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  • OHSAA Announces Tigers will play Little Miami in 1st-round of State Tournament

    OHSAA Announces Tigers will play Little Miami in 1st-round of State Tournament

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – The 2020 Ohio High School Athletic Association Football postseason is finally here! On October 1st, OHSAA announced the regional brackets for the football playoffs, which currently includes 648 schools.

    During a normal OHSAA Football season, 224 schools typically qualify for the playoffs, with eight schools from each of 28 regions earning a bid through the OHSAA’s Harbin computer ratings system. This season the Harbin system will not be used. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the playoffs will begin in Week 7 (Oct. 9-10) and all teams could potentially opt-in.

    The Loveland Tigers will travel to Little Miami High School this Friday, October 9. Game time is 7 PM. Little Miami has a 15 seed and Loveland is seeded 18.

    The Panthers beat the Tigers in Tiger Stadium on September 18th, 55-20.

    The Tigers lost at Kings last Friday night 63-32 and play the last game of their announced schedule on Friday, October 16th at Milford. All teams have the option of playing more games if or when they are eliminated from the State Tournament. The Milford game scenario would change depending on tournament first-round game results.

    Below is the Region 8 Bracket for Div II. (Right-Click the Bracket and open in a new tab or window for a larger view)

    (Continue reading about the State Tournament below the Bracket…)

    The head coaches in each region voted to determine the seeding in their region. OHSAA placed teams in particular brackets according to their seeds. In most regions, the higher seeds will have a first-round bye.

    All playoff tickets will be sold online through www.OHSAA.org/tickets and will be available starting Tuesday, October 6.

    Divisions, I, II, III, and VII will play on Friday nights. Divisions IV, V, and VI will play on Saturday nights. All games will kick-off at 7 p.m.

    For each game through at least the regional semifinals, the higher seeded team will have the first opportunity to host the game. If the higher-seeded team cannot host, the other team will host the game. The OHSAA will determine sites for the regional finals, state semifinals, and state championships. If a team is unable to play a playoff game on the assigned day according to the bracket, its opponent will advance on the bracket.

    Schools eliminated from the playoffs or that chose not to enter have the option to schedule additional regular-season contests through Saturday, November 14 (maximum of 10 regular season contests permitted).

    All sports in Ohio – at all levels – are under the direction of the latest Ohio Department of Health order, which was signed on August 19th by Governor DeWine. The order and additional guidance from the ODH and OHSAA are posted at:https://www.ohsaa.org/Home/OHSAA-COVID-19-Correspondence

    STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

    The Division I State Championship Game will be played Friday, November 13th. The specific dates and times for the state championship games in Divisions II through VII will be announced at a later date but will be played within the November 19th-22nd date range. Sites will be announced at a later date, as well, but it is unlikely that all seven games will be played at the same venue according to the OHSAA. There will be no state championship games that happen simultaneously, as each game will have its own time slot

    Spectrum News 1 will be the official television partner of the OHSAA and will select several playoff games each weekend to televise live. Only Spectrum can provide live television coverage of the OHSAA Football Playoff Games. All other television broadcasts can start at 10 P.M. on the same day as the game. Live video streaming will be permitted for games not selected by Spectrum News 1 at rates set by the OHSAA.

    For more of your Loveland Sports 411 With Me, Cassie Mattia, stay tuned!

  • [Photo Album] Loveland Men’s Soccer Team shuts-out Moeller

    [Photo Album] Loveland Men’s Soccer Team shuts-out Moeller

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Victory is ours! The Moeller Crusaders 1-1-2 in the Greater Catholic League, 2-3-3 overall traveled to Tiger Trail to face the Loveland Men’s Soccer Team on Thursday where the Tigers captured a win with a 0-4 shut-out!

    Many of the Tigers contributed to the victory as Zach McHenry scored on a penalty kick with 19 minutes left in the 1st half, Kees Ciric scored twice and Helge Harris scored once in the 2nd half.

    The win against Moeller took the Tiger’s record to 8-1-2 (4-1-0 in the ECC). Loveland was scheduled to play Winton Woods on Saturday however because there was a shortage in officials the game was not played.

