LMS Tiger Talk

Good morning -

Despite a short week at school, it was great to welcome back our students and staff from winter break. While Mother Nature waited for us to return to school to bring the snow, we appreciate everyone's understanding as we navigate the conditions this week to keep our kids and staff safe. I know we're all hoping for some normalcy and getting back into routines next week!

Due to the snow days this week, we've had to make some adjustments with our schedule and upcoming events. Changes are as follows:

• Math MAP Testing: Will now take place on Mon, 1/13. This was originally scheduled for today (1/10).
• Scene 7th Tickets: For those students eligible to attend the Tiger Up! Scene 75 trip happening in a few weeks, we are extending ticket sales through Tues, 1/14. No tickets will be sold past this date so please get your $21 (check made out to LMS or exact cash) in Monday or Tuesday! More details can be found below.
• LMS Spelling Bee: The Classroom Spelling Bee will now take place on Tues, 1/21 with the School Spelling Bee moving to Fri, 1/31.

2nd quarter report cards can now be accessed through TigerParent.me. If you have any issues accessing your child's report card, please let us know.

We hope our students enjoy their 3-day weekend. Stay safe out there, everyone!

Take care,

David Knapp

LMS Principal

knappda@lovelandschools.org

• Monday, 1/13/25 - Math MAP (Rescheduled date)
• 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 - Rising 9th Grade PARENT Presentation -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

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!

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

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.

Visit ybpay.com to order your yearbook today!

Order Deadline: March 28th, 2025

Yearbook ID Code: 2048425

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: Airfield Operations Specialist

• Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, using airfield landing and navigational aids, implementing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, and applying knowledge of weather information.
• Education - Varies
• Median Salary - $51,140

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!

Tigers have enjoyed their winter break and are ready to get back to work! This next week in sports we have

Monday 1/13

7th/8th Girls Basketball @ Walnut Hills 7th at 4:30pm/8th at 5:30pm

Tuesday 1/14

Boys Basketball vs Kings 7th/8th A @ Kings / 7th/8th Orange Home ( LIS Gym ) 7th at 4:30pm/ 8th at 5:30pm

Wresting home ( LMS Gym) Tri meet with West Clermont & Milford 4:30pm

Wednesday 1/15

All 3 Girls Basketball teams @ Milford 7th at 4:30pm 8th at 5:30pm Orange at 6:30pm

Wrestling at Nagel Middle School in Tri-Meet with Nagel and Lebanon 4:30pn

Thursday 1/16

7th/8th A Boys Basketball Home vs Winton Woods (LMS Gym) / 7th/8th Orange Boys Basketball at Hamilton

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

Girls Orange Basketball at Lebanon 6:30pm

Saturday 1/18

7th/8th Orange Boys basketball at Lebanon 7th at 9am/ 8th at 10 am

Wrestling at Edgewood Invitational @ Edgewood HS 9am start

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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Invitation to Loveland Middle School Students:

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is excited to invite you to participate in "Art in Action", a dynamic community event at the Loveland Branch Library where you can help create art for the new Loveland location of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital! This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of something meaningful and contribute your creativity to a professional art project that will enhance our local healthcare environment.

During this event you will engage in a hands-on art activity, adding your personal touch to a large art piece. You will also hear from a talented regional artist who will share their experiences and insights into the creative processes, challenges and experiences of being a professional artist, offering a glimpse into the world of artmaking.

Whether you’ve been creating art for years or just want to try something new, "Art in Action" welcomes all students. This is your chance to collaborate with others, have fun, and learn more about the world of art. We will be compensating the participants with $20 Target gift cards.

Event Details:

• Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025

• Time: 1p-4p

• Location: Loveland Branch Library, 649 Loveland Madeira Road, Loveland, OH 45140

• Admission: Free

• Light snacks provided

• RSVP: lesli.brower@cchmc.org no later than Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Important: Please wear clothes that you are comfortable painting in, however, a Cincinnati Children's Hospital t-shirt will be provided for you to change into or to wear over your clothes.

Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to make a difference through art! We can’t wait to see you there, ready to create, learn, and connect!

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.

Scene 75 Incentive Field Trip! Enjoy arcade games, bumper cars, laser maze, laser tag, mini bowl, go-karts and putt-putt golf with your friends! Cost of the trip will include lunch, all attractions and a $10 game card for $21. Your “ticket” will be purchased January 7-14.

Student Eligibility Requirements

• 2nd Quarter Grades:

• No Ds or Fs

• Behavior/Discipline: (11/12-12/20)

• No in-school or out-of-school suspensions (including bus suspensions)

• No more than 2 administrative detentions

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