The NOCCA Design Day Event served as the starting point for students to take an active role in the design and expansion of their teaching and learning spaces over the course of the next few years. Outputs of the brainstorming session with the visiting designers will serve as a bridge to an upcoming Charrette – where students will present to the architects initial plans of action for foreign language, humanities, and science learning spaces. Student teams will offer written narratives along with creative representations of their choice (digital media, dance, musical, model, etc.). Future design-based learning activities will afford students the opportunity continue to hone their design skills and understandings by contributing to the planning and design of the Homer Plessy Museum.