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Our Lady of the Pillar School Calendar
2007-2008

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augusst
09 - Archdiocesan Leadership Conference- OLP Parish Life Center
13 - Religious Education Institute - St. Louis University
15 - Room Mothers/Homeroom Teachers Meeting / Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 - 9:45 am - Parish Life Center -
M/C
- Faculty Meeting - 10:00 am/Library
- Lunch - 12 noon
- Kindergarten Get-Together - 2:00 pm - Kdg R/M
16 - Faculty In-Service - 9:00 am
20

- First Day of School
- Full Day Classes - Uniforms - Cafeteria service will be available.

- "Welcome" Coffee for Parents - 8:00 - 9:00 am - PLC - H/C
21

- Back to School Night / Meet the Teachers - 7:00 pm
- Meet in Parish Life Center - Refreshments Served -
5th R/M

24 - All-School Holy Spirit Eucharistic Celebration - 9:35 am
25 - Pillarfest - 2007
27

- School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm

Septembr
03 - Labor Day - No Classes
07 - Noon Dismissal - Faculty Meeting
10 - Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm
11 - Individual Pictures
16 - Catechetical Sunday - Eucharistic Celebration - 10:00 am   
- Reception following Mass - H/C
17 - 21 - Archdiocesan Testing
19 - High School Night at Chaminade (for students grades 5 - 8) - 7:00 p.m.
20 - Mothers' Club - 7:00 pm
21 - Progress Reports
29 - Our Lady of the Pillar Fall Festival (Chicken BBQ / Pig Roast)
october
01 - School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm
04

- St. Francis Blessing of the Animals - 2:30 pm  (on the green in front of the convent)

05 - Classes all day
08 - Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar - No Classes

- Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm

10 - Region Five In-Service - No Classes
11 - Companion Day
15 - 19 - Our Lady of the Pillar Book Fair - Parish Life Center - M/C
19 - Grandparents/Special Person Day 1st and 5th Grade R/M

        Liturgical Celebration - 10:00 am

        Luncheon After Mass - Grades K-8

- Noon Dismissal - Faculty Meeting
- End of First Quarter
23 - Living Rosary - 2:05 pm
25 - Mothers' Club - 2:00 pm
26 - Report Cards
28 - Prayer Partner Mass - 8:30 am - Reception following Mass - Parish Life Center - Kdg R/M
31 - Halloween Party - Room Mothers will help children in the primary grades with costumes at 1:45 pm  
- Parade begins at 2:05 p.m.
- Individual parties in classrooms after the parade. - M/C
nov
01 - All School Eucharist - All Saints - 10:00 am
- Early Dismissal - 1:30 pm

        Parent/Teacher Conferences 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

        Parent/Teacher Conferences 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

02 - No Classes
04 - High School Open House
05 - School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm
09 - Faculty Meeting - Noon Dismissal
10 - Bellarmine Speech Meet
12 - Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm
TBA - First Reconciliation Meeting - REAP Team - 6:30 pm - (Retreat for Parents and Children - Parish Life Center)
TBA - The Right S.T.A.R.T. program - Grade 8
16 - Casino Night
17 - Fall Festival for the Missions
21 - All-School Thanksgiving Mass - 10:45 am
- Thanksgiving Vacation begins at Noon Dismissal
22-23 - Thanksgiving Holidays - No Classes
26 - Classes Resume
27 - Mothers' Club - 2:00 pm
26 - Progress Reports
dec
01 - First Reconciliation - 11:00 am  - Reception follows in Parish Life Center    H/C
03 - School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm
04 - Reconciliation - 9:00 am - Grades 5-8; 10:00 am - Grades 2-4
06 - St. Nick Visits the Classrooms
- Mothers' Club Social
07 - Teacher Appreciation Luncheon      M/C
- Noon Dismissal
08 - Breakfast With Santa - Parish Life Center
10 - Parish Council - 7:00 pm
11 - Mother Teresa's Guests - Lunch - Parish Life Center
13 - Christmas Program - 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm
14 - Preliminary for Geograph Bee
20 - Companion Day
21   - Pro-Life Mass 10:45 am
- Red and Green Dress UP Day
- Christmas Vacation begins at Noon Dismissal
2008
January
07 - Classes Resume
09 - Registration / Activity Fee Forms Sent
09-11 - Exams - 7th and 8th Grades
11 - Faculty Meeting - Noon Dismissal
- End of the First Semester
12    - Faculty Meeting - Noon Dismissal
14 - Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm
15 - Mothers' Club - 2:00 pm
16 - Acre Test I and II - Grades 5 and 8
17 - O.L.P. Spelling Bee - Grades 5 and 8
18 - Dads' Eucharistic Celebration - 7:15 am - Go directly to church

