STUDIO UPGRADE

On March 3rd Economic Alliance hosted Tifanie Steele, Refinery Manager, Chevron Pasadena Refinery as our first guest of Season 8 of the Gulf Coast Growth Show. Chevron Pasadena Refinery sponsored the studio upgrade, in which we are grateful for their generosity. A portion of the funds went towards the awesome signs that were created and installed by five students and their teacher from Sam Rayburn High School.

The creation of the custom signs was quite the project. The initial stage of the project involved the students trying to come up with the proper colors, sizes, and proportions for the sign based on the Chevron requirements. The students were worried that they would not get the materials in time, and would not have enough time to cut and assemble in the end, but they persevered. Once I was able to spend a little time with them things started to come together. The signs consisted of ¾” walnut plywood, ¾” clear cast acrylic, ¼” cast acrylic, LED standoffs, and some vinyl lettering. The acrylic was cut on an X-Carve CNC, and the vinyl was cut on a Cricut machine. The students were very excited to see the project come to completion and they were impressed with the final results. When they saw the signs in the podcast room, they felt a huge sense of accomplishment. For many of the students it was their first time using a CNC machine. The sign project was challenging and a great learning opportunity for the students.