The public is invited to help Russell Boulevard Elementary School celebrate its 50th anniversary.

The school, which opened in fall 1958, will host a ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, after which attendees will be welcome to tour the building.

Russell Boulevard students and staff alumni include U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who attended the school; former Gov. Roger Wilson, who was an assistant principal; and Axie Hindman, a former teacher who is married to Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman.

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