Now that it’s winter, most of us prefer to stay indoors, venturing out into the cold as little as possible.
But not our hardy second graders! Each winter, they look forward to trekking deep into Principia’s woods to learn and experience for themselves how Native Americans have lived off ...
Major and minor Bible characters such as Shem, Jacob, Tabitha, and Ruth are coming alive for Upper School students these days.
At the start of the semester, each of the 16 sophomore students in the two newly launched semester-long Bible Seminar classes took on a modern or traditional Hebrew ...
Principia students usually take it in stride when there’s a four-legged visitor in the classroom, since policy allows teachers to bring well-mannered pets to school. So it was unusual when a recent visit by two black Labradors created such a buzz in Kathy Bailey’s third-grade classroom.
The reason soon ...
“Really creepy!”
“Ooh, that’s devious.”
“Wow . . . frightening.“
“Icky!!!”
In other words, “You’re doing great,” creative writing teacher Ridley Pearson reassures our Middle School students, as he reads through drafts of their short stories. As the best-selling author of more ...
In the run up to the country’s presidential election last month, the fifth-grade class exemplified this sentiment, expressed by Principia’s founder, Mary Kimball Morgan: “True democracy strengthens character and is the outcome of unselfishness” ( Education at The Principia , p. 28).
Each fall, teachers Heather Tibbetts and Sherry ...
Polo- what ? Yes, you read that right. . . .
Polocrosse is an Australian-inspired sport that combines elements of two fast-paced, demanding games—lacrosse and polo—and requires a high degree of energy, equilibrium, and fearlessness on the part of both horse and rider.
In winning first place in ...
Saturday, December 1 , marks the Annual Nationwide Principia/Barnes & Noble Book Fair , an event that helps Principia School’s libraries add to their reading collections each year. The December 2011 event totaled more than $5,500 in sales, bringing in $1,000 to our libraries—and some wonderful new resources for ...
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 ...
