Time capsule revisited as Lake Park marks 100 years

First assembled in 1923, items were added in 1998

Mark your calendars!

Important dates for the 2024-25 school year have been approved by the Palm Beach County School Board.

The next school year will begin on Monday, Aug. 12, and end on Friday,

LAKE PARK — A century-old bottle of wine. A historic police badge. A green-and-white 75th anniversary banner.

Each represents a moment in Lake Park’s history. And each had its moment when the town turned 100 years old Nov. 16 and officials unearthed the time capsule in which they were stored.

The time capsule was first assembled in 1923 — the town’s founding year — and was buried in a metal hatch underneath the clock tower in the center of town until it was unearthed 25 years ago, when more items were added and it was buried once again.

Mayor Roger Michaud did the bulk of the time capsule unwrapping on Thursday. Its contents included a 1998 Palm Beach Post article about the town, an employee handbook and campaign materials from residents who ran for town office over the years.

May 30.

Graduations for seniors will begin on May 9 and run through May 23. Most ceremonies will be held at the South Florida Fairgrounds.

New to the calendar next year is a paid day off for 12-month employees on June 19 for Juneteenth, a federal holiday that honors the emancipation of 250,000 enslaved people.

Here’s what to know about when school starts and when the big holiday breaks are next school year:

Michaud said the town is what its people and all its small details have made it to be over the years, and that it is a warm place with memorable homes and small-town curb appeal.

When is the first day of school?

The first day of school is Monday. Aug. 12.

Teachers will have pre-school work days starting Aug. 5. No students will be on campus during those work days.

When is fall break?

Students will get two weekdays off from school in October.

They’ll be off Thursday, Oct. 3. Rosh

“The Lake Park we know today is the culmination of a little bit of everyone who has passed through here,” wrote

Hashanah begins at sunset on Oct. 2 and ends at nightfall on Oct. 4.

Students will also get a day off on Monday, Oct. 14. That day is observed as Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day.

When is Thanksgiving break?

Students in Palm Beach County will be off school starting Monday, Nov. 25,

PHOTOS BY MAYA WASHBURN/PALM BEACH POST Mayor Roger Michaud laughs as he unravels a 75th-anniversary Lake Park T-shirt at the town’s 100th anniversary on Nov. 16. With him are Centennial Committee members Evelyn Harris Clark, left, and Patricia Leduc and Vice Mayor Kim Glas-Castro.

Michaud unwraps a bottle of wine from Lake Park’s time capsule. With him are Town Council member Judith Thomas, left, Centennial Committee member Evelyn Harris Clark and Town Council members Mary Beth Taylor.