ORLANDO, Fla. — Students and teachers from Rosemont Elementary got a blast from the past last week, after unsealing a 25-year-old time capsule.
The Orlando elementary school unsealed its time capsule from 1997, the year the school opened!
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Rosemont Elementary administrators assembled students and staff for the unsealing on Thursday morning.
Some of the current teachers were students at the school 25 years ago, when the capsule was sealed.
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Former students were also on hand to watch the unsealing.
Some of the items inside included ribbons of the school’s original colors and a cassette tape of a dedication ceremony.
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There was also a list of things that kindergarteners loved that year, including their favorite sports hero Michael Jordan, and their favorite TV show, “Rug Rats.”
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Everything inside the time capsule will be on display at the school’s media center.
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