When you check your newsfeed, turn on the television, or open a newspaper these days, do you wonder whether you're getting real or "fake" news? You’re not alone! “Based on a barrage of questions over the last couple of months, the Principia Parents Association (PPA) and School administration felt it ...
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While designing and building parachutes and rockets (seventh grade) and soapbox cars (eighth grade), Middle School students have, quite literally, accelerated their understanding of the laws of physics. No longer vague terms, aerodynamics , acceleration , friction , traction , mass , and motion are now tools the students can ...
The boys’ varsity basketball team is demonstrating a spirit of service along with strong athletic skills as Principia hosts the inaugural Honor Flight Tournament among eight area schools. This competition supports Greater St. Louis Honor Flight , a nonprofit that periodically flies veterans to Washington, DC, for an all-day trip ...
It’s been a busy fall in our on-campus permaculture orchard! Designed, developed, and planted in late spring, the orchard’s approximately 250 seedlings (herbs, shrubs, and fruit-bearing plants and saplings) flourished over a relatively mild St. Louis summer, resulting in an abundant crop of rosemary, sage, and chocolate mint, among others. ...
The move from Lower to Middle School is a big step all around—in terms of culture, content, and expectations. But judging from the science unit they just completed, our sixth graders have made the leap more than successfully—becoming ethologists (you’ll have to look that one up!) who are skilled at ...
We’re enjoying a semester filled with hands-on learning, classroom collaborations, and inclusive community events.
Deeply moved by the devastation and immense needs in Houston as Hurricane Harvey swept through the area, senior Olivia Denson initially felt both compassion—and frustration. “I was constantly looking for any opportunities to help them, but I was either underqualified or didn’t have the means to get down there,” she ...
Upper School student leaders have been gaining recognition and enjoying opportunities to work with outstanding peers from across St. Louis and Missouri in recent months.
In early October, senior Cameron Bania was among the 56 students honored as a 2017 Outstanding Student Leader by St. Louis County, at a ...
Renovated, student-centered spaces are infusing new energy and opportunities for collaboration into student leadership and performing arts activities at Principia School.
From Kyoto, Japan, to Kansas City, Missouri, more than 350 Upper School alumni and guests returned “home” for Reunion last month.
For some, reconnecting on campus was a relatively familiar event, as they had attended previous reunions; but for at least one Upper School and College alum, it was ...