Mark Herbert

Time Capsule

33 year old Vice Principal Denise T. Franco stepped up to the podium outside Tubman Middle School. “Welcome, school board members, parents, former students, and current students to the day we have all been waiting for...” She scanned the crowd of onlookers and was impressed with the attendance. “Twenty years ago, when I was a student at this very school, we buried a time capsule. To preserve the memories of what life was like at our school.” She paused again to survey the crowd. Quite a few people were in attendance. She had hoped for more but was satisfied. “We took the time to select items that represented not only who we were but who we wanted to be in the future. Items that would show what made us into the people we are today.”