The Governor French Academy

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

Today we celebrate not only America’s 250th Anniversary, but also the spirit of community that makes Belleville such a great place to call home.

From all of us at the City of Belleville, we wish you a safe, happy, and memorable Independence Day. Enjoy the celebrations, take time to appreciate one another, and have a wonderful Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

Tonight’s the last night to see “The Tempest” at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival in Forest Park, and it got us wanting to look back at our students’ incredible GFA Shakespeare Day production of “Romeo and Juliet” from back in April!

Happy Juneteenth!!

Mayor Jenny Gain Meyer proclaims June 19, 2026, as a day to celebrate Juneteenth in the City of Belleville.

August will be here sooner than our students enjoying uniform-free days would like, but caregivers might appreciate this news: Lands' End uniforms are on sale!

Be sure to check out great local events within our community throughout the summer!

Join us June 16-18 1-4 p.m. for an awesome cooking camp for ages 6-16 run by our friends at the University of Illinois Extension. You must be able to participate in all the days to register and all registration is done in person at the Main Branch for this session.