My edit of Jessica’s new gym article

Aaron Groff’s edit of Jessica’s New gym Article

 

As the gleaming new Beach High rises up out of a well-weathered facility, a state-of-the-art gymnasium will show its face, opening with the start of the 2009-2010 school year.

This new air-conditioned gym is supposed to be done by August 2009, when we return in the fall. It is twice the size of the old gym, having a capacity of two-thousand people. The walls are going to be all white with indented spots of red and silver, and center-court will show the updated Hi Tide logo with Miami Beach Hi Tides written around the perimeter. Logo is a wave decorated in red, blue and white, saying “Home of the Hi Tides”. Also included with the new facility, is a concession stand outside the gym and a ticket booth inside. “Oh! It’s going to be great,” Principal Sidener proudly declares. “I am very excited.” Extra perks that come with the new facility are an aerobics room, dancing studio, and beautiful, clean locker rooms. Sidener hopes the gym will create a more spirited school atmosphere within the student body, just like the new building has.

The current construction at Beach High is costing the school a total of 120 million dollars, but money has been saved prior to the budget cuts for the specific purpose of building a new gym. According to Dr. Sidener, the rebuilding will not be affected by the recent budget cuts because this money has been set aside for capital improvements.

As the expected due date for the completion of the gym approaches, the excitement amongst students and administration is becoming clearly evident.  The new gym is “going to benefit (the school) in many ways,” shares sports director, Edgar Botto. “Instead of the school needing to have two pep rallies, there will only need to be one since the new gym is a lot bigger and will be able to hold a lot more people.”  Junior Hi Tide basketball player, Rachel Goldberg stated, “I am really excited to see the finished new gym with air condition… I believe that it will be a great addition to make sport practices and gym classes better.”

“The gymnasium that will be finished in August, will probably be the nicest gym in Dade County of all the high schools,” shared Mr. Patrice.  Hopefully, the new gym will live up to its hype and play an important role in the new and improved Beach High.

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