Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. (D-Camden, Gloucester), commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Gloucester City High School\’s first four year graduation.
Junior and Senior National Honor Society students from grades 7 through 10, marked the event by collecting memorabilia from their generation and storing it in a time capsule which will be opened in 2058.
Photo: at one time Mary Ethel Costello School, at Cumberland and Joy Streets was used as the high school.
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\”Years from now, students your age will open this time capsule and learn a great deal about the things that were important to your generation,\” Speaker Roberts said. \”From music and pictures to newspapers and articles of clothing, these items tell a story about who you are.\”
Among the artifacts stored in the time capsule were Phillies tickets, senior prom tickets, a cell phone, flip flops, a T-shirt, an Apple iPod play list, a school calendar, a NJ State quarter, and a picture of Corporal Marc Ryan, a casualty of the Iraq War and Gloucester High alumnus.
Also included were a 2008 high school yearbook, along with copies of the school newspaper and the Gloucester City News.
The time capsule was donated by McCann-Healey Funeral Home.
Students from each grade level tightened the screws to seal the time capsule before it was laid in the ground.
Gloucester City, Superintendent Paul A. Spaventa, Gloucester City High School Principal Dr. Jack Don and National Honor Society advisor Mrs. Barbra Gorman presided over the ceremony, which was well received.
Source Gloucester City News, July 3, 2008
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