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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 _________________________________________________________________ Hall of Fame Award - Deadline May 1, 2025 FORM: HALL OF FAME 2025.pdf Life Membership - Deadline May 1, 2025 FORM: Life Membership 2025.pdf __________________________________________________________________________ Honorary Membership - Deadline May 1, 2025
FORM: Honorary Member Application 2025.pdf __________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
HEROISM Award Nomination Deadline June 17, 2025 Safety Drill Contest Submission Deadline June 14, 2025 SBDI of the Year Nomination Deadline June 14, 2025 ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________ NYAPT/PTSI TECH OF THE YEAR - Deadline May 1, 2025 Form: School Bus Technician of the Year 2025.pdf ________________________________________________ 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. |
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