Belvedere Elementary School in West Palm Beach is celebrating its 80th anniversary.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. Belvedere Elementary School in West Palm Beach celebrated its 80th anniversary on Saturday.

Students and staff from different generations gathered at the school along Parker Avenue for the celebration.

Principal Amy Lopez said the school was the first in the state with a library and the first in Palm Beach County with air conditioning.

Lopez called the school West Palm Beach’s best kept secret.

“We have students [whose] parents visited the Belvedere. Some of their grandparents even visited the Belvedere,” Lopez said. “What makes us even more special is that we have teachers who attended Belvedere Hive as children.”

Saturday’s event included student performances, crafts, face painting, music, and a food truck.