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  • LMS students Hanna Cosgrove and Kylie Eldridge selected from 4,000 as YMCA Honor Campers

    LMS students Hanna Cosgrove and Kylie Eldridge selected from 4,000 as YMCA Honor Campers

    Among elite two percent who earned recognition

    LMS Students Kylie Eldridge and Hanna Cosgrove were selected as YMCA Honor Campers.

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Middle School (LMS) students Hanna Cosgrove and Kylie Eldridge have been selected from 4,000 campers who attended YMCA Camp Ernst to receive the prestigious YMCA Honor Camper award. This selection places Cosgrove and Eldridge in an elite two percent of campers who won.

    “Hanna and Kylie have earned a great recognition as YMCA Honor Campers,” said LMS Principal Chuck Ogdan. “LMS is very proud of their steward leadership and willingness to mentor others.” 

    “These campers made our jobs so much easier,” YMCA Camp Ernst Counselor Jackie Healey said.

    A tradition since 1928, Honor Camper was created by Willard L. Wade, the founder of Camp Ernst, to recognize campers with outstanding character and leadership. Camp Ernst staff of more than 200 nominates and votes on campers who they believe display the YMCA core character values of honesty, caring, respect and responsibility at the end of the weeklong session.

    “These campers made our jobs so much easier,” YMCA Camp Ernst Counselor Jackie Healey said. “We do not just want to recognize the fastest runner in the track meet or the best singer at the campfire, but also those who helped others and showed true leadership all week.”

    “Successes such as these exemplify our building mission of Improve or Deteriorate,” said Ogdan. “Because of students like Hanna and Kylie we are making improvements every single day at LMS. Go Tigers!” 

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  • Loveland McDonald’s “New Living Room Look” coming soon

    Loveland McDonald’s “New Living Room Look” coming soon

    Loveland, Ohio – Since November 27, the Loveland McDonald’s has been undergoing some major lobby and Play Place construction.

    New additions:

    • A Brand New Play Place Toy
    • New Kids Touch Games and a New Sparkle Table
    • New Birthday Party Room and Corporate Meeting Room
    • Installation of Lobby Self-Ordering Kiosks
    • Brand New Living Room Look for Lobby
    • Brand New Bathrooms
    • New Front Counter Look

    Their will be a Grand Opening Day Ceremony and Celebration on Thursday December 28th from 9 until 11 AM. The ceremony will begin with a brief opening welcome statement from Owner/Operator Gene Gillespie, “Followed by a red carpet layout leading to our new self-ordering Kiosks.”

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  • LIS students put #TigerCare in action to raise more than $7,000 to build a well in South Sudan

    LIS students put #TigerCare in action to raise more than $7,000 to build a well in South Sudan

    Loveland Intermediate School students walked 1.2 miles carrying gallon jugs of water and raised more than $7,000 to combat the water crisis in Africa during a special lesson Friday, Oct. 20.

    A ‘Long Walk’ to learn empathy

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Intermediate School (LIS) sixth grade students walking the sidewalks of Loveland neighborhoods with gallon jugs of water in tow; it was not your typical classroom experience Friday, Oct. 20 – but it was a learning opportunity now in its fourth year. Called “Walk for Water” the students read the book “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, which is based on a true story about the difficulty to obtain clean water in Africa. The 1.2 miles the students walk – again, gallon jugs of water in tow – is symbolic; they carry the water to represent the very real water crisis in Africa.

    “I continue this lesson each year because I think it is important to teach our students that there are many people in the world who struggle to survive each day and that we should always be grateful for what we have,” said LIS English Teacher Jennifer Kirby.

    “I continue this lesson each year because I think it is important to teach our students that there are many people in the world who struggle to survive each day and that we should always be grateful for what we have,” said LIS English Teacher Jennifer Kirby. “For most of us, our worst day does not even come close to comparing to what people in less fortunate areas of the world struggle with.” 

    In addition to the walk, students raised $7382.06 to help build a well in South Sudan, surpassing the goal of $6,000. Students also donated about 400 gallons of water to Matthew 25: Ministries.

    “Each year I continue to be amazed that our students take the main character, Salva’s, story to heart and go above and beyond the goal that we set,” said Kirby. “I hope that the take away for the students is that one person can make a difference. I hope they think of the children of the village where our well will be built and know that they have made the lives of those children and their families so much better.”

