Three decades, a duck, and a deep love of dance and community . . . these are some of the ingredients that went into the creation of this year’s unique Upper School spring Dance Concert—“Friendships in Ferguson.”
About 30 years ago, dance teacher Sheila Alioto was deeply inspired by ...
At Principia, we teach for understanding rather than knowledge. And our aim—for students as well as teachers—is to be creative, collaborative, entrepreneurial problem-solvers. That’s how we’re rising to the demands of tomorrow!
Having delved into and debated leadership from a variety of perspectives, students in the Senior Seminar class took up their own leadership challenge—successfully planning, organizing, and hosting a day-long conference in mid-April.
Titled “Today, Not Tomorrow,” the conference brought together at least 60 Upper School juniors and seniors as ...
After being waitlisted, Upper School’s Optimus Prin team was delighted to receive an invitation to the 2016 FIRST* Robotics Competition, a world championship with 20,000 students and 900 teams from 39 countries held right here in St. Louis! In an earlier regional competition, the team received the Excellence in Engineering ...
Every year, Middle School Trip Week is a time of making new discoveries, overcoming doubts and fears, realizing the power of gratitude and teamwork, and developing new insights into history, culture, and the wider world. This year was no exception!
Seventh grade spent a week in New York, experiencing ...
Moving from heading up a twice-a-semester high school news magazine (with an estimated readership of 500) to leading a 500-employee, five-day-a-week newspaper (estimated readership: 10,000+) is a huge step by any measure. And in the case of Tanner Walters (US’14), former Upper School editor of The Voice , it’s even ...
Each February, high school teachers within a 150-mile radius of St. Louis are invited to submit artwork from up to 10 students for the Young Artists’ Showcase, an exhibition curated by the venerable St. Louis Artists’ Guild.
Principia Upper School takes advantage of this opportunity for our students to ...
First a book and then a movie in 1933, 42nd Street is a big, bold musical celebrating the stuff that dreams are made of. With its feel-good formula of talent and hard work, being in the right place at the right time, and—of course—love and romance, the musical was one ...
For the 20+ Principia students who participated in the recent Simunye Project service trip, the hard work began many months before they arrived in South Africa. Tasked with fundraising a minimum of $750 each to contribute toward their in-country projects, students offered services such as babysitting or raking and made ...
