FRIDAYEXTRA !
The Daily Astorian
Friday, June 17, 2016
Weekend Edition
‘Your story is what’s going to move the National Park Service into the next century.’
Scott Tucker
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park superintendent
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Fourth-graders take a look at the time capsule before it is sealed at Seaside Heights Elementary School.
MARKING TIME
Student memories of Fort Clatsop preserved in time capsule
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
I
n a quarter century, Seaside Heights
Elementary School students will open a
time capsule and ind written memories
from this year’s fourth-graders about
their ield trip to Fort Clatsop.
The students in 2041 will read about this
year’s class making lint-and-steel ires,
serving on guard duty and working with
hides and furs.
The time capsule was sealed in June and is
being kept in the elementary school’s library.
Seaside School District and the National
Park Service are both celebrating their cen-
tennial and partnered together on the time
capsule. Recent Seaside High School grad-
uate Isabella Curcin put the project together
as part of her Paciica Project.
Curcin collected the fourth-grader’s
thoughts on their visit to the park, and also
gathered letters from the senior class about
their fondest memories visiting Fort Clatsop.
“Some wrote a letter to themselves or
another person,” Curcin said.
The time capsule also included a park
ranger hat and badges, graduation tassel,
books, a copy of The Daily Astorian, and a
report from the high school’s economic class
estimating that the minimum wage will be
more than $120 in a quarter century.
Scott Tucker, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park superintendent, speaks to fourth-graders about the park’s contribution
to a time capsule at Seaside Heights Elementary School.
Scott Tucker, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Superintendent, left, helps Isabella Curcin, senior at
Seaside High School, seal the time capsule.
Fourth-graders Marcel Atwi, left, and Marvin Moulin
take a look at at a park ranger hat before it is sealed
in a time capsule.
See TIME CAPSULE, Page 3C
Cathy Peterson, education specialist with Lew-
is and Clark National Historical Park, speaks with
fourth-graders.