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  • Loveland Women remain undefeated – Host Kings tonight at 6 PM

    Loveland Women remain undefeated – Host Kings tonight at 6 PM

    Loveland, Ohio – The undefeated and high scoring Loveland Womens basketball Tigers host 1-3, 2-3 Kings tonight in the Tiger gym. Game time tonight in the rare Friday night schedule is 6 PM. The men take on Kings at 8 PM.

    Sophomore forward Jillian Hayes is leading all ECC scorers with 16.7 points per/game and scored 25 against Withrow in a 71-36 Tiger win on December 13. Hays averages 7.3 rebounds in the young season and tops the Conference with 1.5 blocks per/game.

    Sophomore guard Kate Garry averages 10.7 points.

    Season Results
    NOV. 2017 OPPONENT RESULT RECORD
    Mon. 27 at Sycamore W 53 – 46       1 – 0 (0 – 0)
    Wed. 29 Harrison W 72 – 25       2 – 0 (0 – 0)
    DEC. 2017 OPPONENT RESULT RECORD
    Sat. 2 Turpin W 39 – 27       3 – 0 (1 – 0)
    Wed. 6 at Milford W 67 – 34       4 – 0 (2 – 0)
    Sat. 9 at Anderson W 50 – 37       5 – 0 (3 – 0)
    Wed. 13 Withrow W 71 – 36       6 – 0 (4 – 0)

     

    ECC Standings  
      CONFERENCE OVERALL
    TEAMS W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA STRK
    Loveland 4 – 0 1.000 56.8 33.5 6 – 0 1.000 58.7 34.2 W6
    West Clermont 3 – 0 1.000 65.0 33.0 4 – 1 .800 62.4 43.2 W4
    Walnut Hills 2 – 0 1.000 72.0 27.0 4 – 0 1.000 68.3 28.8 W4
    Anderson 2 – 1 .667 40.0 40.3 3 – 4 .429 36.4 44.1 W1
    Turpin 2 – 2 .500 35.3 36.5 5 – 2 .714 38.3 35.7 W3
    Kings 1 – 3 .250 43.0 52.5 2 – 3 .400 46.4 49.2 L3
    Withrow 0 – 4 .000 35.5 70.5 1 – 4 .200 36.2 62.4 L4
    Milford 0 – 4 .000 26.0 49.8 1 – 6 .143 33.9 48.7 L4

     

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  • Tiger Men and Women host Kings on Friday night

    Tiger Men and Women host Kings on Friday night

    by Todd Robinson,

    Loveland, Ohio – The Milford Eagles descended on Tiger Court Tuesday, December 12, looking to avenge last year’s series sweep by the Loveland men’s basketball team. The Tigers fought hard, taking a three point lead into the fourth quarter, but ultimately fell to the unbeaten Eagles 57-52.

    Loveland Women remain undefeated on a six-game run.

    In front of a large Tiger Nation student body on jersey/ESPN night, Coach Reis went deep into his bench in the first half, rotating 11 players to maintain relentless defensive pressure on the Eagles. Milford took a slim 25-22 advantage into the halftime locker room.

    Coming out of the break, the Eagle made an obvious adjustment, trying to speed up their transition game to beat the Tigers’ defensive pressure, but behind a 15-9 third quarter run fueled by Jalen Greiser and Matt Toigo, the Tigers took a 37-34 lead into the final stanza.

    After three lead changes in the first 3 minutes of the last quarter, the Eagles took the lead for good and held off the scrappy Tigers down the stretch.

    Jalen Greiser and Matt Toigo lead the Tigers with 20 and 15 points respectively. Brenton Foust dished out 6 assists and hit his first varsity trey.

    The loss evened Loveland’s record at 1-1 (2-2).

    Season Results
    DEC. 2017 OPPONENT RESULT RECORD
    Fri. 1 Harrison W 61 – 56       1 – 0 (0 – 0)
    Tue. 5 Mason L 66 – 31       1 – 1 (0 – 0)
    Fri. 8 at Turpin W 52 – 28       2 – 1 (1 – 0)
    Tue. 12 Milford L 57 – 52       2 – 2 (1 – 1)

     

    Next up, the Tigers host Kings on Friday night as the Loveland girl’s squad takes on the Knights at 6 PM with the boys to follow at 8 PM. The Kings men are currently last in ECC standings with a 0-2 – 0-3 record.

