Upper School freshmen and sophomores spent a week in April exploring the “Gateway to the West.” By foot, bus, and train, they navigated the city of St. Louis to gain deeper insights into its origins, art, entrepreneurial spirit, and social challenges—and to generate solutions where needed.
Urban Experience week ...
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” joked Ryan Roth, co-owner of D1, a local sports training center, at the Upper School’s first annual Career Fair. With certainty, students rattled off a range of professions, including interior decorator, educator, video game designer, and professional soccer player. ...
“Namaste.” That’s how Principia kindergarteners learned to greet their hosts at the nearby Hindu temple they visited. Far from being a stand-alone excursion, the trip was part of a series of lessons and activities about being a global citizen. Parents even played a role, helping their children learn about a ...
“Unity is not uniformity.” That message was a focus throughout the School during February, as students and faculty celebrated International Month and Black History Month. It’s an apt summation of the ongoing, year-round efforts at the School to ensure that all members of the community value their own as well ...
Following a strong showing in the qualifying matches at this month’s St. Louis Regional FRC competition, the School’s robotics team, Optimus Prin, was chosen for a three-team alliance that captured third place. In all, 48 robots competed in the tournament, which was titled “Destination: Deep Space” in honor of the ...
Principia School has received an unprecedented $15 million gift from an anonymous donor, the single largest gift from an individual donor family in the institution’s history. This extraordinary investment will provide the lead funding for a new field house on the School campus. “We are humbled and deeply grateful for ...
“I love my home—it’s the reason I tell my story,” explained author and activist Sandra Uwiringiyimana, before recounting a complex account of suppression, hate, and apathy to a riveted audience of Middle and Upper School students in late February.
Uwiringiyimana’s book, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a ...
At the start of this semester, Middle School students put on a polished performance of Aladdin, Jr.— after only one week of intensive rehearsal, set-building, costume design, and learning sound and light tech! See highlights of their terrific talent—and teamwork.
The St. Louis Artists’ Guild has chosen work by four Principia Upper School students for this year's all-media Young Artists’ Showcase. Celebrating its 45th year, this juried exhibition receives submissions from high schools in a 150-mile radius of St. Louis. Acclaimed artist Margaret Keller is the juror for this year’s ...
During the recent Lower School Showcase of Learning, eager students led their parents on an educational journey to experience firsthand the project-based, hands-on learning happening daily.
According to Lower School Principal Heather Tibbetts, the Showcase of Learning is an intentional space where students engage with and present high-quality work ...