    Currently, in the ECC in regards to Men’s Soccer Walnut Hills is undefeated with 4 victories and both Anderson and Turpin are 5-1. Loveland is sitting in 4th place in the ECC out of 10 teams.

    On Tuesday the Tigers will host Anderson who is 8-2-2 overall (5-1-0 in the ECC) and on Thursday, September 15th Loveland will travel to Lebanon (0-5-0 in the ECC, 3-8-1 overall) to play another ECC match. 

    The following is the Southwest Ohio D1 Men’s Soccer poll results for Week 7:

    Please enjoy the Tiger photo compilation below that Loveland Magazine’s very own David Miller put together from the Loveland Men’s Soccer Team’s big win against Moeller!

    These photos are © protected and all rights reserved. They can be purchased by contacting lovelandmagazine@cinci.rr.com.

    Want more Tiger sports updates?! Stay tuned to the Loveland Sports 411 With Me, Cassie Mattia!

  • Heidi Weber is excited for her 3rd graders and the amazing skills they are learning!

    Heidi Weber is excited for her 3rd graders and the amazing skills they are learning!

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    by Heidi Weber

    Hello! I am responding to your request to hear from teachers about Loveland Online learning. (Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District)

    I am teaching 3rd grade through our online academy. I want to share that I am having a great deal of success because of the training opportunities made available through the district instructional technology coaches for years. While these coaches were lost due to cuts from the levy failure, our coaches offered training in many tech skills including the use of Google tools. They even offered support becoming certified as a Level 1 Google educator.

    I was able to take advantage of the training offered by the district for years and I earned this certification. The training helped me be highly skilled in the use of Google tools and applications in my classroom prior to COVID. This has made online teaching smoother for myself and my students. My skill with the tools has helped me teach these skills to my students and after 4 weeks, they are confident and capable learners!

    I am also supporting several children on IEPs. Between myself, an intervention specialist, and one of our paraprofessionals working remotely, my students have access to an adult all day long. I’ve created a schedule that links every meet into it for ease of access for families. I believe that all of my learners are thriving because technology lets me adapt for their needs in many ways such as providing audio recordings of directions or videos that students can pause or review again. You can’t put a live teacher on pause or listen again! So in many ways, I find the environment more supportive.

    It has been about re-imagining what we do as educators. There hasn’t been anything that I would have done in person that I haven’t figured out how to adapt to remote learning.

    My goal has been for students to be independent so that all I need parents to do is make sure there is a strong solid connection and devices that work at home (and if they don’t, we work with the district to help figure that too). If a child struggles with a task, then I figure out how to adapt it or support them more. I wouldn’t expect a parent to come to school and ‘teach’ their child under normal circumstances, so why would I ask them to ‘teach’ at home?

    I am excited for my 3rd graders and the amazing skills we are learning! I think we are ROCKING it!

    Sincerely,

    Heidi Weber

  • Five Loveland Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students

    Five Loveland Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School has announced seniors Katherine Amburgey, Jackson Crane, Ansley Richards, Calvin Spencer, and Meghan Tibbs have been named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program.

    The National Merit Scholarship Program recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability based on their performance on the PSAT taken during the junior year. These Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

  • Loveland City Schools COVID-19 Updates

    Loveland City Schools COVID-19 Updates

    What Loveland community members need to know about Loveland City Schools’ COVID numbers as they begin week four of hybrid learning