     Mass - 7:30 am - Grades K-8

        Refreshments - Parish Life Center          3rd Grade R/M
- Report Cards
21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Classes
25 - Registration Fee and Book/Activity Fees Due
27 - Opening Mass for Catholic Schools Week - 10:30 am
- Open House / Art Fair / Distinguished Graduate Award

        Refreshments - Parish Life Center - 1st Grade R/M

27 -
Feb 1
- Catholic Schools Week
TBA - Festival for the Missions
29 - Region 5 Eucharistic Celebration - Grade 8
31 - Talent Show
February
01

- Closing of Catholic Schools Week

- Closing Liturgy - 10:45 am
- Faculty Meeting - Noon Dismissal
02 - Bellarmine Speech Meet
- DuBpurg Math Contest  
04 - School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm
05 - Burying the Alleluia Service
06 - Ash Wednesday - All-School Eucharistic Celebration - 9:35 am
08 - Stations of the Cross - 2:05 pm
11 - Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm
14  - Red Dress Down Day
- Valentine's Day Party in the classrooms - 2:10 pm               M/C
- Progress Reports
TBA - First Communion Meeting with Parents - 6:30 pm - PLC - Refreshments - M/C - 2nd R/M
15 - Faculty Retreat - No Classes
18 - Presidents' Day - No Classes
21 - Mothers' Club - 2:00 pm
22 - Mothers' Eucharistic Celebration - 7:15 am - Go directly to church

        Mass - 7:30 am - Grades K-8

        Refreshments - Parish Life Center          Men's Club

- Benediction / Scripture Reading - 2:05 pm
29 - Stations of the Cross - 2:05 pm
march
01 - SLUH Math Contest
03 - School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm
04 - Reconciliaation - Grades 2 - 8 - 9:00 am
06 - No Kindergarten Classes 

- Kindergarten (2006-2007) Screening - Refreshments   H/C

07 - No Kindergarten Classes 
- Kindergarten (2006-2007) Screening - Refreshments  H/C
- Faculty Meeting - Noon Dismissal
08 - Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mass Contest
10 - Parish Council meeting --7:00 pm
14 - Benediction and Scripture Reading - 2:05 pm
- End of Third Quarter
15 - Bellarmine Speech Meet
19 - Feast of St. Joseph - All-School Eucharistic Celebration - 10:45 am
- Spring Break begins - Noon Dismissal
20 - 22 - Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday
23 - Blessed Easter
31 - Classes Resume
- Report Cards
TBA - First Communion Retreat - Parish Life Center
april
TBA

- Confirmation - Grade 7 - Our Lady of the Pillar Church - 7:30 pm

     Reception - Parish Life Center                  4th Grade R/M

04 - All-School Alleluia Eucharistic Celebration - 10:00 am
- Confirmation - 7:30 pm
06 - Banner Day for First Communicants - Grade 2 PSR amd OLPS  

        Beginning with Class Mass - 8:30 am

        After Mass - Create individual Banners - Cafeteria
        
Refreshments                                   3rd Grade R/M

07 - School Board meeting - 7:00 pm
11 - No Classes - Professional Development Day (NOTE CHANGE)
14 - Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm
15 -Mothers' Club - 2:00 pm
19 - Rosati Kain Math Contest
23 - Administrative Professionals Day
TBA - Fourth Grade Field Trip to Jefferson City
25 - No Mass - First Communion Practice Day - PSR and OLP
- Companion Day
- Progress Reports
26 - First Holy Communion - 2:00 pm 
- Bellarmine Speech Meet
may
02 - Full Day of Classes (NOTE CHANGE from Noon dismissal)
05 - School Board Meeting - 7:00 pm
07 - Eighth Grade Play - 1:30 and 7:00 pm (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
08 - Uniform fitting at Just Me Apparel - Sappington Store -- 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
12 - Parish Council Meeting - 7:00 pm
13 - Mothers' Club Meeting - 2:00 pm
14 - May Crowning - All School Mass - 10:00 am
- Eighth Grade Luncheon - Parish Life Center - 6th Grade R/M
19 - 22 - 7th and 8th Grade Exams
21 - May Crowning at the Grotto followed by last eighth grade Eucharistic Celebration - 10:15 am
23 - Field Day --8:15 am - 1:30 pm - M/C
- Prayer Service - 8:30 am
27 - Graduation Liturgy - 7:00 pm
- Reception for Graduates - Parish Life Center - 7th Grade R/M
28 - Last Day of School - School Mass
Have a Safe and Enjoyable Summer
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