day included Gabe Thomas – Marine Corps; Austin Montgomery – Army; Cody Smith – JROTC; Kady Huesman – Navy; Brad Williams – National Guard; William Rupe – National Guard (not pictured – Ben Brynjulfson-Rearon – Air Force; Mallory Beam – Army; Austin Crisafi – Army; Adam Turner – Marine Corps; Audrey Swearingen – National Guard; Liam Smith – Army ROTC)
Seniors committing to military careers and Loveland veterans honored in ceremony
Loveland, Ohio– Loveland High School (LHS) saluted 12 graduating seniors who have committed to join the military after graduation with the first ever Armed Forces Signing Day Tuesday, May 1, at the LHS Gymnasium. Additionally, veterans from the community and school staff who have served were invited to participate in the ceremony and were recognized for their service.
“It was important for us to invite our veterans to be a part of this ceremony as a way to honor their service to our country,” said LHS Principal Peggy Johnson. “We are so proud of these students who have committed their futures to protect the freedoms we all enjoy; we wish them all the best on this next chapter in their lives.”
The students participating in the ceremony were recognized for entering the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, National Guard, Navy and ROTC. Those students include:
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Students worked with family members to create origami during the second annual Loveland Elementary School Family Art Night
Loveland, Ohio– Four hundred people packed the campus at Loveland Elementary School (LES) for the second annual Family Art Night Wednesday, March 14. From live caricature production, to the creation of slime, origami, weaving, shrinky dinks, building and abstract tile production – it was one creative event!
“The building was packed with creative energy,” said LES Art Teacher Jeff Flaig
“The building was packed with creative energy,” said LES Art Teacher Jeff Flaig, who organized the event. “This was LES art in action – it was a great experience for everyone involved, young and old!”
“Our Tiger parents are busy with some pretty long days at their jobs; sometimes going through backpacks and reading school emails just isn’t enough to really understand what learning is like for their kiddos,” said LES Principal Jennifer Forren. “This is an opportunity for those family members to come to their child’s building and be a bit of a kid again. It’s creative, it’s innovative, and it is building a connection between our community and our school. It is our privilege to spend our days helping children grow and innovate each day at LES – this is our way of sharing that joy.”
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Loveland, Ohio – World-renowned trumpet player, composer and educator Brad Goode will perform his music with the Loveland High School Jazz bands on Saturday, May 12. The free concert, held in the Loveland High School auditorium, starts at 7:30 PM and follows two jazz clinics offered by Goode during the day.
Brad Goode has toured and recorded with the bands of many of jazz music’s great performers, including Von Freeman, Red Rodney, Al Cohn, Ira Sullivan and the Woody Herman Orchestra, to name only a few. He led his own orchestra in Chicago from 1985 until 1998, including a stint as leader of the house band at the famous entertainment venue Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. As cultural ambassador for former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Goode led jazz groups on tours of Asia and the Middle East. The Chicago Tribune named him one of the most influential Chicagoans of the 1980s for being a major catalyst in the revitalization of the Chicago jazz scene.
For the past 20 years, Goode has primarily performed as a freelance lead trumpeter, working and recording with numerous ensembles. He has served on the faculties of several universities, among them the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He is currently associate professor of jazz studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.
For more information about the upcoming concert, contact Loveland High School Jazz Band Director Matt Holt at LovelandHighSchoolJazz@gmail.com.
In the photo above is Loveland High School’s Team 5040
Back row (L to R) Jacob Chiarenzelli, Jackson Daumeyer, Loveland Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse, Bryce Reinhold, Nate Matuszak, Chad Royal; Middle row (L to R) Kai Reinhold, Haley Dues, Matt Spitzley, Ben Kavouras; Back row (L to R) Stephanie Spitzley, Garrett Royal, Cooper Baumgarth and Kat Sanderson
More Than 40,000 people attended to watch, including 15,000 students ages 6-18 Compete with Team-Built Robots
Detroit– Last week, more than 15,000 students from around the world traveled to Detroit, putting their innovation skills to the test at the annual FIRST Championship Presented by Qualcomm® Incorporated, held at the Cobo Center and Ford Field, including Team 5040 from Loveland High School.
In the championship Loveland 5040 went undefeated in qualifying rounds and won the Ochoa division semifinals. The team ended their season as one of the top 12 teams with an impressive record of 82-10.
The four-day event came down to a heart-pounding conclusion Saturday night in front of thousands of cheering fans at Ford Field when teams competed in match finals for the FIRST® Robotics Competition and FIRST® Tech Challenge world championships. Four teams from Kalamazoo, Michigan; Clarkston, Michigan; Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and State College, Pennsylvania, were the FIRST Robotics Competition Winning Alliance for this year’s game, FIRST POWER UPSM. Teams from Lexington, Massachusetts; Baden, Pennsylvania; and Lexington, Massachusetts, were the FIRST Tech Challenge RELIC RECOVERYSM Winning Alliance.
Loveland 5040 earned their spot in Detroit by first qualifying through Ohio as the State Champion. The team then competed in the North Super Regional with the best 72 teams from 13 states where Loveland 5040 finished in the finalist alliance advancing them to Detroit.
