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| K-12 POCs | (back to top) |
 Christian De La Rosa, from the 802 CES at Lackland AFB, is the new point-of-contact (POC) for Post and other Christian 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 and other activities including being on our K-12 Career Day Briefs and being the POC for our first ever HQ AETC CE Programmers Conference Icebreaker in 2011. Christian can be reached at (210) 671-1595 or christian.delarosa@us.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, Christian De La Rosa, at (210) 671-1595 or christian.delarosa@us.af.mil, 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 Christian De La Rosa 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 christian.delarosa@us.af.mil.
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| Boy Scout Merit Badge Program | (back to top) |
 Our Post has had a program (now known as the Architecture & Engineering Academy) underway since 2008 to help local Boy Scouts earn the Engineering, Architecture and Landscape Architecture merit badges.The 2011 A&E Academy session is scheduled Apr 15-16 and May 6-7. 49 Scouts are registered for the 2011 Academy.
Visit this site You can also contact our Boy Scout Program Coordinator, Scott Mikos, at (210) 977-2796 or SATX.SAME.ACADEMY@GMAIL.COM for more information about the program.
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| Girl Scout Program | (back to top) |
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Our Post also started a "Design Your Way to a Better Future" event in 2011 in conjunction with the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas.
The event was a 3-day program on Mar 26-27 and Apr 2 encompassing a variety of architectural and engineering experiences and helped the Scouts earn their Build a Better Future and Environmental Design merit badges. 23 Girl Scouts completed the 2011 program. For more information about the program contact our Girl Scout Program Coordinators, Amy Shirlberg at ashirlberg@team-ie.com OR DeEnna Jensen at djensen@team-ie.com.
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| MATHCOUNTS® with TSPE | (back to top) |
Location/Timeframe: Saturday, February 5 and November 5 - organized by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE). There are generally two MATHCOUNTS events held locally during the year - a Regional Competition in the Spring at UTSA/St Mary's University and the Mathletes in Action Competition (supported by the San Antonio Spurs) at the AT&T Center in the Fall Participation: Volunteers for Proctoring and Grading the Exams SAME Commitment: Volunteers SAME POC: Christian De La Rosa, (210) 671-1595 or christian.delarosa@us.af.mil Event POC: Laura Force or John Krauss at 375-9000 MATHCOUNTS@pape-dawson.com Description: MATHCOUNTS® is a a nationwide program that promotes math excellence for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and combines the efforts of the education, business, government and the technological communities. It 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.
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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 20-26, 2011 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 sponsorship for San Antonio's Engineer Week activities. For 2011 the Post provided a $1,000 sponsorship. Post Event POC: Christian De La Rosa, (210) 671-1595 or christian.delarosa@us.af.mil 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.
