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NYAPT Scholarship and Awards Programs 2025

Celebrating Excellence in Pupil Transportation


AWARDS FOR OUR MEMBERS

Recognition by our peers is a very special moment in life.  There are many outstanding and often unsung professionals in our midst and we have several opportunities for celebrating them.  All it takes is for someone to care enough to prepare a nomination or application for them. 


Art Schock Award - Deadline May 1, 2025 

Awarded to a member of NYAPT who has demonstrated their ability to communicate and to teach or share information with colleagues and the public in ways that further the mission and cause of the association and the industry and profession.

FORM:  ART SHOCK APP 2025 Fillable PDF.pdf

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Hall of Fame Award - Deadline May 1, 2025

Awarded to an individual who has been a member of NYAPT and who has made significant contributions to the association and the profession that have made a clear and distinct difference in terms of child safety, education, or other related accomplishments.

FORM:  HALL OF FAME 2025.pdf
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Life Membership - Deadline May 1, 2025

Awarded by action of the Board of Directors to a member who has made outstanding contributions over time to the association and to the profession.

FORM: Life Membership 2025.pdf

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Honorary Membership - Deadline May 1, 2025


Awarded by action of the Board of Directors to an individual who has contributed significantly over time to the work and mission of the association.

FORM:  Honorary Member Application 2025.pdf

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SCHOLARSHIPS

School Transportation Education Scholarship - Deadline May 1, 2025

Two categories of awards are available.  First, up to four scholarship awards are available to high school seniors entering college or trade school.  Application deadline is May 1, 2024.  Second, scholarship awards sponsored by PTSI are available for adult school transportation professionals who wish to enhance their careers by becoming a 19-A examiner or an SBDI.  Application deadline is May 1, 2024.

FORM:  School Transportation Education Scholarship

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NYSIR Conference Scholarship - Deadline May 1, 2025 

The NY School Insurance Reciprocal offers five $1,000 scholarships to five first-time attendees to the Annual Conference.  These are managed through the NYAPT Awards Committee and cover conference registration, annual membership fees and three nights’ lodging for the conference.

Form:  NYSIR Scholarship 2025

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Leonard Family Scholarship -Deadline  Monday, April 1,   2025

The Leonard Bus family has offered a scholarship opportunity to students whose parents or grandparents are active NYAPT members and employed in the school transportation profession.  The scholarships focus primarily on students who seek to pursue a 2-year or 4-year education in auto and bus mechanics, and diesel mechanics, but any course of study will be considered.

Form: Leonard Family Scholarship

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PTSI Maria Palacios-Hardes Trainer of Distinction Award- Deadline May 1, 2025

Form: PTSI Maria Palacios-Hardes Trainer of Distinction Award 2025

SED SPONSORED AWARDS


We are also honored that the State Education Department uses our Annual Summer Conference to announce the annual SBDI of the Year, Master Instructor of the Year, Heroism Award and School Bus Safety Drill Video Award.

 HEROISM Award Nomination  Deadline June 17, 2025

MI of the Year Nomination  Deadline June 14, 2025

Safety Drill Contest Submission  Deadline June 14, 2025

SBDI of the Year Nomination  Deadline June 14, 2025

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SCHOOL BUS POSTER SAFETY CONTEST 

The 2024-2025 poster contest theme is "Safety First-Safety Always."  

The Poster Contest is a program in which students are engaged in designing poster art that portrays a nationally determined theme about school bus safety.  Posters must be judged at the local/chapter level before being reviewed by the state association and the winning posters are then sent on to the national competition.  Details may be found on the POSTER CONTEST page. 

The NYS Poster Contest for 2024 is complete - congratulations to the winners!

2023-2024 Poster Contest Winners

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SCHOOL BUS DRIVER OF THE YEAR - Deadline May 1, 2025

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation is pleased to select a School Bus Driver of the Year from among the candidates nominated.  The awardee should exemplify the best traits we look for in school bus drivers and have been consistently safe and diligent in their work with our school children.

Form:  School Bus Driver of the Year 2025.pdf

SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT/MONITOR OF THE YEAR  - Deadline MAY 1, 2024

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation is pleased to select a School Bus Attendant/Monitor of the Year from among the candidates nominated.  The awardee should exemplify the best traits we look for in school bus attendants/monitors and have been consistently safe and diligent in their work with our school children

Form: School Bus Attendant/Monitor of the Year 2025

SCHOOL BUS DRIVER/MONITOR OR ATTENDANT TEAM  - Deadline MAY 1, 2025

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation is pleased to select a School Bus Driver/Monitor or Attendant Team of the Year from among the candidates nominated.  The awardee should exemplify the best traits we look for in school bus drivers, attendants and monitors and have been consistently safe and diligent in their work with our school children

Form: School Bus Driver and Attendant-Monitor TEAM of the Year Award 2025.pdf

CHAPTER OF THE YEAR - Deadline May 1, 2025

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation is pleased to select a Chapter of the Year from among the candidates nominated.  The chapter should exemplify excellence in various aspects

Form: Chapter of the Year 2025.pdf

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NYAPT/PTSI TECH OF THE YEAR - Deadline May 1, 2025
NYAPT and PTSI have collaborated for several years in designating a School Bus Technician of the Year.  Awardees have gone above and beyond the basics of their job to engage in their own professional development or to help others advance educationally. 

Form:   School Bus Technician of the Year 2025.pdf


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AWARDS HISTORY

Recognition:  “Appreciation or acclaim for an achievement, service, or ability.”

There are so many people in school transportation - at all levels - who have achieved wonderful things in their pursuit of safety for our children and who have contributed mightily to our work as an association and as a family.  

NYAPT PRESIDENTS

NYAPT SCHOCK AWARD WINNERS

NYAPT HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

NYAPT FRIEND OF NYAPT AWARDS



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     Membership/Events: Joyce Mitchell

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