In the interest of promoting and advancing worthy persons within our field, your association, along with your and our partners’ generous support, sponsors several scholarships and awards.  These scholarships and awards are presented every year at the state conference, and are meant to recognize these persons’ merits and hard work at their craft.  Whether they are a deserving high school senior, just embarking on their journey, or a person who has spent many years successfully at their craft, to someone moving steadily along their career arc, these awards are meant to show our appreciation and our support for their dedication to the student transportation field.

 

2024 Entry level driver instructor (ditc) scholorship 

This scholarship is for anyone currently employed in the pupil transportation industry within the state of Washington.  This scholarship consists of One program registration, hotel, meals (reimbursed at the state per diem rate) and one year's WAPT membership dues.  Two scholarships are awarded each year, one to the East Side (ESD's 101, 105, 123 and 171) and one to the West Side (ESD's 112, 113, 114, 121, and 189).  Application Deadline is February 9, 2024

Barbara Walcott DITC ENTRY LEVEL 2024.pdf

DITC Scholarship awardee's have been contacted and we are working on contacting all who submitted applications

2024 DON CARNAHAN MEMORIAL CWU SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is for anyone from the East Side (ESD 101, 105, 123 and 171) who has successfully completed the first year and is entering the second, third or fourth year of the CWU Pupil Transportation Management Training Program. This scholarship will be used for one year tuition, one (double occupancy) room and board (on the CWU campus), and one year's WAPT membership dues. Application Deadline is April 5,2024

_DC_CWU_2024.docx.pdf

2024 REG CLARK MEMORIAL CWU SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is for anyone from the West Side (ESD 112, 113, 114, 121, and 189) who has successfully completed the first year and is entering the second, third or fourth year of the CWU Pupil Transportation Management Training Program. This scholarship will be used for one year tuition, one (double occupancy) room and board (on the CWU campus), and one year's WAPT membership dues. Application Deadline is April 5,2024

RC CWU 2024.docx.pdf

2024 HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is for graduating Washington high school seniors (or those who have graduated a Washington State high school within the past 3 school years) whose parents are members in good standing of WAPT. These two (one east-side and one west-side) awardees will receive a cash scholarship of $1,000.00. This award can be used for all types of post-secondary education from trade and vocational schools to four year universities. With the cost of additional education going up yearly, every little bit helps. Application Deadline is April 5, 2024

Higher Ed 2024.pdf

2024 WAPT HALL OF FAME AWARD

Receiving this award represents the highest honor an individual can receive from WAPT. For this award, an individual must meet the highest standards of personal and professional integrity including distinguished service to both the industry and the Association. Areas where this person must have distinguished him- or herself include, but are not limited to:

·        Provided valuable information and support to WAPT on or about school bus safety issues;

·        Improved public relations on behalf of school transportation safety through writing and speaking;

·        Participated in significant state and local activities to present and reflect the positive attributes of WAPT and school transportation safety;

·        Diligently served the cause of pupil transportation and WAPT through service, contributions, inventions or innovations including but not limited to new procedures; and

·        Any other accomplishment considered as being worthy of recognition

Application Deadline is May 17, 2024. 

24- HOF AWARD.pdf

2024 OUTSTANDING TRANSPORTATION PERSON AWARD

This award is meant to honor those who “Promote and foster the highest degree of safety and efficiency in the transportation of school children,” and can be awarded to anyone from your ESD chapters who best exemplify this statement. Please note that the winner does not necessarily need to be a member of WAPT so that the most deserving person can win this award. Application Deadline is April 5, 2024

OTP AWARD 2024.pdf

2024 SHARON SCHALK LEADERSHIP AWARD

This award is for those people currently in an administrative, management, or supervisory position who best exemplify leadership in pupil transportation management and/or safety. For this award, the person being nominated must be a WAPT member in good standing for at least 3 years and must also be in an administrative/management/supervisor position for at least 5 years. Application Deadline is April 5,2024

SSLA 23-24.pdf