Lynbrook schools: It's about time!

Residents, faculty and Village Board members on hand enjoyed students’ time capsule selections. Bottom row, from left, Allison Siegel, Griffin Kirby, Brandon Maroney, Jake D’Agostino, Katie Bamman, James Montgomery and Angelina Chirichella. Top row, from left, West End Principal Alison Puliatte, Trustee Thomas Atkinson, Deputy Mayor Alan Beach, Mayor Bill Hendrick, Trustee Michael Hawxhurst, Waverly Park teacher Shari Bowes, Waverly Park Principal Lucille McAssey, Rhonda Glickman, Marion Street Principal Barbara Moore and Marion Street teacher Jill Ra.

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Who knows what the world will hold in 50 years? Do you think anyone in 1962 was considering a day when people could have a resource as powerful as the Internet in the palm of their hands, or that those same people could keep warm by wearing a blanket with sleeves?

The world is always changing, and because of that, members of the Lynbrook School District wanted to preserve a piece of 2012 to be remembered decades into the future. A time capsule will be buried at Town Hall in April and will remain in the ground for 50 years in honor of Lynbrook’s centennial year.

At Monday’s Lynbrook Village Board Meeting, representatives from the district’s three elementary schools — West End, Marion Street and Waverly Park — presented the items their respective schools chose to place in the capsule.

Waverly Park students decided to put a timeline in the capsule. The timeline covers the events and subject material that peak the students’ interests at the current time. “Our contribution, which is a long scroll, illustrates important ideas, subjects and events from 2011,” said Allison Siegel, a Waverly Park student. “The scroll begins with a letter from our principal [Lucille McAssey] addressed to the students in the future. It continues with information about different topics researched by students in each grade level in their special areas, otherwise known as contact areas in our school.”

Fellow Waverly Park student Griffin Kirby added, “The Waverly Park School community agreed that this was our best way to celebrate the Lynbrook Centennial. Fifty years from now, when the time capsule is unearthed, the children of the future will have the opportunity to learn about us by viewing our scroll.”

West End students agreed to put a CD in the capsule with the song “Lynbrook, USA” on it. Their music teacher, Stella Kruh, wrote the song and the students sung it. “The song is about how wonderful it is to live in Lynbrook,” said Brandon Maroney, a West End student. “Our favorite part of the song is when we sing, ‘It’s a place of happiness, it’s a place of joy, it’s a place I call my home, Lynbrook, USA.’”