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By Erica Thomas, managing editor
CLAY When the class of 2001 graduated, the world was a different place. There wasn’t Facebook, Twitter, or even MySpace. Not everyone had a cell phone and Apple hadn’t even introduced the iPod yet. It wasn’t long after graduation that 9/11 happened, so many of the students that graduated that year probably remember a simpler time. Despite a global war on terrorism, the beginning of the 21st century brought about the most transformative advances in technology and social characteristics.
For graduates at Clay-Chalkville High School, a plan was hatched that would ensure their time at the school would be remembered. In order to preserve its history, the class decided to create a time capsule only to be opened 20 years later…in 2021.
From the Tribune staff reports
CLAY Destiny Washington who was shot and killed outside the Hill Student Center on the UAB campus on Thursday night had “so much potential,” Clay-Chalkville High School principal Michael Lee said Friday morning. She was an outstanding student and athlete for the Cougars.
“The news of Destiny’s passing breaks my heart,” Lee said.
Destiny Washington was a 2018 graduate of Clay-Chalkville High School
Washington was a 2018 graduate of the school. Lee said this type of news was his worst nightmare.
“She was an outstanding student who excelled in AP classes while she attended CCHS,” Lee said. “She was also a member of our volleyball and basketball teams. As great of a student and athlete, as she was, she was an even better person who genuinely cared for others.”