Time capsule burial

Time capsule ceremony
Yesterday – Thursday, November 28 th – was the day we buried our time
capsules. It was a very special day for each and everyone of us, the day we
buried six feet underground a part of us, a part of our childhood. The ceremony
started with our last year English teacher Ms. Stosse-Valentin giving a speech to
open the ceremony. It was followed by a couple of speeches delivered by the
students, and a few words were also said by our current English teacher Ms
Castrec before the burial began. As the time capsule was lowered and sealed we
all gave it one last sad look in unison knowing it would be the last for what
would feel like forever. It really felt like a burial but we weren’t burying a dead
body we were burying our past selves for long to be seen, actually until 2028.
The ceremony ended with a couple of pictures and smiles not to remember this
day as a sad day but as the day we all take a step forward to leave our
childhoods behind and start looking forward.
We are looking forward to unburying it in 2028.
The message on our capsule reads

DO NOT OPEN UNTIL JUNE 2028
The memories, wishes and dreams of the LFM-Saint-Exupéry Year 10 students
are staying in this time capsule.
Let the earth keep their memories and let them grow with time.
Sealed in November 2024

The school tour
After the time capsule burial, Ms Prieto took us for a tour of Conde Orgaz. She
showed us the administration building which is located in front of the main gate,
where we will have to go through every morning. Then we met three former
students from Saint-Exupéry. They talked about their first days at Conde and
said that it is just a matter of time to adapt. We walked around the long hallways
and we peeked in some classrooms to see the atmosphere and what the
distribution was like. We visited the nursery and the art and music building
which were far from the central building. That means that in the break we will
have to go quicker than in St-Ex. Finally, we went to the cafeteria to have our
lunch.

Personally I am looking forward to going to Conde next year because I like big
schools with many people where you can make more friends than in a small
school, but it’s so big you can also get lost. I also like Conde because I already
have friends there. Another perk of Conde is that because it is a demanding
school it prepares us well for the baccalaureate and for higher education (but it
is a bit far and the commuting is long.)

Written by Alejandro Trillo, Lucas Parejo and Thomas Calleja