    by Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    • As reported Friday September 18 on the LCS database, one bus driver was confirmed to have tested positive with one close student-contact reported. Additionally, there are two “community cases” reported on their site. These cases include Loveland residents who have reported a positive case to LCS. Students and staff who are isolated or quarantined will also be considered “community cases,” according to Dr. Amy Crouse, superintendent. “If isolation or quarantine has ended and individuals have returned to school, they will no longer be reported as a community case,” says Crouse.
    • In August, two unnamed Loveland High School student athletes tested positive for COVID-19 resulting in 136 people self-quarantining, according to Dr. Crouse. An official report of this incident was never sent out to the public. The two teams were the high school men’s football and women’s soccer teams. A total 23 staff members and 113 students were involved and required to quarantine. This data was made available on the Loveland City Schools (LCS) page around two months later in September right before Labor Day weekend. The school alerted the families involved at the time of the reported cases. Since classes were not in session in August, LCS only sent the information to the people who needed it, according to Crouse.
    • The amount of time that students and staff must quarantine depends on whether they have tested positive or just had exposure to a sick person, according to new health protocols listed on the Loveland Schools site. If a positive case were reported to an administrator at LCS, the required self-quarantine would only be 10 days, according to the protocols. However, if a person had been confirmed to be in contact (within six feet for 15 minutes or more), they must self-quarantine for 14 days. “Those are Hamilton County rules,” said Dr. Amy Crouse. “It’s not my decision, but it’s my understanding that it can take up to 14 days to show symptoms if you’re in close contact. Those are protocols developed by Hamilton County.” These rules correspond with CDC guidelines.
    • LCS plans on returning to full-capacity schooling in October. Students will return to five days a week.
    • In order to find the school’s COVID-19 data, go to Loveland City Schools home page, click the tab “Reopening Plan.” On the left-hand side, it will say “COVID-19 Data Update.” Click there. At the very bottom of that page, click the link to their document that tracks the numbers.
  • Board approves schedule for 5-day full capacity learning

    Board approves schedule for 5-day full capacity learning

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District Board of Education approved a resolution Tuesday night with a schedule for 5-day full capacity learning.

    The vote was Board President Dr. Kathy Lorenz, Vice President Michele Pettit, and Dr. Eric Schwetschenau voting to make the change and members Kevin Dougherty andEileen Washburn voting, “No”.

    PreK through 4th grade will begin 5-day full capacity on October 5.

    Grades 5 through 8 will begin 5-day full capacity on October 12.

    Loveland High School will begin 5-day full capacity on October 26.

    Currently, the schools are on a combination of a blended attendance model for in-person learning and many students attending the District’s Remote Online Academy.*

    The decision the Board made on Tuesday does not affect the Remote Online Academy students.

    Here is the “Full Capacity Evaluation” document the Board used in their deliberations: BOE Full Capacity Presentation 9-22-2020 (1)

    In the video below you can watch the Board discussion on the resolution beginning at the 1:10:48 minute mark. The Board paused the discussion and resumed at the 4:25:18 Minute mark. The District may not allow this video to play here on Loveland Magazine, so if this video does not play, go HERE to watch it.

    *The plans the Loveland Schools are currently operating under:

  • Loveland Board of Education meets tonight

    Loveland Board of Education meets tonight

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District meets tonight in the Loveland Middle/Intermediate Cafeteria at 6 PM

    The meeting will be livestreamed at https://youtu.be/IIcFcJDK8Us

    1. Opening Items
    1.1 Adoption of Board Agenda

    1.2 Welcoming of Guests

    1.3 Pledge of Allegiance

    1.4 Hearing of the Public (In person or send email to Board at board@lovelandschools.org by 4:00 p.m.)
    2. Board Reports
    2.4 Business Manager Report

    2.5 Principal Reports
    3. Committee Updates
    3.1 District Policy Committee Updates – None this month; Next meeting 10/8/20

    3.2 District Facilities Committee Updates – None this month; Next meeting 11/10/20

    3.3 District Finance Committee Updates – Meetings held September 3 and September 17; Next meeting 10/13/20

    3.4 District Student Experience Committee Updates – None this month; Next meeting 10/6/20
    4. Discussion Topics
    4.2 Evaluation of the Return to Full Capacity

    4.4 First Reading of Policies

    1530 – EVALUATION OF PRINCIPALS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS

    2270 – RELIGION IN THE CURRICULUM

    2431 – INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS

    4162 – DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING OF CDL LICENSE HOLDERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM SAFETY SENSITIVE FUNCTIONS

    5200 – ATTENDANCE

    5610 – REMOVAL, SUSPENSION, EXPULSION, AND PERMANENT EXCLUSION OF STUDENTS

    5611 – DUE PROCESS RIGHTS

    6107 – AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND DISTRIBUTE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND TO USE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

    6144 – INVESTMENTS

    6152 – STUDENT FEES, FINES, AND CHARGES

    6152.01 – WAIVER OF SCHOOL FEES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    6325 – PROCUREMENT – FEDERAL GRANTS/FUNDS

