TIME IN A BOTTLE
Intermediate school capsules letters
By Kelly Griffith-Fields news@bullardnews.com

Bullard Intermediate School Principal Tommy Wade, center, is joined by librarian Shera- Donne Lee and counselor Carol Allen, respectively. Wade is holding the sealed time capsule awaiting placement between the walls of the school's new building, which is still under construction. -- Bullard Banner photo by Kelly Griffith-Fields Key Club

A time capsule was sealed and tucked away between the walls of what is becoming administrative and counseling office, a library and two classrooms for Bullard Intermediate School.

Current fourth and fifth grade students wrote letters that were locked away in the capsule.

"I think it is a good opportunity for us," fifth grader Ashlynn Skaggs said. "People will know how we were and what everything was like when we were little."

These students will make up the graduating classes of both 2015 and 2016, but the project is not scheduled to be open at that time.

A plaque will be placed on the wall to mark where the capsule is Principal Tommy Wade said.

There is no set date for its opening.

"It is up to future generation, perhaps when the building is demolished to make room for something new," Wade said.

The students liked the idea, too.

"It will be pretty cool because I will be like at least 60. Things will be really different then," fifth grader Stormy Ousley said.

In addition to the students letters a list of all the students, teachers and staff was included as a record of who was working on the campus at the time.

Tools used in science experiments and business cards among other things were added as well.

"This will be a history lesson for those that open it," Wade said. "This will be a record of who was here and how things were."

"What if someone related to us ends up finding it?" fifth grader Andrew Rogers wondered. "What if it's like our son or something."

Fourth grader Trent Talley summed it up by saying "I think that people will think our stuff is really old."