National School Bus Safety Week | Driver and Vehicle Services | #schoolsaftey #kids #parents #children

Each year, PennDOT sponsors a school bus safety poster contest for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The winners of the poster contest are recognized at an event in Harrisburg held every October as part of National School Bus Safety Week. This year’s theme is Safety First – Safety Always.

The students, in kindergarten through eighth grade, were recognized for their winning entries in the 2024 School Bus Safety Poster Contest. The theme for the contest – Driving Safely Into the Future – reminds everyone of the important dynamic between students and their school bus drivers, who navigate commonwealth roadways daily to deliver students to school and home without incident.

The Pupil Transportation Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania School Bus Association hold a Pennsylvania School Bus Driver Safe Driving Competition every June to test school bus drivers’ knowledge of safety rules and safe operation of their buses. A first-, second- and third-place winner is chosen, and the three winners of the competition are also recognized at an event held during National School Bus Safety Week. Approximately 60 school bus drivers from across Pennsylvania participate in the competition each year.

There were no Transit Style Buses entered in the competition this year.

PennDOT would like to congratulate all of the winners and say thank you to all of the students who participated in the School Bus Safety Poster contest and all school bus drivers for keeping our children safe on a daily basis.