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  • LECC 1st-grade student Lilly True selected a Chamber Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest winner

    LECC 1st-grade student Lilly True selected a Chamber Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest winner

    Loveland, Ohio – LECC first-grade student Lilly True was selected as an age-group winner in the Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest. For 33 years, the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance has been hosting a contest asking for poetry that celebrates Valentine’s Day.

    Lilly True’s submission was selected as one of the winners. Lilly will share her poem with LECC during the video announcements next week. You can watch Lilly recite her poem below.

    https://www.facebook.com/100555210006158/videos/440058950526949

    All of the winners are:

    Pre-K/Kindergarten: Roman Lyke

    1st grade: Lillyan True

    2nd Grade: Amalie Lyke

    3rd Grade: Jane Jeranek

    4th Grade: Theodor Lyke

    5/6th Grade: Claire Motylinksi

    7/8th grade: Caroline Lorio

    HS: Ava Schwan

    Adult: Lexi & Nancy Duff

  • LHS’s Bea Aldrich, National Merit Finalist

    LHS’s Bea Aldrich, National Merit Finalist

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School senior Bea Aldrich has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Bea was recognized in October as a semi-finalist and now advances to the next stage. The National Merit Scholarship program exists to promote scholastic excellence, and her certificate notes Bea demonstrates “through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment.” The National Merit scholarships are to be awarded between April and July.

  • RP Diamond: Women’s Varsity Basketball team the “Athlete of the Week”

    RP Diamond: Women’s Varsity Basketball team the “Athlete of the Week”

    Loveland, Ohio – After 4 big conference wins last week that led to an ECC Championship, RP Diamond named the entire Women’s Varsity Basketball team the “Athlete of the Week”.

  • Celebrating the 100th day of school by dressing up as 100-year-olds

    Celebrating the 100th day of school by dressing up as 100-year-olds

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Early Childhood Center Students celebrated their 100th day of school by dressing up as 100-year-olds.

    “The cutest day of the year at LECC and we’re sharing the tradition with you. Curlers, pearls, glasses, and sweaters are the must-have fashion items for our tiny seniors! Enjoy,” said the District in a Facebook post.

    All photos provided by the Loveland District.

  • Loveland Elementary students earn robot design award

    Loveland Elementary students earn robot design award

    Loveland, Ohio – Anderson A., Logan P., Sam H., Hunter H., Maddie D., and Nicholas G. competed on the Loveland Robotics Team 51294 RobotActiveX and won the “Robot Design Award” which is given to a team that “uses outstanding programming principles and solid engineering practices to develop a robot that is mechanically sound, durable, efficient and highly capable of performing challenging missions.”

    Photo provided by Loveland Elementary School.

  • To tamp down rumors: Statement from Superintendent of Schools

    To tamp down rumors: Statement from Superintendent of Schools

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland School Superintendent Bradley Neavin has asked Loveland Magazine to send the below message to the community about a situation yesterday at the Loveland Middle School.

    In a phone call, Neavin said, “The situation is being investigated. It is being handled. We’ve pulled our resources together, including our outside resources which include our resource officers and everybody is safe.”

    LMS Safety Update

    Tiger Family –

    We wanted to update you on a situation involving Loveland Middle School. Yesterday, the school administration was informed of a safety concern involving one of our students. This situation was reported to the school administration and an investigation, involving school and central administration, student support personnel, and the school resource officer in collaboration with the Loveland City Police Department, was initiated.

    In communication with the parents of the student, the situation was addressed and per the investigation, Loveland Middle School was determined to be safe.

    Thank you for your continued cooperation and collaboration.

  • [VIDEO] Interview with Loveland’s new Superintendent of Schools

    [VIDEO] Interview with Loveland’s new Superintendent of Schools

    by David Miller

    David Miller is the Publisher of Loveland Magazine

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District recently hired Bradley Neavin to serve as Superintendent. Neavin’s contract runs from February 10 until the Board hires a permanent superintendent, or until July 3.

    Neavin’s first official day begins on Wednesday, however, he sat for an interview this morning from the Board office via Zoom so we could introduce him to the community and ask a few questions about his role in the District in the coming months.

