Loveland High School
Encyclopedia
Loveland High School is a public high school located in Loveland
, Ohio
, United States
, within Hamilton County
. It is the only high school in the Loveland City School District
, serving the communities of Loveland, Symmes Township
, and Miami Township
. As part of a stable yet economically (if not racially) diverse community, its range of educational programs, from college preparatory
to vocational
, provide a competitive alternative to private secular and religious institutions.
. It is involved with the service organization Unified for UNIFAT
. The school has been a member of the Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) since 1997. The Tigers football team plays in the FAVC Buckeye Division, while other athletic teams play in the East Division. Loveland, along with other East Side schools, plans to form a separate league in fall 2012.
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Until 1926, Loveland City Schools operated as separate Loveland East and Loveland West districts, and each district had its own high school. Loveland West High School was located in present-day Loveland's central business district
, in the building that now houses Loveland Elementary School. Loveland East High School was built by Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford
on Broadway Street and has since been converted into a church.
The unified high school, named Loveland Hurst High School, was eventually located on the Hamilton County side of the city. Ann Donahue
, a Loveland High School graduate, modeled the set of the television show
M.Y.O.B. after this building. It also featured in the made-for-TV movie The Pride of Jesse Hallam
.
Loveland High School's current facilities were built in 1994 to replace aging Hurst High School. Hurst was then converted into a middle school. Two years earlier, Loveland City Schools purchased land in Symmes Township
, just outside Loveland city limits. The district signed a contract in which the City agreed to provide the new high school with water and sewage services; in return, the district would push for Hamilton County to annex the high school into Loveland at the city's request. In 2009, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners allowed Loveland to annex the school after a disagreement with the school board.
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, within Hamilton County
Hamilton County, Ohio
As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...
. It is the only high school in the Loveland City School District
Loveland City School District
The Loveland City School District, known locally as Loveland City Schools, is a city school district that covers more than in three counties — Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren — in the U.S. state of Ohio. The district encompasses the city of Loveland and reaches into Goshen, Hamilton,...
, serving the communities of Loveland, Symmes Township
Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Symmes Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,771 people in the township.-Geography:...
, and Miami Township
Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Miami Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,496 people in the township, 9,093 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
. As part of a stable yet economically (if not racially) diverse community, its range of educational programs, from college preparatory
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
to vocational
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
, provide a competitive alternative to private secular and religious institutions.
Affiliations
Loveland High School has been accredited by the Ohio Department of Education and North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary SchoolsNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , also known as the North Central Association, is a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states, that is engaged in educational accreditation...
. It is involved with the service organization Unified for UNIFAT
Unified for UNIFAT
Unified for UNIFAT is an organization dedicated to helping the children of Uganda, especially the students served by UNIFAT or the Upper Nile Institute For Appropriate Technology...
. The school has been a member of the Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) since 1997. The Tigers football team plays in the FAVC Buckeye Division, while other athletic teams play in the East Division. Loveland, along with other East Side schools, plans to form a separate league in fall 2012.
Academics
Loveland High School uses a 10-point grading scaleAcademic grading in the United States
Academic grading in the United States most commonly takes on the form of five letter grades. Historically, the grades were A, B, C, D, and F—A being the highest and F, denoting failure, the lowest. In the mid-twentieth century, many American educational institutions—especially in the Midwest —began...
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History
Evelyn Hawley was Loveland High School's first graduate, the only graduating member of the Class of 1881.Until 1926, Loveland City Schools operated as separate Loveland East and Loveland West districts, and each district had its own high school. Loveland West High School was located in present-day Loveland's central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
, in the building that now houses Loveland Elementary School. Loveland East High School was built by Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford
Samuel Hannaford
Samuel Hannaford was an American architect based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the best known landmarks in the city, such as Music Hall and City Hall, were of his design...
on Broadway Street and has since been converted into a church.
The unified high school, named Loveland Hurst High School, was eventually located on the Hamilton County side of the city. Ann Donahue
Ann Donahue
Ann Donahue is a prominent television writer. She along with Carol Mendelsohn and Anthony Zuiker created the successful CSI franchise which includes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY...
