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Demi Flood (left) and Vivienne Tarnawa (center) say collecting the items to put into the time capsule was fun. It was also an educational experience, says Assistant Principal Victoria Smallwood. (Photos: Paula Katinas)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tDemi Flood (left) and Vivienne Tarnawa (center) say collecting the items to put into the time capsule was fun. It was also an educational experience, says Assistant Principal Victoria Smallwood. (Photos: Paula Katinas)<\/p>\n
GLENDALE \u2014 Vivienne Tarnawa, a seventh grader at Sacred Heart Catholic Academy<\/a>, thought long and hard about what she would contribute to the time capsule the school plans to bury to mark the nation\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n She decided to allow her LaBubu toy to join the dozens of other items in the time capsule that will be buried on school grounds at some point within the next few months. The plan is then for students in the year 2076 to dig up for America\u2019s 300th birthday.<\/p>\n \u201cI donated LaBubu because it was a really big trend in 2025,\u201d she said of the popular scruffy-looking monster character with big ears and sharp teeth. \u201cAnd I feel it\u2019d be cool for the new generation to see what kind of toys we had.\u201d<\/p>\n Time capsules are nothing new at Sacred Heart Catholic Academy in Glendale. Fifty years ago, students buried one as part of the school\u2019s celebration of the nation\u2019s Bicentennial.<\/p>\n RELATED: American Saints Validate Catholic Presence in U.S., Historian Says<\/a><\/p>\n That time capsule, which contained vinyl records, Tonka toy trucks, a Barbie doll, the score to \u201cGodspell\u201d (the students had performed the musical that year), test papers, essays, pieces of school uniforms, and the 1976 yearbook, was recently unearthed.<\/p>\n Many of the items had deteriorated over the past half-century, because the tie capsule was stored in a plastic container that did not withstand the test of time. But whatever could be salvaged was put on display in the gym during the 85th anniversary gala for the school, which opened in 1941.<\/p>\n For Annette Morreale (Class of \u201976), the April 24 gala was also a trip down memory lane for her and her classmates, who celebrated a class reunion that night.<\/p>\n She recalled how excited she and her classmates were when the time capsule was buried in 1976.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was a Saturday,\u201d she said. \u201cThey had the whole school out there, and three of my classmates dug a hole and put the time capsule in. It was great.\u201d<\/p>\n Morreale said she enjoyed the Bicentennial as a student all those years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was an exciting time. We loved learning about American history,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd with the time capsule, we felt like we were part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Morreale was equally excited to learn that today\u2019s students are preparing a time capsule.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sacred-Heart-time-capsule-display-2-254x375.jpg\")
The unearthed time capsule items were put on display, along with class photos from 1976, at the recent gala in the gym celebrating the school\u2019s 85th anniversary. (Photo: Courtesy of Sacred Heart Catholic Academy)<\/p>\n