When Shawn Brown took over as School athletics director in 2015, he opened his top-right desk drawer and found a faded plan to completely overhaul the School’s athletics facilities. It dated back to 1998.
This is evidence that the Simon Athletic Complex, currently under construction on the School campus, ...
Enjoy highlights from the May 23, 2021, combined graduation ceremony for the Classes of 2020 and 2021, including pearls of wisdom from outgoing Head of School Travis Brantingham who was asked to serve as graduation speaker.
What does a baseball program do when it doesn’t have a baseball field to play on? Well, if you are the Principia Panthers, you not only overcome adversity, but you take it on the road and triple your win total from the previous season.
As construction continued on the ...
It was an Upper School graduation ceremony unlike any other at Principia School. Two classes—the Class of 2021 and the Class of 2020—shared the McCalmont stage together on May 23, pouring out support for each other and marking the passage from high school to new adventures.
With local pandemic ...
Rock climbing, lashing, canoeing, backpacking, orienteering, fire building, mountain biking, and challenge courses—these are all activities our Middle School students are mastering through Principia Adventure (PA). Designed to foster character development and build future-ready skills, Principia Adventure instills lessons of collaboration, selfless service, self-awareness, challenge, and leadership through experiential learning ...
Documenting unseen beauty in America’s forgotten ghost towns, exploring women’s equality through fashion design, apprenticing under a world-class Esports player, working to end plastic pollution in our oceans—are you intrigued to learn more? These are just some of the topics that the 2021 Upper School graduating class pursued as senior ...
This year’s spring production looked a bit different from years past, but as Annie herself says, “The sun will come out tomorrow.” And it certainly did with this unprecedented performance.
Due to strict pandemic protocols, the entire show was filmed and edited, and the recording was released to the ...
This spring, the St. Louis chapter of the American Chemical Society gave its annual High School Chemistry Teaching Award to Upper School chemistry teacher Melanie Shedd (C'98) for her achievements and innovation in science education. Shedd also serves as the School’s K–12 science curriculum coordinator.
This highly regarded award ...
The Principia Middle School Band earned unanimous, exemplary ratings from all three judges at the April 8 Marshfield Virtual Band Festival. The Principia Middle School Band was one of only four middle school bands out of 13 from throughout Missouri to receive the top mark.
“This is a testament ...
In the February 2021 Board Meeting Update released to the Principia community, the Board of Trustees announced the March launch of the search for a permanent Chief Executive. A search committee has now been selected, and we would like to share details about the search process and invite community-wide participation. ...
