Were you on student council or enrolled at Stanley-Boyd Schools in 1999?
If so, it’s been found. Discovered by an employee of Cherry Drywall during excavations being the ‘1999’ panel on the high school library, a time capsule from the turn of the millennium has been found during current entryway construction, providing a window to time.
Present for the unveiling were Superintendent Jeff Koenig, Director of Learning and PLC Tanya Mahr, school employees Mike Fazendin, Bob Seidl, Jamie Dusick, and Kayleigh Steinmetz, CESA 10 Project Manager Phil Tibbetts, Stanley Area Historical Society President David Jankoski, and newspaper staff.
Opened by Stanley-Boyd Support Services staff Jamie Dusick on Monday Aug. 3 at 11 a.m. in the high school library, the time capsule with three packets inside was made to give up its secrets with hammer, pliers, and screwdriver.
Kept for 26 years in a square shaped and two to three-inch thick copper encased repository, are items from the turn of the century, once deposited by the 1999 student councils for elementary, middle school, and high school at Stanley-Boyd. Once unsealed, the capsule was looked over by current high school student council members, along with staff and invited guests.
Included in the capsule are student names and pictures for several teachers, business, and civic leaders as of 2026, as well as a paperback yearbook of younger grades.
The envelope for Stanley-Boyd Elementary Student Council, dated March 12, 2000, contained several pictures of student activities. Also included were pictures of the fifth grade hall monitors, Mrs. Felix’s second grade class at Boyd, and word that the elementary had been challenged to read 2,000 books for carnival, to which they answered with 4,000. As such, the carnival was held Jan. 13, 2000 with games and contests.
The middle school envelope was signed in cursive and/or print by the following names: Julie Felix, Jason R., Zachary Brewster, Becky Allen, Kimberly Goettl, Janelle May, Amber Rasmussen, Debbie Derks, Brianne T., Jesse Vait, Stephanie G., Heather Hodowanic, and Dana Eslinger.
The high school contribution was contained in a plastic bag, just as pristine as when it had been deposited behind the wall.
A non-exhaustive list of items found inside the three packages includes floppy computer disks entitled “Middle School 99-’00”, a cd with subscription to AOL internet, picture of vintage computers and a CD player, as well as a T 60 Professional Videocassette VHS tape, along with a Boyd school coupon for 25 cents.
Also included are a U.S. flag, Green Bay Packers pendant, elementary math helps with string, concert and musical programs, high school planner, and a YM magazine with the Backstreet Boys, a popular boy band of the era.
As for news items, printed internet articles from the turn of the millennium indicated that maple syrup was running “early,” Lake Hallie Sanitary District Commission had just voted 4-1 to extend town water to 350 parcels, and college basketball coach Bill Bradley would withdraw from the presidential race and endorse Al Gore. Wisconsin was thought to be looking at a tourism boom as a five cent gas spike to $1.80 per gallon would make Wisconsin more attractive to cost-conscious consumers than elsewhere.
Following the look through by high school student council members, Stanley Area Historical Society (SAHS) President Dave Jankoski took the items to put on display at the local historical society, currently open weekends from 1 to 4 p.m.
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