No School - Juneteenth

Friday, June 18th, 2021—In observance of Juneteenth, there will be no school on Friday, June 18^th. Classes will resume on Monday, June 21^st.

Juneteenth is the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. The origins of the commemoration date back to June 19^th, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas first heard that the Civil War had ended, and they were free. Juneteenth gets its name from a combination of June and nineteenth and is also known as Black Independence Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Emancipation Day.

Enjoy your long weekend, Atoms!