Note, there has been a change in location of our Gala to the Ailsa Craig Community Centre at 155 Annie Ada Shipley Street in Ailsa Craig! Please join and support Our Lady of the Pillar Academy at our “Rooted in Christ” Gala fundraiser! To purchase tickets click the following link: https://app.simplyk.io/en/embed/ticketing/1ec98df9-90a9-4e87-9503-cdeb6a2dfffc
It was such a blessing to serve pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. The joy and excitement that this simple, yet delicious meal brings to the students creates such a sense of community within our school!
This year’s Gala is being live streamed on June 19th 2021. An elegant (frozen) dinner (pick up or delivery), virtual auction and entertainment is included in the Gala ticket price. Plus LCBO Gift card for ticket sales before June 12th.
June 19th, 6:45pm
The Christmas pageant that wasn’t! Due to the pandemic we decided to do a virtual pageant this year at OLPA. Please enjoy our readings, poetry, music and dance through the link below as we patiently wait for our Lord.
All of us at Pillar Academy join countless Canadians, recognizing the service and sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform, to defend our freedom. We will be taking time on November 11th to recall their contributions and to pray for the past, present and future members of our military. We will remember them!
In replacement of our Annual Gala, previously scheduled for April 18, Please join us at the first ever ‘Pillar Pig Roast’ on Saturday, August 29th. This event is to be held on the school grounds. Everyone who has purchased Gala tickets you are already registered. This event will include a great provided meal of summertime...
Pillar Academy has adopted a distance learning approach that allowed our students to continue learning this past semester. It included teacher supported, project based and video based support with weekly parent teacher consultations and collaboration. While we are preparing to facilitate a more traditional learning environment at OLPA this fall, the lessons learned during the March-June window of...
Our Lady of the Pillar Academy is a small, well-established, faith-based, independent elementary school operating near Strathroy, Ontario. We are a not-for-profit institution that enjoys charitable, tax status. We recognize and support parents as the primary educators of their children. We provide a rich, Catholic educational experience and a classically-inspired curriculum so that our students...
Registration is open for the 2020 – 2021 school year for students entering grades JK to 8. We have a Monday-Thursday, 4 day/week program or a Monday-Friday, 5 day/week; full-day, student attendance option. Tuition is suitably adjusted for either election. Busing is available within an 80 km radius of the school for most students enrolled...