2015 Event Listing for "Love the Bus"
For more information on Love the Bus 2015 in North Carolina, contact:
Derek Graham, Section Chief
Transportation Services
NC Dept. of Public Instruction
(919) 807-3571
Email: kevin.harrison@dpi.nc.gov
| Event Date(s) | County | School | Contact Person, Title | Event Details |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Alamance-Burlington Schools | Hillcrest Elementary School | Amy Bland, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive chocolates, biscuits, coffee, cake sweet treats, heart-shaped pizzas, and adopt a driver a driver valentine's cards. |
| 2/13/2015 | Alamance-Burlington Schools | Marvin B. Smith Elementary School | Craig Dodson, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive gift baskets. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Ashe County | Mountain View Elementary School | Sandra Peterson, Assistant Principal | Students and staff will be doing various activities for the drivers all week. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Asheboro City Schools | Guy B. Teachey Elementary School | Amy Day, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will be presented with daily tokens of appreciation from staff and students. |
| 2/12/2015 | Beaufort County | Bath Elementary School | Ione Alligood, Child Nutrition Manager | Bus drivers will be served a breakfast of homemade cinnamon buns and choice of fresh fruit or juice. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Bertie County | West Bertie Elementary | Karen Branch, Assistant Principal | Decorated Valentine bags, Breakfast, certificates, treat bags, Bus Safety sessions, Lunch to Go |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Bertie County | Windsor Elementary School | Karen Branch, Assistant Principal | Decorated Valentine envelopes, certificates, Breakfast at local favorite restaurant, student made valentines |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Brunswick County | Town Creek Elementary School | Amber Lanier, Parent Facilitator | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, cake, and valentine cards. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Cabarrus County | C. C. Griffin Middle School | Laura Ruble, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive biscuits, recognition bulletin board, goodie bags, and a Love the Bus appreciation cake. |
| 2/13/2015 | Cabarrus County | W R Odell Elementary School | Jennifer Laxton, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive gift cards, valentines. There will also be a Buster presentation on 2/6/2015. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/12/2015 | Carteret County | East Carteret High School | DeAnne Rosen, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will be recognized daily with cards, treats, goodie bags, personalized cups and a t-shirt |
| 2/13/2015 | Chatham County | Bennett Elementary School | Dan Barnwell, Principal | Bus drivers will breakfast and cards. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Chatham County | Perry W. Harrison Elementary School | John Brian Heath, Ed.D, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive thank you cards, reception, PTA participation, and evacuation drill. |
| 2/10/2015 | Cleveland County | Casar Elementary School | Amy Carpenter, Secretary | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, treat bags, cards, and banner. |
| 2/11/2015 | Cumberland County | Gallberry Farm Elementary | Evan Roush, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast and kindergarten students will make signs. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Dare County | Cape Hatteras Elementary School | Diane Brown, Assistant Principal | A week long celebration - marquee, wear red/yellow day, shirts, treats, poems, radio shout-ous, lunch. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Durham County | Bethesda Elementary School | Tomekia Bell, School Counselor | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, student complimentary day, valentine cards, gift bags, and cookies. |
| 2/12/2015 | Durham County | Mangum Elementary School | Gwen Dorman, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive gifts and student cards. |
| 2/13/2015 | Durham County | W. G. Pearson Elementary School | Cocoe Craig, Administration Intern | There will be a bus driver social to include certificates, and student council poems. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Elkin City Schools | Elkin Elementary School | Lisa Pendry, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive a homemade breakfast and students creating gift baskets. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Forsyth County | Forest Park Elementary School | Norma White, Bilingual Assistant | A week long celebration to include doughnuts, children notes days, sweet day, and a fabulous special treat day. |
| 2/10/2015 | Gaston County | Forest Heights Elementary School | Tara Gingles, Lead Driver | This will be a week long celebration to include breakfast, cards of appreciation, and goodie bags. |
| 2/9, 2/11, 2/13/2015 | Granville County | Northern Granville Middle School | Courtney Currin, Bus Supervisor | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, gifts, PTO lunch and adopt a driver. |
