Current Middle Schoolers Discover 'Time Capsule' of Notes Written in 2017

It seems that in October 2017, teacher Carolena Saunders had her then 5th grade English students write notes to future Tandemites. They were then placed in a plastic pencil box and secured to the underside of the newly constructed deck outside of the Middle School Building. This week, in May 2026, some 5th/6th grade students spotted this "foreign object" and worked diligently to find out what it was. Once opened, teacher and class discovered the notes, some starting to disintegrate a bit. They quickly brought them to the Main Building, where Todd Love carefully scanned the historic messages shared from Carolena and these members of the TFS Class of 2025: Grace, Emma, Z, Archie, Alex, Murray, Riley, Desiree, William, Orro, Natalie, Maggie, Cullen, Chloe, Eli, and Linwood. The notes are very positive and optimistic!