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I never quite realized how many people were participating in the ACE Mentor Program until last week. Even though I had seen all of the people meeting on Tuesdays before, it still seemed like there were more people than I expected. Before, everyone seemed quiet as we were all new. This time everyone seemed abuzz with our own individual ideas. We had all done something to talk about, and we were all there to share with the other groups.

It started off with us splitting into teams of eight, with two from each group. We then shared what our project was about, with each group rotating to see one another’s projects. There were four projects, and we learned that they were all very different.

Three groups were working on the Arts Annex, with my group being one of those. Another group was working on a shop class and annex. The three Art Annex groups had more to share with each other as they all had a completely different approach to the building.

My group’s simple one-story building with the auditorium in the center was not like the other two designs. The other designs both had two-story buildings. One featured a sky bridge and the other had plans of adding one into theirs. These ideas were not like my group’s.

Another way that the other groups were different was the way that they all were mostly box shapes from the outside. Though some of them were very artsy and nice on the inside, they did not present well from the outside yet.

What my group plans to take from this meeting is the other groups’ ideas about innovation and green space. Though my group’s design is very presentable from the outside, it lacks increasing ideas to any room on the inside besides the auditorium. It’s time we made the inside a place for the students just as much as the public. Even though we only have three classrooms, it is still important that we focus on making these classrooms all that they can be so the students have the best ability to learn and perform.