The Principia College choir and orchestra rang in the Christmas season by performing Handel’s Messiah in early December. Other works performed that evening were Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major , with junior Ashley Alarcon as soloist, and Leroy Anderson’s Bugler’s Holiday , featuring trumpet players Dr. Joe ...
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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 ...
Preparing students for life after college has long been part of the theatre and dance program at the College, and guest artists, master classes, and special workshops play an important role in that preparation.
Recently, for example, 17 College students returned early from winter break to participate in an ...
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 ...
Principia College’s mediation team—Meredith Clark, Luiza Dias, Corey Fedde, Lauren Littell, Brian Simpson, and Nate Waters—traveled to Dubai in late January to participate in the Inaugural Dubai Invitational Mediation Tournament. Now back on campus, they are sharing details of a tremendous learning experience—and exhibiting their trophies.
Principia claimed one ...
Towards the end of the last academic year, our then-sophomores embarked on a weeklong exploration of “Life on the River,” examining the rich intersection of history, religion, music, and art along the Mississippi. Among the places they visited were religious edifices in St. Louis, the Gibson guitar company in Nashville, ...
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 ...
Each year, the Lincoln Academy—a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization—honors college seniors in the state of Illinois for overall excellence in academics and extracurricular activities. Selected through a highly competitive, campus-wide nomination process, Shelby Lemons is this year’s Principia College Lincoln Academy Student Laureate.
A political science, sociology, and Spanish triple ...
The clean slate provided by a new year is always invigorating. With both the School and College on the semester system as of this academic year, January now brings a new term and a fresh start for all.
Following a three-week break, School students streamed back into the classrooms ...