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 2020

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 2020 Fillable PDF.pdf

Hall of Fame Award 2019

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:  PDF FAME

Life Membership 2020

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.

Honorary Membership 2020

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.

School Transportation Educational Scholarship

Two categories of awards are available.  First, up to three scholarship awards available to high school seniors entering college.  Second, scholarship awards available sponsored by PTSI for adult school transportation professionals who wish it enhance their careers by becoming a 19-A examiner or a SBDI.    

FORM:  PDF TRANS-Scholarship

School Bus Safety Poster Contest 2020

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 winners then sent on to the national competition.

NYSIR Annual Conference Scholarship 2019

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:  PDF document -OR-  Fill-able Word document

School Bus Driver of the Year 2020

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:  PDF Driver

NYAPT/PTSI Technician of the Year 2019

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:  PDF TECH

Leonard Family Scholarship 2019

The Leonard Bus family has offered a scholarship opportunity to students whose parents are 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, diesel mechanics, and similar professions.