    Tuesday, December 12, 2017
     

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    Milford
        1 2 3 4 T  
      MIL 10 15 9 23 57  
      LVL 6 16 15 15 52  

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    Loveland
    Milford
    STARTERS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
    Nathan Gallimore 3-8 2-5 0-0 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 8
    Steven Huxell 3-7 1-2 5-7 1 4 5 4 1 0 4 2 12
    Caleb Farrell 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
    Jake Ayler 4-9 1-3 5-7 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 14
    Connor Foster 4-5 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 8
    BENCH FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
    AJ Dickerson 2-3 0-1 4-6 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 8
    Brady Sluder 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
    Hunter Pollitt 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
    Jack Liles 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
      19-40 4-14 15-24 5 13 18 10 6 0 10 11 57
      47.5% 28.6% 62.5%  

     

    Standings  
      CONFERENCE OVERALL
    TEAMS W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA STRK
    Milford 2 – 0 1.000 53.0 45.5 4 – 0 1.000 56.3 44.8 W4
    Walnut Hills 2 – 0 1.000 56.0 49.5 3 – 0 1.000 62.0 54.7 W3
    West Clermont 1 – 1 .500 59.0 52.5 2 – 1 .667 55.0 45.3 W1
    Loveland 1 – 1 .500 52.0 42.5 2 – 2 .500 49.0 51.8 L1
    Withrow 1 – 1 .500 47.5 47.5 1 – 2 .333 48.0 53.0 L1
    Anderson 1 – 1 .500 41.5 43.0 1 – 3 .250 40.8 50.8 W1
    Turpin 0 – 2 .000 37.0 56.5 1 – 4 .200 41.2 54.4 L4
    Kings 0 – 2 .000 39.5 48.5 0 – 3 .000 42.0 51.0 L3

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  • Loveland School’s donations serve more than 200 Loveland families during the holiday season

    Loveland School’s donations serve more than 200 Loveland families during the holiday season

    Loveland Intermediate School and Loveland Middle School students walked donations from their buildings down the street to the L.I.F.E. Pantry during the 2017 Pass-it-On drive, an annual tradition. (Provided Photo)

    Tiger Family helps to ‘Pass-it-On’ during annual food drive

    Loveland, Ohio – A Holiday Box with all of the fixings – decorative holiday napkins included – with enough food to serve families for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah. That was the gift to more than 200 Loveland families thanks to a community pulling together, and a 17-year partnership between the Loveland City School District and Loveland L.I.F.E. Pantry. The Tiger Family donated nearly 8,000 items during the November Pass-it-On donation drive.

    “Thanks to the enormous efforts of our team working with the school – the teachers and students, parents, and police officers, the L.I.F.E. Pantry was able to serve 207 area families,” said L.I.F.E. Pantry Director Linda Bergholz. “The blessings of this community are abundant, and we are both humbled and grateful for the outpouring of our school community.”

    Families picked up the Holiday Boxes from the pantry on Saturday, Nov. 18. The pantry provided families with additional fresh items, some donated from area businesses, as well as gift certificates for the main course for the two meals. This year, the pantry also provided recipe cards for each family so they could make traditional holiday foods, like green bean casserole, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and even hot cocoa with marshmallows, too – and clients could taste-test the delicious recipes at box pick-up.  

    “Our Preschool through fourth graders collected over 2,500 items towards making winter holiday meal baskets for families right here in our own district,” said Stacy Fitzgibbon, LEPTA Pass-it-On chairperson.

    “Our Preschool through fourth graders collected over 2,500 items towards making winter holiday meal baskets for families right here in our own district,” said Stacy Fitzgibbon, LEPTA Pass-it-On chairperson. “This is my third year helping with Pass-it-On, and the generosity this community exhibits with its time and resources always amazes me.”

    “For the 17th year, Pass-it-On has been a great partnership between Loveland Schools and L.I.F.E. Food Pantry,” said Lauren Aiello, M/INT Pass-it-On Chairperson. “The fifth through eighth grades at Loveland Intermediate School and Loveland Middle School collected over 5,200 items toward the holiday baskets. That is twice what was requested! Loveland’s generosity to its neighbors is inspiring, and shows just one aspect of our wonderful community. We couldn’t do any of this without the families taking part, teachers supporting our efforts, and the volunteers who help pull all of this together.”