    The Steubenville native chatted with me about the Steelers/Browns/Bengals, and the Ohio University Marching 110. We also talked about the funding in Governor DeWine’s proposed K-12 education budget, the Ohio Legislature’s attempt to fix school funding, and DeWine’s goal of re-opening Ohio’s schools on March 1. And, more…

    Superintendent Neavin can be reached at neavinbr@lovelandschools.org or (513) 683-5600.

  • Loveland schools want feedback

    Loveland schools want feedback

    Loveland, Ohio – Julie Dunn the administrative assistant in the board of education office asked Loveland Magazine to share this information to the broader community.

    The Board of Education is seeking input from staff, families and the community on their “commitments for the 2021-2022 school year”.

    Dunn asks that you please review the current LCSD Board Commitments (below) and provide feedback through answering the questions. The survey will remain open until Wednesday, January 20 at 9 AM.

    Take the survey here.  

  • Lorenz re-elected Board President of Loveland District

    Lorenz re-elected Board President of Loveland District

    This story was up-dated at 12: 28 PM as we received a comment from Dr. Lorenz

    Loveland, Ohio – Dr. Kathryn Lorenz was re-elected Board President last night at a meeting of the Loveland City School District Board of Education.

    Kevin Dougherty (Provided Photo)

    Kevin Dougherty was chosen by fellow Board members to replace Michele Pettit as Vice-President.

    The Board postponed the previously announced executive session (for last night) to discuss the hiring of an interim Superintendent. The session will now be held on Tuesday, January 12 at 6 PM when they will have a “virtual” meeting. Dr. Amy Crouse resigned as Superintendent on December 17.

    UP-DATE at 12:28 PM: Dr. Lorenz just sent Loveland Magazine this comment: “I am honored by the comments made by board members, suggesting that they would like me to continue facilitating the administrative work of board meetings. I know that all board members are equal and I know that the board President is simply the board member who helps by running the meetings and facilitating some communication with the district administration and the public at large.”

  • DeWine relaxes guidance for COVID 19 classroom quarantine

    DeWine relaxes guidance for COVID 19 classroom quarantine

    “Students and teachers exposed to a COVID-positive person in school are no longer required to quarantine as long as the exposure occurred in a classroom setting and all students/teachers were wearing masks and following other appropriate protocols.”

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – Governor Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that Ohio is changing its guidance regarding quarantines following an in-classroom exposure in K-12 schools. The Ohio Department of Health said, “Moving forward, students and teachers exposed to a COVID-positive person in school are no longer required to quarantine as long as the exposure occurred in a classroom setting and all students/teachers were wearing masks and following other appropriate protocols.”

    The change follows an evaluation of virus spread in Ohio schools conducted by researchers with the Ohio Schools COVID-19 Evaluation Team. Preliminary results of the evaluation found no discernable difference in the risk of contracting the coronavirus between those in close contact with a COVID-positive person in the classroom and those who were farther away.  

    Loveland Magazine has reached out to Loveland Superintendent, Dr. Amy Crouse and the District health team to inquire whether the District will adopt DeWine’s newest protocol, however, neither are available for immediate response. (Thank you for your email. Our offices are closed through Sunday, January 3, 2021.  I am out of the office with limited access to email.)

    Loveland school students return to the classroom on Monday, January 4.

    “This evaluation confirms for us that Ohio’s classrooms are a safe place for our students and that the commitment our schools have made to keeping kids safe in the classroom is working,” said DeWine.

    Schools should continue to require quarantines for exposed students in situations where masking and distancing protocols were not followed. The updated quarantine guidance does not apply to after-school activities, including sports, according to the new guidelines.

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in early December new quarantine guidelines for people who were exposed to coronavirus, reducing the length of time from 14 days to 10 days without symptoms or seven days with no symptoms and a negative test. The Loveland School District announced on December 4 that they would implement these less stringent quarantine requirements.

    Meanwhile: The Associated Press reports that California has the nation’s 2nd confirmed case of a new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus. Read on…

    Here is the last Covid 19 Dashboard that was published by the District (12/12/20 -12/18/20) right after classes dismissed for Winter Break:


    Statewide Curfew extended for another three weeks

    The Ohio Department of Health is extending the 10 PM to 5 AM statewide curfew for another three weeks until January 23. Governor Mike DeWine said, “This is b/c we don’t yet know what effect the holidays may have on our hospitals and health care systems, so we must continue to be cautious.”