Senior Meg Andersen (center, in photo above) made Principia proud when she captured fourth place at the Missouri Class 1 State Tennis Tournament at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri, on October 20.
While other tennis players had focused on getting through Sectionals and on to State, Andersen ...
“Will someone hand me the pliers, please?”
“You need to connect the positive wire here, and then . . . .”
“I can’t get this connector off!”
It’s a Friday afternoon, and a dozen Middle School students are working hard to refurbish a rather unusual looking car, ...
Months later, the varsity girls' incredible spring 2012 soccer season is still being celebrated. Just a few weeks ago, it was announced that Head Coach Travis Brantingham was named Girls’ Soccer Coach of the Year for Missouri by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
The Coach of ...
The School’s newly re-turfed McCandless Field has been “in play” for barely three weeks, but it’s already fulfilling its promise by serving multiple sports and teams and logging lots of use despite several nights of rain.
Increasingly, at high school campuses around the country, artificial playing surfaces are proving ...
It’s hard to imagine that only 10 days ago the first bell of the new academic year officially heralded the end of summer break. Students, faculty, and staff have moved right into learning mode without skipping a beat (well-fortified with the treats served up at the annual Ice Cream Social, ...
During the weeks before school started, nearly 170 Upper Schoolers had the campus—and the dorms—to themselves as they settled in for a demanding but enjoyable session of pre-season training for fall sports. This period of preparation is mandated by the Missouri State High Schools Activities Association (MSHSAA) for all high ...
Every summer, Principia School encourages and enables at least a few teachers to attend professional development courses and conferences around the country, often investing significant resources to cover the costs of travel, accommodations, and registration fees so that, in the long run, our students reap the benefit of innovative teaching. ...
Despite the sweltering summer and an ever-hungry deer population, the community garden on the western edge of Principia’s School campus is flourishing. Its bounty of produce is the result of a productive partnership between Principia and the local government—as well as avid gardeners, of course.
In 2008, the city ...
This year marks a century since the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) initiated its highest rank of Eagle Scout—to which Principia School has contributed at least 55 members, including three recent graduates David Ritter, Steven Hammond, and Conner Matusek, and senior Zacher Lewis.
The relationship between the School and ...
Self-directed learning and effective time management become increasingly essential in one’s college years and beyond. To help students practice these skills, scores of public and private schools around the country enable—or even require—twelfth graders to execute senior projects.
At the Upper School, these projects have been optional, but most ...
