FARMINGTON — Former and current students, teachers and staff as well as the entire community are invited to a celebration Saturday to honor the legacy of the W. G. Mallett School as the final days of the 80-year-old elementary school on Quebec Street approach.

A new school opens on the Middle Street side of the property in September and the existing building will be demolished over the summer to make way for new playing fields and a playground.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Quebec Street will be closed to traffic from Middle to Perham streets. Events will be held on the lawn, on the sidewalks and street and inside the building. Planned are activities, entertainment, a bike and scooter parade, a nighttime dance for the grownups, and a high-energy dance and aerobics program for all ages led by Mad Louie at the Farmington Community Center around the corner on Middle Street.

“We wanted this to be a celebration of the school and centered around the kids. At first, the planning committee thought it should mark the transition to the new school,” Principal Tracy Williams said.

“But then it seemed it should be a time to honor the history of the school and invite all the students, teachers, staff and administrators — anyone who was touched by Mallett over the years so they could have their last visit.”

Going on all day will be display of Mallett memorabilia in the gym; school tours; a student art show; and a Mallett trivia contest.

Outside, there will be an inflatable bounce house and a Velcro Wall Challenge for older kids where participants put on a Velcro-covered jacket and see how high they can jump and still stick on a Velcro-covered wall.

Entertainment under a tent will feature six groups, including the Mt. Blue High School Syncopations singing with Mallett third-graders at 10:15 a.m.

Other performances will be the Mt. Blue Middle School Show Choir at 11:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m., the Franklin County Fiddlers; 1 p.m., the Mt. Blue Voices; and 1:30 p.m., the Mt. Blue Jazz Band.

Fundraisers to help pay for extra landscaping and other needed items at the new school not included in the building budget will be a silent auction of artistically decorated old wood school chairs; orders for engraved, brass-plated bricks from the original school; and the sale of Mallett T-shirts, “I love Mallett” pins, and commemorative mugs.

From noon to 12:30 p.m., special guests, including former teachers and principals, will be recognized, there will be a sing-a-long of the school song and the cutting of the school’s 80th anniversary cake.

At 2:30 p.m., the bike and scooter parade will be held on Quebec Street with prizes for everyone. Helmets are required.

“We hope to see the sidewalk lined with families and community members to cheer the kids on,” Williams said.

From 3 to 5 p.m., Mad Louie will at the Community Center, and from 8 to midnight, there will be a dance at the American Legion Hall on Middle Street.

For information, go to the W.G. Mallett School Celebration site on Facebook.