Filling a Capsule in Time

Today we had a special assembly to gather the students together to fill the time capsule that will be placed in the wall under the display case in our new building. This was a huge project, more work that I realized I had signed up for.

We gathered such items as newspaper articles about the building project, advertisements, a Styrofoam lunch tray (can't wait to see the end of those), white-out, pictures of the one-room schoolhouse, pictures of the current building, pictures of the building progress of the new school, coins, a yearbook, coal from the basement that once housed the source of heat for the building, magazines, book rental fees, maps of the current building's many uses, and much more. Altogether there was 26 different items placed in the capsule, and those items are laid out beside the capsule in the picture to the left. The principal and I selected students to help us pack the capsule, and those students really came through for us.

I can't believe the amount of work that it took to pull off this entire project. I know there were many hours put into the printing and captioning of pictures by my principal. I couldn't even give an estimate into the number of hours I spent incorporating unique characteristics in our yearbook when asked. I was also asked how many hours it took to do the maps. Again, I have no clue. I was at school until 9pm Thursday night getting things organized, but it was so much fun.

I know that all the hours were worth it. To think, in 50 years people will open this and be in awe of how we lived. When I think about, I realize there will be a lot of changes. I mean, just look at my 29 years of life. When I was a kid, a cordless phone in your house was cool, and we thought we were awesome because we had a computer. Now I carry my phone in my pocket and receive all my emails on it as well. I can't imagine 50 years from now, but I do know it was a huge honor to be a part of the historical project. Ok, so its not a historical project that we will read about in history books, but in our little corner of the world, we are making history.