Public reading, speech, dramatic interpretation, and addressing an audience with composure are key elements of a Principia School education.
Most often these components are woven into a range of classes, beginning in the very earliest grades, as students prepare and deliver oral and audio-visual presentations to classmates, parents, and ...
Amid the intense competition of winter sports, and the ups and downs of games and scores, both our basketball and wrestling programs have given Panther fans several shining moments since the start of the year.
In varsity basketball, the girls’ team has been making steady gains, with more wins ...
An age-old Hindu chant, a greeting in Mohawk, rap-style rhyming, humor . . . that’s how some of our seniors began their talks in Ridgway last month. And from then on, Senior Speeches 2015 only got better!
Once again, an Upper School graduating class inspired, captivated, and moved ...
“It’s one thing to learn about nature in the classroom; it’s another to experience it. It makes much more of an impact on you.”
This student comment only begins to hint at the enthusiasm, understanding, and appreciation generated by last week’s interdisciplinary Upper School educational trip, Creative Expressions ...
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 ...
