Please note, there is NO Summer Academy today due to the federal holiday.

Juneteenth was made a federal holiday in 2021 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States, specifically the day when Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to announce that they were free. This act acknowledged a significant event in US history and recognized the ongoing fight for racial equality and justice.