Being safe on and around a school bus is very important! That is why we have rules on the buses, to keep the children and the driver safe at all times.
Over the past few weeks I have immersed myself in online articles involving school buses. I am very sad to say that I found a disturbing amount of articles related to school bus accidents. Finally I found a website related to safety on buses. While I was searching through the site I happened upon a link to a short quiz that is all about bus safety! When I took the quiz I scored a 940 out of 1000. I would really like to see how everyone else does.
To take the quiz (only 10 questions) just click on this post's title; I have a link set up to take you there. Afterward, please return to this post and place a comment with your score in it!
Thank You,
Haleigh
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
What Time is the Bus Coming?
For some people the hardest thing about the start of school, is knowing how their kids are going to get there. Here at Hoglund Transportation, we send out their information multiple times.
It starts with a letter sometime during the summer, then twice via their homeroom teachers or Magic Minutes advisors. In certain cases, like when there is a change after the cards are sent out, we will call the parents and let them know. (Which is why it is very important for us to have a working phone number, for every student, all year round.)
If you have any concerns about your child's school transportation needs, we are happy to answer your questions. The phone number is (763)-295-3604. If we are not able to answer your call, please leave us a message and we will call you.
Thank You,
Haleigh
It starts with a letter sometime during the summer, then twice via their homeroom teachers or Magic Minutes advisors. In certain cases, like when there is a change after the cards are sent out, we will call the parents and let them know. (Which is why it is very important for us to have a working phone number, for every student, all year round.)
If you have any concerns about your child's school transportation needs, we are happy to answer your questions. The phone number is (763)-295-3604. If we are not able to answer your call, please leave us a message and we will call you.
Thank You,
Haleigh
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Do You Wave?
When I was in elementary school, the first thing I did after boarding the bus, was turn around and wave goodbye, knowing that someone would always be there to wave back. Over the years, I stopped waving, and eventually I stopped looking back altogether. When I saw this father's story, it reminded me of when I used to look forward to seeing someone wave at me on the bus. It also made me smile and want to share it with the readers of this blog.
In the Image is Dale Price, day 2 of waving at the bus...
Dale Price, spent this last school year waving at his 10th-grade son as he rides by on the bus. It started as a joke, just to embarrass his son. After he saw how people reacted, he was encouraged to keep going, and he did. The next day, Dale stood on the porch in a Chargers' helmet and jersey, just to wave at his son's bus. After that, he would get up early, and put on a different costume each time to wave as the bus drove by his home. This went on all year, 170 days! I am very impressed by this father's effort to both amuse and embarrass his son. After awhile he started to get more attention, was in the news, on a radio show, and now his story is nationwide! There is a blog with pictures of all his costumes, waveatthebus.blogspot.com.
I very strongly suggest that you check out this man's story, and their family's blog. I put a link in the title of this post to a story about him.
Thank You,
Haleigh
In the Image is Dale Price, day 2 of waving at the bus...Dale Price, spent this last school year waving at his 10th-grade son as he rides by on the bus. It started as a joke, just to embarrass his son. After he saw how people reacted, he was encouraged to keep going, and he did. The next day, Dale stood on the porch in a Chargers' helmet and jersey, just to wave at his son's bus. After that, he would get up early, and put on a different costume each time to wave as the bus drove by his home. This went on all year, 170 days! I am very impressed by this father's effort to both amuse and embarrass his son. After awhile he started to get more attention, was in the news, on a radio show, and now his story is nationwide! There is a blog with pictures of all his costumes, waveatthebus.blogspot.com.
I very strongly suggest that you check out this man's story, and their family's blog. I put a link in the title of this post to a story about him.
Thank You,
Haleigh
Friday, June 3, 2011
Heros on the Bus!
Over the last few years, certain people's courage is still inspiring, and they deserve to be recognized for it.
-Kim Dahl: she was the driver of the school bus that teetered on the edge of the bridge back in 2007. She stayed alone on the bus, holding it in place while all the student and chaperons exited the bus. That included her then ten-year-old daughter and five-year-old son, who exited just before their mother, and after everyone else had. From that incident she received a broken back; still she saved everyone on that bus, and she lived to see another day too.
-Susan Swartwood: she was driving the bus when a student alerted her that another student was having a seizure. Being a registered nurse, she then went back and instructed a junior to help lower the girl onto the floor. The driver put a pillow under the girl's head and told the student that had alerted her to use the radio to contact the bus garage. The student provided the location, updates on the girl's condition and asked for an ambulance. While this was going on another student was directing traffic from inside the back of the bus.
-Sherman: she was driving her bus on a two-lane road while a truck hauling timber on the other side of the road was getting closer. She noticed the log shift just as the truck was bout to pass. The log then fell off the trailer and crashed through the bus windshield, striking Sherman in the face and breaking her jaw, also causing some spinal damage. Even after that happened she still managed to drive the bus to the side of the road, put on the brake, and wait for a co-worker to arrive before passing out. The first thing she spoke of when she awoke in the hospital were the students, and only one student was slightly injured by the glass.
There are a ton of people who have done some amazing, and selfless things involving a school bus, so if you would like to find some more of them, read through the links attached to this post.
Thank you,
Haleigh
-Kim Dahl: she was the driver of the school bus that teetered on the edge of the bridge back in 2007. She stayed alone on the bus, holding it in place while all the student and chaperons exited the bus. That included her then ten-year-old daughter and five-year-old son, who exited just before their mother, and after everyone else had. From that incident she received a broken back; still she saved everyone on that bus, and she lived to see another day too.
-Susan Swartwood: she was driving the bus when a student alerted her that another student was having a seizure. Being a registered nurse, she then went back and instructed a junior to help lower the girl onto the floor. The driver put a pillow under the girl's head and told the student that had alerted her to use the radio to contact the bus garage. The student provided the location, updates on the girl's condition and asked for an ambulance. While this was going on another student was directing traffic from inside the back of the bus.
-Sherman: she was driving her bus on a two-lane road while a truck hauling timber on the other side of the road was getting closer. She noticed the log shift just as the truck was bout to pass. The log then fell off the trailer and crashed through the bus windshield, striking Sherman in the face and breaking her jaw, also causing some spinal damage. Even after that happened she still managed to drive the bus to the side of the road, put on the brake, and wait for a co-worker to arrive before passing out. The first thing she spoke of when she awoke in the hospital were the students, and only one student was slightly injured by the glass.
There are a ton of people who have done some amazing, and selfless things involving a school bus, so if you would like to find some more of them, read through the links attached to this post.
Thank you,
Haleigh
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