“After watching the students in action in Detroit – I think I can officially say Team 5040 has made me a robotics groupie,” said Loveland Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse, who Tweeted updates as the team progressed. “We are sincerely so very proud of this team, and we know they will return even bigger and better next year as the organization continues to grow.”
Students ages 6-18 participated in FIRST Championship Detroit. FIRST Championship, the world’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for students, kicked off last week with 15,000 students in Houston.
Among the participants, many earned honors for design excellence, competitive play, research, business plans, website design, and teamwork. A not-for-profit organization founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) inspires innovation and leadership in young people through engaging, team-based robotics challenges. Kamen invented of the segway.
In Detroit, 700 robotics teams from 37 countries across the four FIRST programs participated. More than 91,000 students on 3,650 teams from 37 countries competed during the 2018 season.
FIRST President Donald E. Bossi said: We’re marking the culmination of another fantastic FIRST season, and once again, we’ve had fantastic growth. More than half-a-million young people directly participated in our programs, which engaged 61,000 teams, an impressive 23 percent increase from just last year. We will not stop [growing] until all students have access to the education and experiences that FIRST programs provide.
“On behalf of my team I want to say a very special thank you to Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse and LHS Principal Peggy Johnson for traveling to Detroit to watch us compete,” said LHS student and team member Garrett Royal. “They are some of our biggest supporters, and we are grateful to them. We also want to thank former athletic director, Juliann Renner, who supported us like we were one of her athletic teams, and LHS Teacher Phil Marchal and volunteer Mark Chast for starting and coaching this team seven years ago. We are thankful for your vision and leadership that has touched so many students over the years.”
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, addressed FIRST supporters: What you do right here at FIRST is extraordinarily important. It’s not just about robotics. It’s not just about science. It’s about people. It’s about collaborating. It’s about making it happen. It’s about forming teams, mentoring teams, sharing your experience.Whether you are a volunteer, a donator, a sponsor, a supporter, a participant, a parent, a teacher, you make a difference, and here we just use the incredible world of science and technology to do so and we prepare the future in so many different ways.
FIRST Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams build robots from a reusable kit of parts, develop strategies, document their progress, and compete head to head. In the 2017-18 game, FIRST RELIC RECOVERY, teams work in an alliance to go on a robot adventure. The goal is to score more points than the opposing alliance during 150 seconds of game play that includes autonomous and driver-controlled periods.
Their performance at the FIRST World Championship earned Loveland 5040 an exclusive invitation to compete over the summer at the Maryland Technical Invitational (MTI). At MTI teams from all over the world will meet for a weekend of competition and learning. Scientists and engineers from the Space Sector of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory will speak about two of their cutting-edge missions, New Horizons and Dragonfly.
Team 5040, Nuts & Bolts, Loveland, Ohio was a Division Finalists in the Ochoa Division:
“It has been an amazing year, and we couldn’t have done it without incredible support,” said LHS Teacher and Robotics Coordinator Amy Stewart. “I want to send a huge thank you to Coach Chad Royal, Mentors Peter Kavouras, Eric Spitzley and Chris Reinhold.”
Want to be a part of Loveland Robotics?
The Loveland Robotics Teams are very grateful for all businesses that support them and we are looking for additional sponsors. Sponsorship can take many forms, from expertise in a specific field to materials to financial assistance.
Our Team Business Plan provides information about all aspects of our FTC teams. Questions about the Business Plan or any of the Teams can be sent to Amy Stewart at stewaram@lovelandschools.org.
Loveland, Ohio– Loveland High School (LHS) will salute graduating seniors who have committed to join the military with the first ever Armed Forces Signing Day 2:30 PM Tuesday, May 1, at the LHS Gymnasium. LHS has extended an invitation to all veterans to be a guest at this ceremony. All veterans will be asked to sign in so they can be recognized for their service to our country.
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Loveland/Symmes firefighter, Deputy Chief Jon Frye was at the Loveland Bike Trail Saturday Morning collecting donations for the Firefighter Cancer Support Network
Kim Siebenthaler a member of the LSFD was in front of Paxton’s Grill Saturday morning collecting donations as part of the National Fill a Boot Campaign that raised money for Firefighter Cancer Support Network.
A message of thanks from the Loveland Symmes Fire Department:
We would like to thank everyone in the City of Loveland and Symmes Township for all of their generous donations. Our Annual Fill the Boot Fundraiser was able to collect $11,600 for the Firefighter Cancer Support Network. Chief Bryan Frieders, Deputy Chief of the Pasadena Fire Department and President of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network accepted the donation this past Tuesday evening at the Loveland City Council meeting.
Chief Bryan Frieders (center), Deputy Chief of the Pasadena Fire Department and President of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network accepted the donation from Bruce Hawk and Jon Frye.
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Cancer is the most dangerous threat to firefighter health and safety today.
Cancer caused 61 percent of the career firefighter line-of-duty deaths from January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2016, according to data from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF).
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Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer than the general U.S. population.
Firefighters have a 14 percent higher risk of dying from cancer than the general U.S. population.