  • Unexpected inspiration at Loveland Intermediate School

    Unexpected inspiration at Loveland Intermediate School

    Teachers use paint for positive reinforcement

    Loveland Intermediate School teachers painted inspirational messages to promote a positive self-image to female students on the walls of the bathroom. – Provided Photo

    Loveland, Ohio – A few cans of paint and a holiday weekend spent working was all a group of Loveland Intermediate School (LIS) fifth grade teachers needed to create some unexpected messages for the female students they teach. When their students returned from Veteran’s Day Weekend, they were greeted with inspirational quotes painted across all of the walls in the bathroom.

    “We saw a post online about a middle school that did this exact thing, and we loved the idea because so often girls are bombarded with society’s views about what they should look like and what society believes about girls,” said LIS Teacher Jennifer Burkhardt. “We wanted to surround them with words to remind them that they are beautiful, strong, smart, and loved just the way they are and that being kind and doing their best is the most important thing.”

    Provided Photo

    It was an act of kindness by a Loveland nonprofit that funded the plan. JUST BECAUSE GRANTS were awarded to the teachers to purchase the supplies.

    “It is fantastic, and the message is so important for our students to hear,” said LIS Principal Garth Carlier. “This initiative speaks to the care our teachers have for our students, which is also one of the strategic goals for our district – Tiger Care. These students deserve to know how special they are; this is the perfect daily reminder.”

  • Loveland City School District Snow Delay Information

    Loveland City School District Snow Delay Information

    Loveland, Ohio – This is a reminder to the Tiger Family that the Loveland City School District operates on a two-hour delay schedule for weather-related delay days. This means all buildings will begin classes on a two-hour delay from regular start times, and all buses will run on a two-hour delay to pick up students.
    On weather delay days, Loveland Early Childhood Center (LECC) will enact the following schedule:
     
    AM Kindergarten = 11:10-12:50
    PM Kindergarten = 2:10 -3:50
    All Day Kindergarten & First grade = 11:10-3:50
     
    LECC will communicate a bus schedule directly for morning Kindergarten home drop off and the afternoon Kindergarten home pickup.
     
    Please note: For buildings currently offering breakfast, this will not be available on any snow delay days.
     
    The Tiger Family will be notified about weather-related delays and closing through the district’s School Alerts system, the district website, on the district social media sites, which all members of the Tiger Family are encouraged to follow: Facebook (Loveland City Schools), Twitter (@lovelandtigers), Loveland Magazine and through other traditional media outlets.
     
  • Mike’s Carwash donates $20,000 to Toys for Tots

    Mike’s Carwash donates $20,000 to Toys for Tots

    Loveland, Ohio — Mike’s Carwash, with headquarters located in the Loveland Commerce Park, donated $20,173.39 to Toys for Tots as a result of its Wash for Tots fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 2nd, according to a press release.

    During the one-day fundraiser, Mike’s 22 locations offered the Ultimate Wash at a discounted price and for every Ultimate purchased, donated $1 back to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program, the release continued; all locations were also accepting monetary donations.

    Toys for Tots’ mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and to distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community, the release stated.

    “A huge thank you to all the customers that supported our Wash for Tots fundraiser and to the civilians and Marines that volunteered at our locations during the event,” said Mike Dahm, president of Mike’s Carwash. “We are thrilled to have raised $20,173.39 for Toys for Tots that will support eight local chapters in gifting toys to less fortunate children this holiday season.”

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  • LMS Robotics Team earns First Place Robot Design

    LMS Robotics Team earns First Place Robot Design

    L3 team members include: (Back Row, L to R) Assistant Coach Carol Case, Jeremy Case, Jackson Abram, Cameron Petrella, Josh Dues, Luke Perry, Coach Leslie Kirk-Smith; (Front Row, L to R) Elias Williams, Sean Behling, Ben Beseler, Vlad Breech
    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Middle School (LMS) L3 (Loveland Lego Legends), a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics Team, recently earned a new title: First Place Robot Design. Students won the award at the FLL Tournament hosted by Sycamore Saturday, December 2. The L3 team, which includes two out-of-district students, will join four other teams from the tournament to advance to the District Tournament at iSpace on January 20.
     
     
    “We are extremely proud of our robotics students!” said LMS Principal Chuck Ogdan. “ALL of these students are strong Tigers who embody the Loveland Middle School four-core values: Grit, Rise, Innovation, and Leadership. We wish them the very best as they move forward to the district tournament. Go Tigers!”