Aqueduct Developments Attract Attention
EAST Students Find A Piece of History
The following is a Santa Ynez Valley News article written by Glenn Wallace and available online. It appeared on the front page of the Thursday paper on April 14. "The Environmental and Spatial Technologies (EAST) class at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School had a very good year in 2004.
Students working on the Mission Santa Ines Aqueduct Mapping project found their work included in the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society museum, published in three magazines, had been awarded the Geospatial Solutions Outstanding Project Award -- beating out college and U.S. Army entries -- and received the California Governor's Award for Historic Preservation.
Tuesday morning, EAST students presented evidence of their latest accomplishment, tracking down remnants of the lost dam, built in the early 1800s, that fed the aqueduct.
"We wanted to finish the story we started last year," said project member Erik Glendinning.
EAST teacher Chip Fenenga reported that geographic information science (GIS) data, along with historic records found by students Erin Gnekow and Breanna Schlags, indicated that a dam was built along Alamo Pintado Creek to feed the Mission's aqueduct. Yet even after tracing the path of the aqueduct, "We could not find the dam when we looked in 2004," said Fenenga.
The final piece of the award-winning project seemed lost in the passage of time.
That changed on Thursday, March 24. Six students , armed with GPS units and cameras ventured into the creek bed near the Creekside housing development for another attempt to find the dam..." Continue reading this article at syvnews.com Copyright 2005 Pulitzer Central Coast Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.
EAST Conference Spotlighted in Valley Living
EAST Conference Banquet
 (Left to right) The 2005 SYV EAST Conference team: Erin, Mr. Fenenga, Eric, Liam, Breanna, Clay, Dalene, and Emily. At this afternoon's banquet and awards ceremony, we received first, second and third place in the Trimble competition. The Isla Vista Cliffs project received first place in the ESRI GIS competition. Mikey Carlson's School Safety project won first place in the Bentley competition for his use of MicroStation. Overall, our school received the second place Founders' Award. The sponsors were very generous and we left with numerous prizes as well.
EAST Conference Begins
SYV EAST students Clay Garland, Eric Glendenning, Liam Keane, Dalene Faul, Breanna Schlags, Emily Garland and Erin Gnekow departed Santa Ynez at 6:30am and arrived in Sacramento at noon. After setting up the EAST booth, the team ate lunch at Pennisi's Deli. Later, numerous presentations were made and preparations began for the next day's work.  (Left to right) Breanna, Liam, Eric, Mr. Fenenga, Emily, Clay, Dalene, and Erin pose at the SYV EAST booth display.
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