LECC Tiger Talk

Good Afternoon Tiger Cub Families,

It has been a busy and exciting week at LECC! We had a fantastic visit from River City Puppets, and the kids absolutely loved "The Hungry, Hungry, Hungry Bookworm." The laughter filling the building was truly wonderful to hear!

We also celebrated our newest Terrific Tigers this week—always a highlight! It’s inspiring to see our Tiger Cubs demonstrating Respect, Care, and Responsibility throughout the school.

Looking ahead, next week is packed with special visitors:
🦅 Raptors Inc. – A nonprofit organization dedicated to bird conservation
📚 American Publisher Assembly
✍️ Author Visit – Ms. Tara Calahan King
💖 The Valentine Lady – Visiting classrooms on Friday

Additionally, we held our first Kindergarten Registration Finalization meeting this week, and it was a great success! We loved welcoming our new families into the building.

Wishing you all a fantastic weekend!

Matt Patterson

LECC Principal

patterma@lovelandschools.org

• Kindergarten Registration Opens: January 23
• 100th Day of School: February 4
• Winter (Optional) Conferences: February 6
• LECC Mega Magazine Sale: February 6-28
• Presidents Day: February 17 NO SCHOOL
• Book Fair: March 17-21
• Spring Break: March 22-30 NO SCHOOL
• Spring Pictures: April 2

Parent / Teacher conferences are coming up this week on Thursday 2/6.

LEPTA has arranged for the main portion of the meals that evening to be covered so that our teachers can focus on conferences, but we have a few side items we are looking for help providing.

If you are interested in helping out, please see the below sign-up link. Thanks!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944A4AA2BA1F49-54717255-lepta#/

Lifetouch offers a Community Upload feature. We encourage you to add pictures if you are volunteering in the building for fun events such as Walk-a-thon, holiday parties, field trips, etc. Log-in information is below:

Yearbook Invite Code: LECC-YEARBOOK-25

Yearbook URL:

https://community.lifetouch.com/invite?code=LECC-YEARBOOK-25

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.

Get Your Tickets to Tiger Ball!

Support the Loveland Athletic Boosters as they support our student athletes, and get your tickets to Tiger Ball 2025. The Tiger Ball is going “back to the future” at the Landing Event Center on Saturday, March 8. Join your friends for food and fun, music and dancing. Get your event tickets and split the pot tickets now by following this link: https://tigerball2025.givesmart.com/. Great Scott, you don’t want to miss it!

The state of Ohio requires that school districts provide an identification procedure for gifted/talented students. However, per the Ohio Department of Education, school districts are not required to serve. Click here to learn more about how Loveland serves gifted students. Loveland offers full grade testing in second and fourth grades. If parents/teachers wish to refer a student for gifted testing outside of the full-grade testing options, they may complete a Gifted Identification Referral Form. The referral testing options will take place during November and February. If you would like to refer your child for winter testing, the form is due to Jaime Heybruch, LECC School Counselor, no later than February 14, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Heybruch at heybruja@lovelandschools.org.

Jaime Heybruch

School Counselor | Loveland Early Childhood Center

6740 Loveland-Miamiville Road | Loveland, OH | 45140

513.697.3061

The school calendars are available for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. You can view and print an easy-to-read version of the calendar and important dates by following this link to our website.

2024-25 LECC School Hours

Full-Day Start Time: 8:00 am

Full-Day Dismissal: 2:50 pm

AM Half-Day Start Time: 8:00 am

AM Half-Day Dismissal: 10:50 am

PM Half-Day Start Time: 12:00 pm

PM Half-Day Dismissal: 2:50 pm

**Please call the attendance line by 9:00am (Full Day KG, 1/2 day AM KG and PS) and no later than 1:00 pm (1/2 day PM KG and PS) to report an absence 513-697-3060**

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Loveland Early Childhood Center Administration

Principal: Matt Patterson

Building Coordinator: Susan Craig

School Counselor: Jaime Heybruch

School Psyschologist: Carrie Smith

Secretaries: Penny Dippold & Jenna Hawks

Health Aide: Jessica Bruce

LOVELAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Email: patterma@lovelandschools.org

Website: www.lovelandschools.org
Location: 6740 Loveland-Miamiville Road, Loveland, OH, USA
Phone: 513-683-4200
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lovelandcityschools/
Twitter: @LovelandTigers