Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy Successfully Buries Time Capsule

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Sept. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- The Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy buried a time capsule on the morning of September 17. The time capsule burial marks the school’s move from a previously leased location to their new, permanent home at The Goodwill Opportunity Center (5100 Tice Street, Fort Myers).

“The time capsule is special to our school because we have proud school memories that we can look forward to seeing fifty years from now,” says L.I.F.E. Academy student Josh Rohloff to the crowd of about 40. “I can only imagine what the students {in the future} are going to think about our hard work we left behind.”

The time capsule holds items like the L.I.F.E. Academy’s newsletter Tiger Tales, pictures of the first day of school in the new building, and letters from the students to the future classes. The time capsule will not be dug up until 2063- 50 years after its burial.

“Our time capsule that we bury today will be a day of remembrance for future students,” says fellow student Blake Rhoades. “We can connect through our time capsule in 2063.”

The Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy originally planned on burying the time capsule on September 9 but, had to reschedule due to a swarm of bees passing through the burial site.

The Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy is a tuition-free Lee County charter school for students with intellectual disabilities ages 11 through 22.  The new location, at the Goodwill Opportunity Center, features seven classrooms, a bus ramp area, a large kitchen, dedicated library and computer lab and other accommodations.

A ribbon cutting for the new location was held earlier in the summer.

The Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy is a tuition-free, open-enrollment Lee County charter school.  The school’s curriculum is designed to promote self-advocacy and develop life skills for independent living, by focusing on academic skills, daily life skills and vocational/workforce skills. For more information about the Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy, please visit the school’s website at www.GoodwillLIFEAcademy.org or call Principal Lynn Pottorf at (239) 334-4434.