LMS Tiger Talk

Good afternoon everyone -

It’s been great to have a normal week with our students, and I hope your family is settling back into routine. This week, we kicked off the 8th-to-9th grade scheduling process and are excited for Step Up Day at LHS on Tuesday! Also next week, LHS counselors will visit on Wednesday to review scheduling with students, and we’ll also have our Scene 75 trips (7th grade on Thursday, 8th grade on Friday). Lots to look forward to!

8th-grade families: I encourage you to attend the Class of 2029 Parent/Guardian High School Scheduling Meeting on Wednesday (1/22) at 6:30 PM in the LHS Auditorium. You’ll hear the same scheduling info your student is getting at school and meet the high school counselors. It’s a great way to get your questions answered as your student prepares for this big transition. We hope to see you there!

Finally, a reminder that school is closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Enjoy the long weekend, and we’ll see everyone back on Tuesday!

Take care and Go Tigers,

David Knapp

LMS Principal

knappda@lovelandschools.org

• Monday, 1/20/25 - NO School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Tuesday, 1/21/25 - 9th Grade Step Up Day at LHS (all 8th grade students) -9a-11:30a
• Classroom Spelling Bee - (Rescheduled date)
• Wednesday, 1/22/25 - Class of 2029 Parent/Guardian High School Scheduling Meeting -in person- 6:30p at LHS
• Thursday, 1/23/25 - Scene 75 (7th grade)
• Friday, 1/24/25 - Scene 75 (8th grade)
• Friday, 1/31/25 - School Spelling Bee, 8:15-9:30 (Rescheduled)
• Monday, 2/17/25 - NO School - President's Day

Congratulations to this week's Tiger Up! Staff Member of the Week, 7th grade math teacher, Abby Beach! Abby received a shout-out from her entire team, the A-Team:

Abby goes out of her way to make sure that our team is organized and on track. She is constantly creating resources that help to streamline our team's strategies and plans. We appreciate her drive and know that her work endurance is both appreciated and unmatched. We're lucky to have you, Abby!

We are so appreciative of you, Abby! Thank you for all you do for all our students and LMS!

Scheduling season is here for our current 8th grade/soon to be 9th grade students! While our students have already been hearing from teachers with some of the information that is important for them regarding high school credits, classes, etc., we'll officially start things up next week. Here is an overview of some important dates and events for you to know as we get going with this important process:

1. Step Up Day at Loveland High School (Tues, 1/21): All 8th grade students will take a trip over to their future home of Loveland High School to be welcomed by the administration and counselors, hear from current high school students about their school courses experience and tour the school.

2. LHS Counselor Presentations (Weds, 1/22): 8th grade students will meet with their future LHS counselor who will review the scheduling process and explain the scheduling form.

3. Class of 2029 Parent/Guardian High School Scheduling Meeting (Weds, 1/22, 6:30-7:30, LHS Auditorium): Please join the LHS School Counselors on January 22 from 6:30pm-7:30pm in the LHS auditorium for a presentation regarding scheduling for the 2025-2026 school year. Important information will be shared about course offerings, graduation requirements, the scheduling process, and much more!

Loveland Middle School is excited to host Career Exploration Day for all 7th and 8th-grade students on Tuesday, March 11th! This event is part of our comprehensive career and college readiness plans, offering students a chance to explore various career fields and connect with local professionals. Career Exploration Day consists of:

• 7th Grade: Students will attend career presentations at LMS.
• 8th Grade: Students will take a field trip to the Junior Achievement Inspire to Hire event at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center.

We need your help! For the 7th-grade event, we’re looking for parents, family members, or local community members to present about their jobs or careers. Each presentation will last 25 minutes, and students will choose three sessions to attend. The event runs from 7:30-9:30 AM on March 11th.

If you’re interested in participating as a presenter, please complete this form by Friday, February 14th. For questions, contact Drews Mitchell (mitchedr@lovelandschools.org) or David Knapp (knappda@lovelandschools.org).

Thank you in advance for supporting our amazing students!

Picture Day : Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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Interested in being involved in the CAST or CREW for our spring show? Join us at the kick off meeting where we will discuss auditions (as well as hand out audition materials), give an overview of crew positions & cast roles and answer any questions you might have! All interested 7th & 8th grade students are highly encouraged to attend!

Brought to you by our Career and College Counselor, Mr. Drews Mitchell, LMS is proud to share a "Career of the Week" with our students and families every week here at LMS. With the goal of educating our Tigers about potential career options aligned with our academic pathways, we'll be sharing these with our students here at school in a number of ways as well as featuring them here in our Tiger Talk.

Loveland Tiger Pathways Career of the Week: Emergency Management Directors

• Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.
• Education - 4 Year College
• Median Salary - $83,960

Drews Mitchell can be reached at mitchedr@lovelandschools.org. Mr. Mitchell would love to hear from you with any of your career and/or college questions!

Our first full week of sports since getting back from break and feels good to be back in our routine!

We want to give a couple special shout outs to both our 7th grade Girls Basketball and 7th grade orange Boys Basketball teams for still remaining undefeated ! As well as Wyatt Rahm for placing 1st and Nathan Hall for placing 6th at Harrison Invitational! Keep up the great work Tigers!!

This week in sports we have...