    6424 – PROCUREMENT CARDS

    8800 – RELIGIOUS/PATRIOTIC CEREMONIES AND OBSERVANCES

    1530 – Evaluation of Principals and Other Administrators.pdf (185 KB)
    2270 – Religion in the Curriculum.pdf (102 KB)
    2431 – Interscholastic Athletics.pdf (165 KB)
    4162 – Drug and Alcohol Testing of CDL License Holders and Other Employees.pdf (429 KB)
    5200 – Attendance.pdf (438 KB)
    5610 – Removal, Suspension, Expulsion, and Permanent Exclusion of Students.pdf (365 KB)
    5611 – Due Process Rights.pdf (203 KB)
    6107 – Authorization to Accept and Distribute Electronic Records and to Use Electronic Signatures (1).pdf (101 KB)
    6144 – Investments.pdf (157 KB)
    6152 – Student Fees, Fines and Charges.pdf (278 KB)
    6152.01 – Waiver of School Fees for Instructional Materials.pdf (112 KB)
    6325 – Procurement – Federal Grants-Funds.pdf (494 KB)
    6424 – Procurement Cards.pdf (96 KB)
    8800 – Religious-Patriotic Ceremonies and Observances.pdf (136 KB)
    4.5 Board Planning Commission Update
    5. Superintendent Resolutions
    5.1 Approve Student Representatives to the Board for 2020-2021

    5.2 Approve Policy 2266 – Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in District Programs or Activities

    5.3 Approve resolution to reaffirm the 2020-2021 Academic Plans and Options of the Loveland City School District
    6. Treasurer Resolutions
    6.1 Approval of 9/1/20 Board of Education Minutes

    6.2 Approve financial reports, payment of invoices, board member expenses, transfers, investment of funds, and appropriation adjustments

    6.3 Approve the Official Certificate of Estimated Resources, Permanent Appropriations and Total Amount from all Sources

    6.4 Approve removal of equipment by gift, sale or destruction

    6.5 Approval of Treasurer Items 6.1 – 6.4
    7. Director of Human Resources
    7.1 Status of Communications Position

    7.2 Resignations and employment of certified, classified, homebound, substitute and supplemental positions for the 2020-2021 school year.

    7.3 Approve Resolution to Initiate Procedures under Ohio Law for the Retirement and Reemployment of John Ames as the Business Manager for LCSD

    7.4 Approve a Memorandum of Understanding amending Article 35 of the LEA agreement
    8. Executive Session
    8.1 Enter into Executive Session to review negotiations with public employees concerning compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment and to consider the employment, demotion or dismissal of a public employee or official.
  • Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District

    Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District

    Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    by Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine is interested in hearing from parents, students, and teachers to find out about their experience so far with attending or teaching in the Loveland City School District’s Remote Online Academy.

    If you are a remote Online Academy teacher, student, or parent or guardian, please tell us about the experience after the first three weeks.

    You can send us an email or your video or audio response to lovelandmagazine@cinci.rr.com. Please use the subject line “Remote Online Academy”.

    Loveland Magazine will respect your desire to keep your response anonymous.

    • As a teacher, has the District supported your technology needs? Are they quick to fix your broken technology? Have they provided you with adequate hardware to teach effectively? Is the computer supplied by the district adequate?
    • As a parent/guardian or student, do you have adequate technology in your home, and is the district doing enough to meet your needs? Is the district responding well to help your child with connectivity problems?
    • Teachers, we would be interested to know how much you have spent of your personal money supplying your virtual classroom for a satisfactory learning experience for teaching. Have you purchased learning materials, microphones, webcams, monitors, etc? (Send us photos of your remote classroom)
    • How about class size?
    • Do your students or child with an IEP, ect., currently, have adequate support to be successful?
    • Teachers – Do all of your students have adequate support at home to succeed in a remote learning environment?
    • In what ways could the community help you as a teacher, parent/guardian, or student have a successful Remote Online Academy experience?
  • Watch Dean Parker’s “Call the Shot” OnDemand

    Watch Dean Parker’s “Call the Shot” OnDemand

    Los Angeles LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL returns to cut through the trials of a global pandemic by serving up a treasure trove of independent film, delivered and available to enjoy from the safety and comfort of your own home.

    Dean Parker hails from Loveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Loveland High School is one of the participants.

