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What is Your NALS March 22nd - Lahanton Chapter kicked off the FFA State Con-
vention, and our NALS members helped the kids with level loop
Outreach Committee Up competition as part of the Survey Competition for the Nevada FFA
Agriculture Technology and Mechanical Systems Career Develop-
To This Year? ment Event. 96 kids were competing!
March 23rd – Southern Chapter Members presented at Legacy
By: Trent Keenan, PLS High School for their Career Series Presentations.
– Outreach Committee Chair
April 14th - Lahanton Chapter Members helped with the ASCE/
January 20th – NALS provided UESI ISWS Student Symposium Surveying competition. The
judges for the NCEES Future competition required the students to present on a Topographical
City, Best Surveying Practices Survey. Then four separate field tasks included Pacing, Leveling,
Competition. Construction Stakeout, and Depth of Sewer Line. The Intermoun-
tain Southwest Surveying Competition winner, was: Utah State
January 31st – Southern Chapter University, and Second Place was Northern Arizona University.
Members presented at a local high April 17th – Southern Chapter Members presented at Cimarron-
school series called CareerTech Memorial High School and then administered the Trig-Star Exam
Talks. The presentation was held to 5 students.
at the new Central Career Technical
Academy High School. April 19th – Southern Chapter Members presented at West
Career and Technical Academy High School and administered the
February 5th-7th - NALS exhibited Trig-Star exam.
at the Battle for Vegas - Robotic
Competition, where there were over 2000 kids competing. April 20th - Southern Chapter Members presented at Arbor View
High School. They presented to over 50 kids about a career in
February 22nd - Southern Chapter Members provided a Trig-Star Land Surveying and then administered the Trig-Star Exam to 55+
presentation to the Math Club at West Career and Technical Acad- students.
emy High School. Trig-Star exam was provided in April. May 8th - Southern Chapter Members presented at Oran K. Grag-
March 3rd - Lahanton Chapter exhibited at the Nevada High son Elementary School Career Fair. There were approximately 150
School Counselors Conference. It was a great time with over 500+ kids that came through 5 different classes to learn about a career
teachers and counselors, and our outreach materials were taken in land surveying!
back to decorate their classrooms! May 16th - Southern Chapter Members presented at Ed W. Clark
High School. They presented to over 80 kids about a career in
March 10th - Southern Chapter provided an outdoor presenta- Land Surveying and then administered the Trig-Star Exam to 37
tion to about 250+ kids on a career in land surveying at the Doral students. 2 of the students scored 100! One with a time of 26:45
Academy of NV - Red Rock Elementary Campus. and the other with 50:04. The 3rd place student missed a round-

March 21st - Lahanton Chapter Members provided presentations ing error to keep her out of 2nd place. Another GREAT day it was
to the Future Farmers of America (FFA) during their State Conven- presenting to the kids!
tion. There were over 120 high school students in attendance. June 5 - Southern Chapter President and Chapter Trig-Star
th
coordinator administered the National NSPS Trig-Star exam to
March 22nd – South- the Nevada State Trig-Star winner Kenny Truong from Ed W. Clark
ern Chapter Members High School. We also presented Kenny with his winning plaque
spent the day at as well as a crisp $100 bill! We are still waiting on the national
Northwest Career and results and will have an update in the next edition of The Traverse.
Technical Academy Congratulations Kenny!
presenting about a ca-
reer in Land Surveying
and helped the teacher
explain the curriculum
on Land Surveying as
part of the Project Lead
the Way (PLTW). In
addition, we helped the
kids run an eight-turn
level loop around the
parking lot as part of
the curriculum.

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