Tuesday 1/21 -

All 3 Girls Basketball vs West Clermont @ Home (LMS Gym)

7th at 4:30pm / 8th at 5:30pm / Orange at 6:30pm

Wednesday 1/22

All 3 Girls Basketball vs Little Miami @ Home (LMS Gym)

7th at 4:30pm / 8th at 5:30pm / Orange at 6:30pm

Thursday 1/23

7th/8th A Boys Basketball vs Milford @ Home (LMS Gym)

7th/8th Orange Boys Basketball @ Milford ( 5735 Wolfpen Pleasant Hill Rd)

7th at 4:30pm / 8th at 5:30pm

Friday 1/24

All 4 Boys Basketball teams @ West Clermont HS ( 4101 Bach Buxton Rd)

7th A at 4:30pm / 7th B at 5:30pm / 8th B at 6:30pm / 8th A at 7:30pm

Wrestling @ ECC Wrestling meet at Milford HS ( 1 Eagles Way )

Starting at 4:30pm

Saturday 1/25

Wrestling @ Fairfield Creekside

Starting at 9am

Attention Softball Players! Loveland Softball Association will be holding a tryout for any 7th or 8th graders interested in playing area middle school teams. Season will start in late February and end around the middle of May. Scheduling 3-4 games per week starting in April, with hopes to play 15-18 games in total by 2nd week of May. Please access this link, Middle School Tryout Registration Link , to register for tryouts which are targeted to occur sometime in late February. (Registration required online) Additional detail on tryout timing/location will be emailed to those registered in early February. Please login into your LSA account profile or create an account profile for your daughter so you can register her.

The Loveland Middle School softball team is a softball program offered with the help of LSA, focused on developing young girls’ softball and leadership skills. This program is for those players who are wanting to play for Loveland Middle School. Girls that will be involved in the program will have the opportunity to further develop their skills through additional practice, instruction, and competitive play. www.lovelandsoftballassociation.com

How to register your child for Athletics and Clubs for the 2024-25 School Year:

• Log in to your Final Forms PARENT account

• Select “+Add Sports/Activities” for your player

• Checkmark your sports/activity interest (any season)

• Scroll down and click on “Update Sports/Activities”

• Reminder to pay your Pay to Play fees on Final Forms

If you have any questions, please contact Corbyn Litke litkeco@lovelandschools.org

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There will be a mandatory meeting during TigerTime on January 30th in the LMS auditorium to begin the roommate process.

The paperwork is due to Ms. Rose in room 14 by Friday, Feb. 14th.

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Good at solving problems? Love science?

Put your creative mind to work and show off a fun science experiment or an innovative idea at Loveland’s first ever Science and Innovation Expo! Open to all students PreK-12!

Date: Saturday, February 1st, 2025 (Loveland High School - Gym)

To learn more about the event and the different pathways you can participate in, visit https://lovelandschools.org/expo

For inspiration, here’s a sneak peek at a few exciting presentations students have signed up for:

• From Streets to Streams: How Neighborhoods Influence Water Quality

• How salty does water have to be for an egg to float? (Science Expo)

• Oil Spill Mitigation (Innovation Expo)

• Lego Buster (Innovation Expo)

• Pollution Picker-Upper (Innovation Expo)

• Building a Terrarium (Innovation Expo)

• Saving Animals and Endangered Animals (Science Expo)

Watch the LMS Drama Page for Details!

https://www.lovelandschools.org/athletics/learn-more

then click on Loveland Middle School Drama

It’s time for the Scripps National Spelling Bee at LMS! For students interested in participating, we’ll be holding the first round of the Spelling Bee through our Tiger Time classes at LMS on Tuesday, 1/21/25 (rescheduled date). For those students who advance to the School Spelling Bee to determine the LMS Spelling Bee Champion, this will take place on Friday, 1/31 at 8:15! Students looking to prepare can pick up study resources from the office. Good luck to all participants!

The Ohio Department of Higher Education established the College Credit Plus (CCP) program to enhance students' college and career readiness and postsecondary options. The CCP program enables college-ready 7-12 grade students who qualify for college admission to take college-level courses. Students may earn both high school and transcripted college credit upon successful completion of coursework. If you are interested in learning more about CCP, please come and join the LHS counselors for the annual CCP meeting on January 29, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the LHS Auditorium. We strongly encourage students to attend this event. There will be a brief overview of the program as well as tables set up with many of the local colleges being represented. The college representatives will be able to share their college-specific information. If you are unable to attend the meeting, there will be a presentation posted on the LHS College Credit Plus Google Site.

This year Loveland will be hosting our first ever Science and Innovation Expo! The event will take place on Saturday, February 1st, 2025 from 9 am to 12 pm at Loveland High School. This day is an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the amazing learning that happens around Loveland! The Science and Innovation Expo is a one-day event that incorporates two pathways for students to pick from, a Science Expo and an Innovation Expo.

For more information about each pathway, click here to watch a video, or read the brief description below:

Here is more information about each pathway:

• The Science Expo is a traditional science fair where students have the opportunity to conduct a scientific research project or engineering design project, and present their findings to their peers and community judges, with the opportunity to qualify for Regional Science Day at University of Cincinnati, called the Science and Engineering Expo. If students achieve well at UC, they have the opportunity to qualify for State Science Day at Ohio State University. This pathway is open to students in grades 5-12, and students can present individually or up to groups of three.

• The Innovation Expo is an open-ended opportunity for students to identify a problem and solve it with something they will create, or to simply create and share something creative, inventive, or innovative. Some ideas may be a DIY craft, coding/computer science project, an engineering creation, or anything else in which your child creates something to share! This pathway is open to all students grades PreK-12, and community judges will provide informal feedback about strengths of each project, as well as areas to grow. Students can participate individually or up to groups of three.

2024-2025 school days calendar

School Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 2:10 p.m

Office Hours: 7:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m.

To report an absence call 697-3602 by 9:00 a.m.

Principal: David Knapp

Email: knappda@lovelandschools.org
Website: www.lovelandschools.org
Location: 801 S Lebanon Rd, Loveland, OH, USA
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lovelandcityschools/
Twitter: @MrDavidKnapp