Recognizing the impact on Christian Science families with school- and college-age children living in areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, Principia is offering tuition-free enrollment (including no charge for room and board) for the 2017–2018 academic year.
Both Principia School and College are ready to welcome all ...
We kicked off the school year with new students at every level—and new teachers , too. In addition, we branched out online with Instagram and a redesigned website.
“I’m excited to be starting off the new year with a fresh channel for magnifying all the good happening across the ...
Each year, Principia School is privileged to welcome accomplished new members to its team. Here, we introduce individuals who are taking on academic and student-life roles this fall:
Having taught high school mathematics in Texas for nearly 20 years, Velvet Dow (C’97) has extensive expertise in calculus and other ...
Yes, it was “#TotalityAwesome!”—as the T-shirts sported by the dozens of volunteers on campus said.
And we’re not just talking about the Great Solar Eclipse—which was spectacular! We’re also talking about the enveloping sense of shared enthusiasm and joy that drew more than 2,000 people to the School campus ...
Connecting students to their local environment and community is an effective way to infuse learning with immediacy, relevance, and an expanded sense of possibilities. Principia School has incorporated multiple such opportunities for “place-based learning” across the curriculum over the past year.
Experiential learning weeks—or “spring intensives”—that helped the freshman ...
The Upper School Panthers have represented Principia especially well over the last several months—both on the scoreboard and in their practice of sportsmanship. Before noting the winter and spring season sporting achievements, we’d like to share an anecdote attesting to the value of Principia athletics—not just to our students but ...
Fourth graders took interdisciplinary learning to new heights in the spring—improving and applying research, writing, art, and oral presentation skills during a multi-week social studies unit on Missouri history.
Each student chose a famous Show-Me State figure and, during five weeks of research, learned about the individual’s life and ...
From the west coast of North America to the east coast of Africa—and many places in between—members of the Class of 2017 took part recently in a range of self-guided adventures in discovery and learning (otherwise known as Senior Projects).
For three weeks each spring, every Upper School senior ...
