Loveland High School seniors engaged in real-world learning when they participated in the Speed Mentoring event on Tuesday, March 1. Speed Mentoring, an event which is hosted by the Clermont County Chamber’s Workforce Readiness Initiative, is modeled after “speed dating” and involves students rotating from table to table every 7-8 minutes to meet and learn from various professionals. The students have the opportunity to hear about different careers, including how each professional got from school into their current position. There were a lot of great questions asked about education, training, and experience that may be needed to obtain a job in a similar field. Throughout the mentoring event, students may have engaged in these conversations with up to 50 different professionals. Loveland City School District appreciates the partnership with the Clermont County Chamber and the various businesses that were represented at this event.

Our Loveland Intermediate School art students have a new opportunity to show off their creativity, with the unveiling of the Superintendent’s Art Gallery! The area outside Superintendent Mike Broadwater’s office is now decorated with tiger portraits created by our art students. The students were surprised with the unveiling of their artwork during their Tiger Time on Thursday morning and their parents were all sent photos of the young artists and their artwork. It’s a great reminder to visitors to the Central Office that students are at the heart of what we do every day.

Congratulations to Norah Ebacher, Billi Lake, Esabel Martin, Dylan Shrewsberry, Sela Simmons, Jake Thompson, Cash Redmond, and Aisha Jaafar for having their work displayed in the Superintendent’s Art Gallery!

More than 130 parents, students, staff members, and community members have volunteered to meet over the next few months to have constructive, student-focused conversations and craft a Strategic Vision for Loveland City School District. The goal is to create a shared vision for the future of our Loveland students, along with an action plan to help carry out that vision.

We think it is important to include as many people as possible, and we are happy to announce that everyone who volunteered to be part of the team has been selected.

Mark your calendar for May 16, 2022, when we will hold another community input session at 6:00 pm in the LIS/LMS cafeteria to discuss a draft of our Strategic Vision document and get feedback from our community.

Thank you to the Strategic Vision Design Team Members for volunteering your time to help our Loveland students. You can view the list of Strategic Vision Design Team members at www.lovelandschools.org/vision

Congratulations to our Loveland City Schools students who were winners in the Valentine Lady Poetry contest! Roman Lyke, Brody Baker, Amalie Lyke, and Harper Brown were all honored during the Valentine Lady Breakfast at the Oasis on Friday, February 11, 2022, and recited their poems for the attendees. Loveland High School alum Lexi Duff won in the adult category. The Valentine Ladies are a great tradition of spreading the love in Loveland for more than 40 years. Thank you for honoring our students!

Loveland High School students are raising money to fight blood cancer as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year campaign. Team CoUREage 3.0 has set a goal of raising $50,000 during a 7 week period. They are hosting the Light Up Loveland Walk on Saturday, March 19, 2022, beginning at 7 pm. The one-mile walk will take place along the bike trail and they will be selling t-shirts and light-up bracelets at the event. The Light Up Loveland Walk is being held in honor of Grant Wolf, a Loveland student who died from brain cancer, along with everyone else in our community affected by cancer.

You can donate to support Team CoUREage 3.0 by following this link.

The Loveland High School Environmental Club wants your help planting trees. Our students have partnered with a group called Tree-Plenish, whose mission is to encourage sustainability by offsetting paper use by planting trees. The LHS Environmental Club’s goal is to plant 200 trees during an event on April 20, 2022. You can help by ordering a tree for $5 through their event website at this link before March 20. Trees can be picked up at school or delivered to your home. Thank you for supporting the Loveland High School Environmental Club!

Our Loveland Show Choirs had a great month in February. We want to call out one special event - the Olentangy’s Keynote Classic. By Request are the Grand Champions, and won Best Vocals and Best Choreography. George Jewell was awarded Best Performer and Kaitlin Tallman was awarded Best Female Vocalist. Allure won 1st Runner Up and Best Show Concept. Haley Zuch was awarded Best Performer. Revolution came in 3rd. Congratulations to all our Show Choir groups and performers!

There are a variety of events listed on our website, www.lovelandschools.org or on our athletics website, www.lovelandtigers.org. Here are a few highlights from our music department if you’d like to join us for a performance!

Loveland Music Department Dates

March 11 - Jazz Band Jive LHS High School Jazz Band Dinner and Concert

March 14 & 16 - 5th Grade Music Performance and Open House

March 25 - LHS Percussion Showcase