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Arp Elementary opens time capsule

Posted Date: 09/11/26 (11:20 AM)


A metal ammo can is painted blue, white, and red like the French flag, with text that reads '- ARP- TIME CAPSULE OPEN IN 2026'.

This May, during a family Bingo night, Arp Elementary students, staff and families opened a time capsule from 1976. 
 
The time capsule was stored in an ammunition box and was intended to be opened 50 years after it was sealed. Students from each class had contributed items to the capsule. 

The treasures stored in the capsule included magazines and publications that were relevant at the time, stories and drawings from students and staff, toys, letters to the future, cassette tapes and more. 

Arp Elementary is creating a new time capsule, which will be complete in November and set to be opened in 2076. 

Fifteen vintage school portraits of children and a teacher are arranged neatly in three rows on a light surface.
Six black and white polaroid photographs are arranged on a textured surface.
A vintage JCPenney Spring and Summer 1975 catalog lies on a light-colored table next to a red object.

A pink paper document rests on a table, featuring handwritten lists of names and the year 1976.
A page of lined paper with handwritten cursive text titled Space Vehicles.
A newspaper clipping from the Wyo. State Tribune-Cheyenne, dated February 19, 1976.

A handwritten 4th-grade class list by teacher Mrs. Barbara Latta rests on a desk next to other papers.
A child's handwritten paper states "I love my country America" with a drawing of a tree and the name Tracy Walters, dated Feb 20, 1976.
A child's handwritten paper on lined notebook paper states "I love my country America" above a colored drawing of a flag.

A child's drawing shows a house with a stone pathway, a smiling sun, and handwritten text that reads, "50 Years from now".
A child's school journal page features handwritten text reading '0 years from now I will be 57 years old,' alongside a small photo and crayon drawings.
A vintage typed class list for Mrs. Edgar's 5th grade in 1976, resting inside a pink folder.

A rectangular banner celebrating the United States bicentennial, featuring an eagle and the text "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "1776", "1976", and "200th BIRTHDAY".
A boxed George Washington commemorative doll sits next to two Certron LN60 cassette tapes on a white surface.
A vintage, frilly heart-shaped Valentine's Day card with a typed acrostic poem sits next to math homework.