Scenes from tonight’s Staples Tuition Grants ceremony at Staples High School. Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

There was perfect weather today for the Greens Farms Academy graduation exercise. The Class of 2016 included 84 students. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Members of the Greens Farms Academy walk in a procession during today’s graduation ceremony. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Members of the Greens Farms Academy Class of 2016 were all smiles during today’s graduation ceremony. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Members of the Greens Farms Academy celebrate at today’s graduation ceremony. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

At tonight’s Staples High School Awards Night, senior Vignesh Namasivayam was named winner of the 2016 Key Award, the school’s most prestigious award. He will attend Yale University in the fall. The two other Key Award finalists were seniors Hannah DeBalsi, who will attend Stanford University, and Jordan Adler, who will attend Harvard University. The Staples Key Award is donated by the Kiwanis Club of Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Saugatuck Elementary School Tuesday honored the nation’s war heroes in its fourth annual school-wide Memorial Day assembly. Guest of honor was SES parent, Capt. Carla Hinesley Sevilla (l), of the U.S. Marine Corps. She was a logistics officer for Marine Aircraft Group 39, stationed at Camp Pendleton, California and Ali Al Salem, Kuwait during her tour for Operation Iraqi Freedom. With her are SES Principal Beth Messler (c) and Westport Director of Elementary Education (and former SES principal) Julie Droller, under whose leadership this annual event began.
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By James Lomuscio

On a recent afternoon, Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon, 76, discussed how much the physical appearance of the Westport Public Schools has changed since he first arrived in 1999.

Elliott Landon on eve of retirement: his greatest achievement is people. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

The Greens Farms School, which had been shuttered and used as studio space for artists in the 1980s, was reclaimed and a three-story wing added during his first year.

The former Nike missile site on North Avenue was reclaimed with the Bedford Middle School opening there in 2004.

The old Bedford Middle School on Riverside Avenue was totally gutted, becoming what is now the Saugatuck Elementary School.