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| K-12 POCs | (back to top) |
 David Pratt, from MWH, is the new point-of-contact (POC) for Post and other David serves on our Post Board as the K-12 Program Coordinator and co-chair of our K-12/ College Outreach Committee. David has lead and participated in many Post K-12, YM and other activities including being on our Holiday Celebration Committee, serving as our YM Director, Special Projects Coordinator and lead for our Boy Scout Merit Badge Pilot Program. David also serves on the SAME YM and K-12 Committees. David can be reached at (210) 652-7573 or david.pratt.ctr@randolph.af.mil
Andrew is an active participant in SAME and Post activities and has served on the SAME Student Council and helped with our support of National Engineer's Week and local area robotic competitions. He has also been a mentor at the SAME Air Force E&C Camp and serves as our College Outreach Coordinator. Andrew can be reached at (210).377-3085 ext 263 or Andrew.Gayley@ch2m.com
Scott is an active participant in SAME and Post activities and also serves on the SAME K-12 Committee as the Scout Program advisor. Scott can be reached at (210) 977-2796 or scott.mikos@us.af.mil |
| Need Your Help | (back to top) |
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The San Antonio Post’s K-12 Outreach Program focuses on getting children excited about engineering, math, and science with the hope that someday they will pursue careers as scientists, doctors, lawyers, and hopefully engineers. The Post selected several programs to support over the years with not only financial support, but also with volunteers from our members. We have outlined thirteen different programs throughout the year and provided POCs so you can plan ahead to participate and help us get the word out to others who may be interested in participating. Please let our K-12 Program Coordinator, Danielle Poyant, at (210) 259-6529 or danielle.poyant@merrick.com, know if you are interested in participating and/or would like to participate in the future. The recurring K-12 programs that the Post supports are shown below.
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| What if I participate in an activity not listed…what do I do? | (back to top) |
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We depend on our member’s continued involvement in the community to help us earn the Outreach and Communication Streamer for our Post. If you’ve participated in other community outreach events focused on either K-12, or even college students, to discuss engineering, science, or math related topics throughout the year, then please let us know. All you need to do is send an e-mail to Danielle Poyant on the topic/subject of the activity, when/where it was held, who you briefed, and the POC’s information (that way we will have POC’s contact information so maybe the Post can also support that event next year) at danielle.poyant@merrick.com.
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| Boy Scout Merit Badge Program | (back to top) |
 Our Post has had a pilot program underway since July 2008 to help local Boy Scouts earn the Engineering and Architecture merit badges.
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| MATHCOUNTS® with TSPE | (back to top) |
Location/Timeframe: Regional Competition February 16, 2009 - organized by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) Participation needed: Volunteers for Proctoring and Grading the Exams Participation Level Required: TBD SAME Commitment: Volunteers SAME POC: Danielle Poyant, (210) 259-6529 or danielle.poyant@merrick.com Event POC: Volunteers should contact John Krauss, P.E., 210-375-9000 (x358), or jkrauss@pape-dawson.com to RSVP for the event. For further information on MATHCOUNTS, contact Mr. Ray Medrano from Pape Dawson, (210) 375-9000 x390, rmedrano@pape-dawson.com or Robin Simmons 375-9000 (x429) Description: MATHCOUNTS® is a nationwide program that promotes math excellence for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and combines the efforts of education, business, government and the technological community. The program is usually held in the spring and holds both a local level competition at UTSA and a regional competition in Austin. MATHCOUNTS is a math skills coaching program based on higher thinking skills development with a series of progressive competitions at local, state and national levels. It motivates students to do well in math and recognizes and rewards them for achievement. The program also gives the math teachers an incentive to excel in their classrooms. The program has more than 17,000 volunteers who participate annually. MATHCOUNTS has received two White House Citations as an outstanding private sector initiative. SAME National is also supporting this program. For further information, see: http://www.same.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3319. The local MATHCOUNTS program requests the participation of judges for a half day event where you grade the students’ problems to assist in determining the competition’s winners. For more information on the program, you can contact the TSPE MATHCOUNTS® event POC.
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| National Engineers Week | (back to top) | ||||||||||||||||
National  Engineers’ Week is an annual event to bring to public attention the work and contributions of our nation's engineers. Engineers Week was founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers. It is always celebrated at the time of George Washington's birthday, as our nation's first President, he was a military engineer and land surveyor. Since 1951, beginning with President Truman, U.S. Presidents have sent special messages of appreciation to the engineering profession in recognition of the week. At its beginning, National Engineers Week included a few scattered government proclamations, dinners, and speeches. It has since grown to involve tens of thousands of engineers in a variety of community outreach activities, such as technology and education exhibits at shopping malls, to presentations of student scholarships. Special events, focused on engineering, take place in almost every city across the country. San Antonio events are generally organized by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE).
Location/Timeframe: February 15-21, 2009 Participation: Post and its sustaining members get involved in San Antonio activities throughout the week. Participation Level Available:
Post Commitment: Each year the Post tries to support the event with a $500 sponsorship for San Antonio's Engineer Week activities Post Event POC: Danielle Poyant, (210) 259-6529 or danielle.poyant@merrick.com Event POC: Mr. Ed Pruske from TSPE, (210) 342-9377, ed.pruske@psiusa.com Description: See http://www.eweek.org.
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Andrew Gayley, from CH2M HILL, assists Danielle with and serves as the point-of-contact (POC) for Post's SAME E&C Camp program.
Scott Mikos, from Air Force ISR Agency, assists David with and serves as the point-of-contact (POC) for Post's Scout Merit Badge/A&E Academy program.
