Wyoming’s Continuing Education Services (CES) coordinators; and Clint Taylor is one of AIA Wyoming’s two NCARB Architect Licensing Advisors. Having these committee members report on what other chapters in the region and across the country are doing helps us provide the best services to our members. E&R Classroom Visit Clint Taylor, AIA, and Stephanie Lowe, Associate AIA, of TDSi, were invited to speak to a third-grade class at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Cheyenne on Oct. 16. Former Education & Resources Committee member Doug Selby, AIA, had been presenting to the third-grade class at this school for the past several years. However, his new grandchild in Fort Collins was cutting into his time. The 13 students had been discussing architecture for several weeks. They had gone on a guided trolley tour, finding architectural elements on various historic buildings in Cheyenne, before building models of their favorite buildings from the tour. The students had an outstanding vocabulary of architectural terms. Clint and Stephanie’s visit was the culmination of the class’s module on architecture. The students reviewed the drawings of St. Mary’s Catholic School (TDSi, 2006) and identified items from their classroom in the various plans, elevations, and sections. The session ended with a bridge-building competition. Students worked in groups of two or three to build a bridge that could support a paper cup containing 20 pennies. Each group was given 20 plastic drinking straws, five paper clips, 3 feet of string and 3 feet of masking tape and had 15 minutes to turn their materials into a bridge. Almost all the groups succeeded in the task, and two of the bridges were able to support a paper cup full of pennies. (We didn’t count the pennies, but there were a lot of them!) It was apparent from listening to the students that most of them had been discussing architecture with their parents during this module. We hope we were able to continue Doug Selby’s work to educate the public through the eyes of these third graders. One student even proclaimed they wanted to be an architect when they grew up. Thank you to Christine Bronder for incorporating architecture into these students’ education. As a third generation commercial glazing company we are constantly striving to be the best in our industry. There is no project too big or too small for us to handle. Whether we fabricate the job for you to install or install the material ourselves, we are the premier commercial glaziers that you want on the job. 307-266-1440 • INFO@AGCWYO.COM • WWW.AGCWYO.COM 13
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