National School Bus Safety Week

October 21 - 25, 2024
During the third full week of October each year, National School Bus Safety Week is a public education campaign designed to promote school bus safety. It is an excellent way for parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties such as law enforcement agencies, to join forces and address the importance of school bus safety. School districts throughout the country observe National School Bus Safety Week.

School Bus Safety Poster Contest

Every year, thousands of school districts across the country participate in local and state-level competitions to select artwork that depicts school bus safety-related themes and encourages and promotes school bus safety. The winning posters are used to promote safer school transportation for everyone. State winners advance to the national contest.

The 2024-2025  National School Bus Safety  Poster Contest aims to select a poster that best depicts the theme:  "Safety First- Safety Always". Posters may be submitted anytime between October 1, 2024 – April 18, 2025. 

• Key dates for the contest:
  • ​October 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025: Poster creation period
  • April 18, 2025: Posters must be submitted to State Directors; your Ohio state Administrator's information is listed below
  • May 16, 2025: Winning STATE contest posters must be received by NAPT from state administrators 
  • Summer 2025: National winners will be notified and prizes will be sent

The National School Bus Safety Poster Contest is open to pupils in grades K-8 and entries are accepted in the following categories:

• Division #1 - Grades K-2;
• Division #2 - Grades 3-5;
• Division #3 - Grade 6-8;
• Division #4 - Special Education (Grades K- 12); 
• *Division #5 - CAD (Computer Aided Drawing);
• *Division #6 - International entries.

*Division #5 - CAD and Division # 6 - International entries are eligible for competition within those respective divisions but are not eligible to be the Overall Contest Winner.

Every poster and slogan must harmonize with the 2024-25 poster contest theme: Safety First- Safety Always. Contestants must illustrate the theme only. The theme on the poster must be exactly as shown above, to include all punctuation.
 

QUESTIONS?  Please contact the contest coordinator at schoolbus@education.ohio.gov.

The National School Bus Safety Poster Contest is sponsored by the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT), the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS), and the National School Transportation Association(NSTA).

Please Note: The Poster Contest and National School Bus Safety Week are two different events. The poster theme becomes the theme for the following year's National School Bus Safety Week, which is an active and evolving public education program designed to promote school bus safety. This annual event is held during the third full week in October each year.

 

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Last Modified: 11/15/2024 2:10:08 PM

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