| 2/13/2015 | Guilford County | Gateway Education Center | Shantra B. Gray, School Counselor | Bus drivers will receive breakfast and "love the bus bucks" for a shopping spree in the school's thrift store. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Guilford County | McLeansville Elementary School | Teresa Fulk, Teacher/Student Council Sponsor | Bus drivers will receive a banner, cards, treats, and breakfast. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Guilford County | Southwest Elementary School | Erica Phillips, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, treat bags, and thank you sign posted. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Haywood County | Clyde Elementary School | Danna Knight, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers and monitors will receive daily treats; posters, cards, and bus brunch. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Henderson County | Atkinson Elementary School | Matthew Johnson, Principal | Bus drivers will receive valentines from students, breakfast, cake, ice cream, and goodie bags. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Henderson County | Ednyville Elementary School | Allen Credle, Lead Teacher | Bus drivers will receive a commendation letter from Senator Meadows, breakfast, goodie basket, cards, Buster presentation, and possible bus rodeo. |
| 2/9/2015 | Hoke County | West Hoke Elementary School | Audrey R. Noble, Assistant Principal | The WHES staff and students will create a video of students sharing why they love their bus driver. "WHES LOVES THE BUS!!" |
| 2/11/2015 | Iredell Statesville Schools | Celeste Henkel Elementary School | Keeley Ward, Assistant Principal | ERPD TA/Driver Meeting-Refreshments and recognition for bus drivers. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Iredell Statesville Schools | Central Elementary School | Michelle Williams, Data Manager | This will be a week long celebration to include a small gift, lunch and breakfast. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Iredell Statesville Schools | Shepherd Elementary School | Susan Janos, Financial Secretary | This will be a week long celebration to include t-shirts, bus kisses on all buses, breakfast, cards, chocolates, and cake. |
| 2/11/2015 | Johnston County | Cleveland Elementary School | Michelle Deyo, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive treat during the monthly bus meeting from the PTA. A group picture will be taken. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Lee County | SanLee Middle School | Natalie Warren, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive daily recognitions to include breakfast, banner, yellow awareness, cards, and lunch. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Lenoir County | Northeast Elementary School | Preston Harris, Teacher | Bus drivers will receive gift bags, cards, cake, and breakfast. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Lexington City Schools | Pickett Elementary School | Gina Spencer, Principal | Bus drivers will receive cards from students, breakfast, lunch and a banner. |
| 2/13/2015 | McDowell County | Eastfield Global Magnet School | Michelle Baker, Principal | Bus drivers will receive red carpet parade, cards, sing and hugs, sashes, and flowers. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | McDowell County | Glenwood Elementary School | Anna Fretwell, Enrichment Teacher | Bus drivers will receive cards, goodie bags, video over the WGLN school news, and Love the Bus display. |
| 2/12/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Mecklenburg County | Allenbrook Elementary School | Charles Copeland, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive banner, cares, snacks, bus safety messages (week of 2/9). |
| 2/13/2015 | Mecklenburg County | Berryhill School | Leroy Wray, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive snacks and cards. |
| 2/11/2015 | Mecklenburg County | Joseph W. Grier Academy | Nilaja Dobson, Literacy Teacher | Bus drivers will receive special treat bags. |
| 2/11/2015 | Mecklenburg County | Lebanon Road Elementary School | Jessie Chavis, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will be given a valentines poster and goodie snack bag. |
| 2/12/2015 | Mecklenburg County | Matthews Elementary School | David Hamilton, Safety/Training Specialist | Bus drivers will receive snacks and cards. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Mecklenburg County | River Gate Elementary School | Cheryl Moran, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will be recognized with daily cards, treats, breakfast, cake, and t-shirt. |
| 2/12/2015 | Mecklenburg County | Winding Springs Elementary School | Kibibi Cunningham, Dean of Students | Bus drivers will receive snack bags with treats, valentine cards prepared by students. |
| 2/12/2015 | Montgomery County | Troy Elementary School | Angie Tofflemeyer, Principal | Bus drivers will receive cards, gifts, and thank you poster from bus garage. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Moore County | Aberdeen Primary School | Dr. Molly Capps, Principal | Bus drivers will receive biscuits, hot chocolate, broom and dustpan, cupcakes, candy, cookies, banners, certificates, and gift cards to movie. |
