Guggenheim Elementary School welcomed alumni staff and administration, families, and community members on Tuesday, November 18, for the opening of its Year 2000 Time Capsule. The capsule, which had been sealed inside the school library for twenty-five years, was opened during a special gathering.
The event offered a nostalgic look back at student life at the turn of the millennium. Attendees explored a time capsule of preserved items, including a fourth-grade chess club championship trophy from 2000, VHS tapes, letters, class photos, and newspapers. The discovery prompted reflections on how much has changed, and how much has stayed the same, since the capsule was created, a feeling underscored when former Principal Linda Creash read the letter she penned in 2000. “It was important to celebrate the end of one millennium and the beginning of another in a way that the children (you!) would remember,” she read aloud.
Principal Kim Licato noted that the milestone was a celebration of Guggenheim’s history and school culture. “The room was full of excitement, wonderful memories and love.”
As one of Port Washington’s elementary schools, Guggenheim continues to honor its past while looking ahead. The school plans to use the moment as inspiration for future student-led projects that preserve today’s stories for the next generation.
Alumni staff and administration, families, and community members attended Guggenheim’s 2000 time capsule reveal.
Former Guggenheim principal Linda Creash read a letter she wrote in 2000 to the attendees.
A blast from the past: Former Guggenheim students Shannon Ferguson and Stacy Kim found third-grade notes they'd written in the year 2000.
GuggenTimes school newspaper from 2000.
Claire Galanek, Veronica Mastandrea, Linda Creash, Dennis Trottier, Marci Haworth, Debbie Hart, and Natalie Miller.