    You can watch the short film Parker directed, “Call the Shot” online as many times as you want until October 11th as part of the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. ​Call the Shot is about a suicidal man convincing his bartender to carry out his death wish through a life-defining conversation.

    Follow this LINK and purchase a ticket. Make sure you have chosen the Trendsetters shorts 4 section! That is the section where Call the Shot is playing.

    Also make sure to vote for Call the Shot for the audience choice award!

    Parker is an award winning filmmaker and a former Loveland Magazine intern.

    Learn more about Dean Parker at deanparkerfilms.com
    In traditional Lift-Off fashion, we bring true independent film from emerging artists around the globe, connecting the US and international markets. Our aim to maximise artist’s connection with audience, and provide an experimental platform for indie creatives to help nurture voices and launch careers.
    A mixture of new voices, trendsetter feature narratives and genre bending shorts; for the first time in Lift-Off’s history, we bring you a programme of online-only content with our partners Vimeo OnDemand.
  • Loveland bus driver tests positive for COVID 19/Caso positivo COVID-19

    Loveland bus driver tests positive for COVID 19/Caso positivo COVID-19

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District sent out a newsletter this morning reporting they have been notified that a bus driver has tested positive for COVID-19. The driver was last present at work on Thursday, September 10.

    As a result of this confirmed case, the following actions were taken according to the District:

      • One student was determined to be in close-contact (6 feet or less for 15 minutes or more) with the confirmed case, and that family has been notified and will follow Hamilton County Public Health protocols.
      • For other students on this driver’s routes, those families have also been notified to advise them of the positive case and to assure them that their students were not in close contact.

    If you were not notified, your student was not determined to be in close contact.

    Should you or your student develop any of these symptoms, the District advises you to contact your healthcare provider for guidance and to be aware of any of these symptoms:

    – Fever and chills
    – Cough
    – Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    – Fatigue
    – Muscle or body aches
    – Headache
    – Loss of taste or smell
    – Sore throat
    – Congestion or runny nose
    – Nausea or vomiting
    – Diarrhea

    In order to find the school’s COVID-19 data, go to Loveland City Schools home page, click the tab “Reopening Plan.” On the left-hand side, it will say “COVID-19 Data Update.” Click there. At the very bottom of that page, click the link to their document that tracks the numbers.

    The current Dashboard was last up-dated on Friday (see below) and does not reflect the positive case or “close contact” reported on Thursday.

    Caso positivo COVID-19 

    Familia de tigres de Loveland,

    Este fin de semana, se notificó al distrito que uno de nuestros conductores de autobús dio positivo por COVID-19. El conductor estuvo presente por última vez en el trabajo el 10/09/20. Como resultado de este caso confirmado, se están tomando las siguientes acciones en este momento:

    • Se determinó que un estudiante estaba en contacto cercano (6 pies o menos durante 15 minutos o más) con el caso confirmado, y esa familia ha sido notificada y seguirá los protocolos de Salud Pública del Condado de Hamilton.
    • Para otros estudiantes en las rutas de este conductor, esas familias también han sido notificadas para informarles del caso positivo y asegurarles que sus estudiantes no estuvieron en contacto cercano.
    • Si no se le notificó, no se determinó que su estudiante estuviera en contacto cercano.
    • Todo el personal y los estudiantes deben seguir los protocolos descritos por Salud Pública del Condado de Hamilton, incluidos los controles de salud diarios para detectar síntomas de COVID-19.
    • Si usted o su estudiante desarrollan alguno de estos síntomas, comuníquese con su proveedor de atención médica para obtener orientación: 

    – Fiebre y escalofríos 
    – Tos 
    – Falta de aire o dificultad para respirar 
    – Fatiga 
    – Dolores musculares o corporales 
    – Dolor de cabeza 
    – Pérdida del gusto u olfato 
    – Dolor de garganta 
    – Congestión o secreción nasal 
    – Náuseas o vómitos 
    – Diarrea

    En todo momento, es la intención de las Escuelas de la Ciudad de Loveland esforzarse por la seguridad de sus estudiantes y personal. Las pautas que se siguen aquí se ajustan a las establecidas por el sitio web de Salud Pública del Condado de Hamilton o de los CDC en https://www.cdc.gov/ .