| 2/13/2015 | Mooresville Graded School District | Rocky River Elementary School | Robin Melton, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive t-shirt, candy, and an autographed banner signed by bus riders. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools | M. B. Hubbard Elementary School | Courtney Bartee, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, gifts, and students will make daily "bus" announcements. |
| 2/13/2015 | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools | Middlesex Elementary School | Kim Clarke, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast and treats. |
| 1/19/2015 - 1/23/2015 1/26/2015 - 1/30/2015 | New Hanover County | Bellamy Elementary School | Kemmie Bayliss, Art Specialist | First grade students will represent the Bellamy student population in a spirit of gratitude to bus drivers with cards, candy coffee and doughnuts. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | New Hanover County | Murrayville Elementary School | Jordan Steinhilber, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive a gift either in the morning or afternoon and a unique gift given to them twice each day by staff and students. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Newton-Conover City Schools | Shuford Elementary School | Patrick Nelson, Principal | Bus drivers will receive cards, pictures, gifts, letter of thanks, lunch with the principal. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Onslow County | Parkwood Elementary School | Heather Greer, Assistant Principal | A week long celebration honoring bus drivers with gifts and goodies. |
| 2/13/2015 | Orange County | New Hope Elementary School | Ambra Wilson, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive appreciation breakfast, student cards, and bus safety refresher. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Orange County | Transportation Department | Errin Bryant, Transportation Director | Various events throughout the school district to include lunches, breakfast, certificates, and presentations. |
| 2/10/2015 | Person County | Oak Lane Elementary School | Amy Seate, Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, and a banner made by students. |
| 2/13/2015 | Rowan County | Bostian Elementary School | Lisa Sigmon, Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, cards, certificates, and a news show recognition. |
| 2/12/2015 | Sampson County | Midway Elementary School | Debbie Daughtry, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive a luncheon, students singing, and a bulletin board in their honor. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Sampson County | Union Middle School | Roderick Mason, Assistant Principal | This will be a week long celebration to include breakfast, driver tributes, gifts of love, hallway blowouts, cards and parade. |
| 2/11/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Scotland County | Covington Street Elementary School | Kachina Singletary, Assistant Principal | Three day event including breakfast, student cards, and gifts. |
| 2/7/2015 - 2/9/2015 | Scotland County | Pate-Gardner Elementary School | Heather O'Tuel, Librarian | Bus drivers will receive goodies, thank you cards, poems, and recognition board display with bus safety tips. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Union County | Fairview Elementary School | Ashley Melton, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive handmade gifts (cards, posters, drawings, etc). |
| 2/13/2015 | Union County | Rocky River Elementary School | Jason Jackson, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive a catered breakfast, and certificates of appreciation. |
| 2/9/2015 | Union County | Shiloh Elementary School | Jennifer Aldredge, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive breakfast, student cards, and posters leading out to buses. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Wake County | East Cary Year Round Middle School | Deanna Harris, Media & Technology Coordinator | Bus drivers will receive goodie bags, and breakfast. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Wake County | East Garner Elementary School | Wenitra Merritt, Assistant Principal | Bus drivers will receive banner/posters, breakfast, cupcakes, goodie bags, and valentine cards. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Wake County | Lufkin Road Middle School | Adam Barabasz, Assistant Principal | The art club is creating projects to honor bus drivers and encourage bus safety. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Wake County | Wendell Creative Arts & Science Magnet Elementary School | Angela Armstrong, Assistant Principal | A week long celebration and gratitude of special tokens, words, and treats. |
| 2/9/2015 - 2/13/2015 | Washington County | Transportation Department | Wesley Stokes, Transportation Director | Bus drivers will receive special tokens of appreciation throughout the week and luncheon on Friday. |