, a Loveland High School graduate, modeled the set of the television show
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
M.Y.O.B. after this building. It also featured in the made-for-TV movie The Pride of Jesse Hallam
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
The Pride of Jesse Hallam is a 1981 made-for-TV movie starring Johnny Cash, first airing on CBS.-Plot:Jesse Hallam is a recently widowed coal miner, who's also recently lost his job. His daughter Jenny is in need of an operation on her back, and the nearest hospital that can successfully perform...
.
Loveland High School's current facilities were built in 1994 to replace aging Hurst High School. Hurst was then converted into a middle school. Two years earlier, Loveland City Schools purchased land in Symmes Township
Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Symmes Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,771 people in the township.-Geography:...
, just outside Loveland city limits. The district signed a contract in which the City agreed to provide the new high school with water and sewage services; in return, the district would push for Hamilton County to annex the high school into Loveland at the city's request. In 2009, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners allowed Loveland to annex the school after a disagreement with the school board.
Notable alumni
- Cecil BauerCecil BauerCecil "Butch" Dale Bauer was an owner of an insurance company, former mayor of the city of Loveland, Ohio and served on city council of the city for several years.-Early life:...
– Mayor of Loveland, owner of Bauer Insurance - Rt. Rev. Scott BenhaseScott BenhaseScott A. Benhase is the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia in the United States. He was elected September 12, 2009 to succeed Henry I. Louttit, Jr..-Life:...
(1975) – Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of GeorgiaEpiscopal Diocese of GeorgiaThe Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, USA is one of 20 dioceses that comprise Province IV of the US Episcopal Church, and is a diocese within the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current bishop is the Rt. Rev. Scott Anson Benhase who succeeded the Rt. Rev. Henry I. Louttit, Jr... - Jason Christian – minor league baseball player, Kane County CougarsKane County CougarsThe Kane County Cougars are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Kansas City Royals, that plays in the Midwest League. Their home games are played in Geneva, Illinois, about 35 miles west of Chicago....
- Ann DonahueAnn DonahueAnn Donahue is a prominent television writer. She along with Carol Mendelsohn and Anthony Zuiker created the successful CSI franchise which includes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY...
(1973) – prominent television writerScreenwritingScreenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession.... - Joel Ernst – minor league baseball player, Arizona League Reds
- Matt HamillMatt HamillMatthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...
(1995) – three-time NCAANational Collegiate Athletic AssociationThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Wrestling Division III National Champion, UFCUltimate Fighting ChampionshipThe Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
martial artist - Lillian Morris – Survivor: Pearl IslandsSurvivor: Pearl IslandsSurvivor: Pearl Islands is the seventh season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on September 18, 2003....
contestant - Daniel Rosenbaum – minor league baseball player, Hagerstown SunsHagerstown SunsThe Hagerstown Suns are a Minor League Baseball team based in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. They play in Municipal Stadium, which was opened in 1930 and seats 4,600 fans....
Notable faculty
- Todd BenzingerTodd BenzingerTodd Eric Benzinger is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played from 1987 to 1995. Benzinger is a graduate of New Richmond High School in New Richmond, Ohio....
(2006–2008) – girls' basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach; former Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
first basemanFirst basemanFirst base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...
and outfielderOutfielderOutfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder... - Dan KetchumDan KetchumDaniel "Dan" Ketchum is a former American swimmer. Ketchum won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He swam for the University of Michigan during his collegiate career. Prior to the he swam for the Cincinnati Marlins club and Sycamore High School...
(2009–present) – swimming coach; gold medalist in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Andrew Marlatt (2007–present) – head footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach; All-AmericaCollege Football All-America TeamThe College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...
n defensive endDefensive endDefensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
at Miami UniversityMiami UniversityMiami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
(1986, 1987); former defensive lineman, Cleveland ThunderboltsCleveland ThunderboltsThe Cleveland Thunderbolts were a professional American football team in the Arena Football League.-Columbus Thunderbolts:Established as the Columbus Thunderbolts and playing its home games at the Ohio Expo Center Coliseum, the team relocated to Cleveland after a winless single season in the Arena...
(Arena Football LeagueArena Football LeagueThe Arena Football League is the highest level of professional indoor American football in the United States. It is currently the second longest running professional football league in the United States, after the National Football League. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster...
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External links
- School profile
- The Roar student newspaper