Exactly 25 years later, the capsule was opened in front of students who now attend the Frewsburg school. Ann Morrison, the school principal, stood in front of the school gymnasium and told the students the story of why the time capsule was created in the first place.

“That year, a new wing of the school was built,” Morrison said Tuesday. “Where my office and the third grade class rooms are were newly built, so they made this time capsule to not be opened until Oct. 1, 2019.”

The capsule, which was kept in storage, was a large crate with a plaque on the cover. A few of the teachers were enrolled in the same school 25 years ago and remember putting items in the time capsule. However, none could remember what was put inside.

After a countdown from the students, the capsule was opened at a ceremony Tuesday, and its contents were brought out one by one. Students were picked to come up and pull things out of the box. The first girl, Greta, pulled out an old, blue police officer’s hat and a school report that was written by her own mother.

A school year book, a photo album, a Buffalo Bills flag, an empty can of Diet Pepsi, old newspapers, cassette tapes, letters, banners, baseball cards, a softball and a Troll doll were some of the other items inside the capsule.

A few of the photos showed some of the teachers when they were children. Many of the children’s parents also appeared in the photos and letters.

The two banners inside the capsule contained messages from two different classes. One was from the class of 2003, and had drawings of the students’ hands with messages inside them. The other banner was contained the students’ hopes for 2019.

“I hope to become a doctor and save lives,” said one message.

“I hope there will be no more guns and weapons,” said another.

“We’ll be displaying every item in front of the main office,” Morrison said. “We have a display case that we’ll be putting everything in.”

Through each item pulled out, the students could learn a little about what it was like back in 1994. Back then, for example, schools had pamphlets called the “Weekly Reader,” where they now have Scholastic.

Troll dolls, which the Dreamworks movie is based on, were different from the ones children are used to, with wide, black eyes and a huge smile. Diet Pepsi had a slightly more elaborate design in 1994. Newspapers used to cost 35 cents. Baseball card packs came with a stick of gum.

The teachers who used to go to Robert H. Jackson Elementary stepped up to look at the items, reminiscing and seeing what they had contributed to the time capsule. Morrison had been in middle school when the capsule was put together, and though she wasn’t a part of creating it, she was happy to be there to open it.

“We’re going to put together another time capsule,” Morrison said. “Another capsule that won’t be opened for another 25 years so the students of 2045 can see what we were like.”