During this school year, students and staff who are involved in the engineering portion of Grayslake North have been wanting to renovate the engineering room to make the workspace more accessible and for it to have a more outgoing look.

Although this project has not commenced, students and staff have already gone into brainstorming on what they would want to do with the two engineering rooms. With the help from “Project Lead The Way,” staff and students have a better idea of what they can do with the two rooms.

“The main thing is we are trying to get the main perspective of the students so they have a good place to work,” said Engineering and Design of Development teacher Steve Colleti. “There are two main rooms we use for engineering, but it’s never really been outfitted for Project Lead the Way properly.”

With students brainstorming on what they could do to the two engineering rooms, the staff have gathered ideas that they would like to add to the room once the project begins. These two main ideas students have been mentioning are redecoration and the accessibility to tools and other needs.

“The students who have been in the Engineering Design and Development class said that the engineering room needs better places to display what the classes and students had done over the years,”Colleti said. “We needed better access to tools to complete projects especially in the capstone classes.”

During these brainstorms, staff and students came up with more ideas by making building easier and teaching easier in the engineering rooms.

“Doing something with ventilation would be nice for the room, but that would be something down the road,” Colletii said. “We would love to knock down a wall to open up space and make two rooms into one.”

With brainstorming taking place, students get to express what engineering means to them and how important it is for them down the road.

‘“I definitely gained patience and creativity by taking engineering,” said freshman Bryce Stoneham.

“My work ethic has definitely gotten better as well as we continued to work with my classmates.”

“To me engineering means building and innovating structures and everyday items in order to make life easier and more efficient,” said senior Ashlyn Bouma. “I have gained a lot of knowledge about the engineering process and how not everything is going to fit together and work right away.”

With help from students and staff, the engineering room will soon become a place where new students can have fun and work in a welcoming environment.