FARMINGTON — The community is invited to take a peek into classrooms and walk through the new W. G. Mallett School at an open house on Saturday.

The open house will run from 10 a.m. to noon at the school on Middle Street and a brief dedication program starts at 11 a.m.

For those unable to attend Saturday’s event, the school will also be open from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29.

“We have had open houses for parents to meet their children’s teachers and to tour the building. Saturday’s event is for the community so people can come in and see what they have supported,” Principal Tracy Williams said.

“That is what we tell the students, that the school belongs to everyone,” she said.

The list of invited guests on Saturday includes the architects, contractors, the building committee, the Maine Board of Education representatives who have been overseeing the project, and local and state officials.

Entertainment will be provided by a new third-grade chorus under the direction of the district’s music program director, Carol Shumway, by members of the Mt. Blue Jazz Band and by the high school choral group, Syncopations.

Williams said fundraising through the sale of commemorative Mallett School bricks, T-shirts, mugs and other memorabilia has netted about $3,500 that will be used to buy additional trees to expand the landscaping around the playground and campus.

Those funds will be added to the $1,000 Project Canopy Grant from the Maine Forest Service that the school was awarded last spring, she said.

While heavy equipment continues to create the new playground and playing fields on the Quebec Street side of the school, some last-minute construction projects at Mallett are still in progress, Williams said.

On Tuesday, the custom-made shelving for the library, a centerpiece of the room, was finally installed and filled with books.

Also, masons working on the new school sign at the Middle Street entrance expect to have it completed by Saturday, and Williams hopes the lettering will be up on the front of the building.

As a substitute for a playground, students have been using the bus turnaround at the front of the school for games and outdoor activities during recess.

“The students have completely adapted to it,” she said.

Students are talking about the new playground and one second-grade boy showed her a blueprint he drew of his vision.

“It was a full exterior plan and even had a pool,” she said.

At the Open Houses, people may pick up the commemorative engraved bricks they ordered and there are a limited number of extra bricks for sale, as well as T-shirts and mugs for the landscaping fund.