Las Vegas’ longest-standing schoolhouse will celebrate its centennial anniversary with a parade and festival in the heart of the Historic Westside on September 30.

“You cannot tell the story of Las Vegas without the story of the Historic Westside School,” said Brenda Williams, president and founder of the Westside School Alumni Foundation. “We are celebrating 100 years of Las Vegas’ first, and most historic, school, as well as all of the teachers and students who have passed through these halls and gone on to shape our city.”

The Historic Westside School opened with just two rooms in 1923 to serve local families including Native American children from the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Today, the school houses murals and a stained glass window wall, a design center, the Strong Future Technology Training Center and small business support center.

A Workforce Education and Training Center run by the College of Southern Nevada is under construction.

The parade will kick off at 10 a.m. on H Street and head east on Jackson Avenue before moving south on D Street to conclude at the school. A free festival with entertainment, vendors and food will ensue in the school’s courtyard starting at 11 a.m.

Among other performers, members of the Nuwu Wonumeegah indigenous dance group will be part of the celebration.