There’s little data about cancer among volunteer firefighters, and the U.S. Fire Administration’s firefighter fatality statistics do not include cancer-related deaths, but it’s a stark reality: Firefighting increases cancer risks significantly for every firefighter.
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Cade Spike • Paige Naber • Lindy Walker • Morgan Naber • Abbie Puchta • Tanner Miller • Adam Clark
“It is an emotional experience for all involved,” said Loveland Interim Athletic Director Brian Conatser.
Loveland, Ohio – In this LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV VIDEO Loveland High School Interim Athletic Director, Brian Conatser honored seven student-athletes on April 11 who committed to advance their educational and athletic careers to the next level during the LHS Athletic Spring Signing Day in the LHS Gym. Students were surrounded by family members, coaches, and friends as they announced their intentions and signed papers formalizing their intent.
“It is an emotional experience for all involved,” said Loveland Interim Athletic Director Brian Conatser. “This is a moment many of these students have been working toward nearly their entire tenure as students, and these are the people who have cheered them on each step of the way. We are incredibly proud of what they have accomplished, and we wish them all the best.”
The student-athletes who signed at the event included:
Adam Clark – Men’s Lacrosse,Cleveland State University
Tanner Miller – Volleyball, Thomas More College
Morgan Naber – Women’s Lacrosse, Kent State University
Paige Naber – Women’s Lacrosse, Mount St. Joseph University
Abbie Puchta – Women’s Lacrosse, Marietta College
Cade Spikes – Baseball, North Greenville University
Lindy Walker – Women’s Lacrosse, Transylvania University
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Loveland, OH– Loveland Robotics Team 5040 has found success this season, leading them to compete against teams from over sixty different countries at FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) worlds. Loveland will compete against 120 teams with an average of ten players per team. The competition in Detroit, Michigan is a result of three local tournaments and a state championship where the team was chosen to advance.
The team has been preparing since September, The team meets three nights a week, and individuals often meet outside of officially scheduled robotics meetings. The team has been perfecting their robot for eight months and their hard work will pay off in the attendance of the World Competition from April 24th-28th.
Loveland Robotics Team 5040 Back Row: Jackson Daumeyer, Ben Kavouras, Bryce Reinhold, Garrett Royal, Jacob Chiarenzelli, Matthew Spitzley, Nate Matuszak, Kat Sanderson Front Row: Kai Reinhold, Haley Dues, Stephanie Spitzley, Cooper Baumgarth
“This competition gives us the opportunity to interact with the next generation of STEM professionals while providing a unique challenge to help us grow in all aspects from building a robot to communication skills,” Senior, Garrett Royal explained.
Team 5040 prepares to test new changes to their robot
FTC Robotics is an organization backed by tech and STEM companies that challenge 7-12th-grade students to design, build, program and operate robots in order to overcome a specific obstacle. The program aims to help teach students about the growing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields and encourage improvement in communication, problem-solving and leadership. While building robots is at the core of the program, students must also fight for sponsorships and coordinate money management.
There are roughly forty students in the Loveland Robotics program, and 12 on team 5040. Within 5040, there are subteams focused on building, programming and business. Each subteam has a leader who keeps their group on-task and moving forward. The teams are overseen by Loveland engineering teacher, Ms. Amy Stewart.
The robotics team meets on a Sunday afternoon to improve and plan
The mechanical guts of team 5040’s 2018 build
Each year in September, a new FTC challenge, or “game”, is announced. This year, teams compete in a game called Relic Recover. The teams are challenged to stack cubes called Glyphs into a 3×4 “Cryptobox”. Specific patterns allow teams to earn more points. Additionally, there is a plastic figure known as a “relic” that the robot is programmed to pick up and move over a wall in order to increase points. The goal is to move the relic as far as possible.
“We do a lot of drive practice. We run match after match, trying to get faster and more consistent at each element of the game. This has helped us learn how to manage problems and what to expect during actual competition. Our drivers have been able to master their controls, which is something a lot of other teams do not have as much practice in,” Senior, Haley Dues explained.
Team 5040 practices building a Cryptobox. Different brown/white patterns are placed into the vertical 3×4 box for varying points.
Last year, the two robotics teams also found success– Team 10464 competed in the State Tournament for the second straight year, and Team 5040 traveled to the World Championship marking the first time in Loveland history a team has competed on the world level.
An arm extends a piece of the challenge over the arena wall
Although the prize for winning worlds is just a trophy (and bragging rights), the team sees it as an exciting opportunity.
“Every robot has something unique about it and it’s fun to talk to people who are just as nerdy about robots as you,” Bryce Reinhold explained in regards to the Worlds competition.
Application packets for the Loveland robotics team can be picked up by interested high schools students from Ms. Stewart in room 128 and are due April 20th.
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Loveland, Ohio – World-renowned trumpet player, composer and educator Brad Goode will perform his music with the Loveland High School Jazz bands on Saturday, May 12. The free concert, held in the Loveland High School auditorium, starts at 7:30 PM and follows two jazz clinics offered by Goode during the day.
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