School News

From measuring snow density and depth to working with their reading buddies, School students at every level are engaged and excited about learning!

Over the Christmas break, a group of 18 Upper School freshmen and sophomores (and four chaperones) traveled to the Dominican Republic to participate in the “Homes for Hope” service project, coordinated by the nonprofit agency Youth With a Mission (YWAM).

Until recently, the “DR Trip” was the sophomore class’s ...

It’s a long way from Guangxi Province, China, to St. Louis, Missouri—geographically, culturally, and linguistically. So, before their departure, the nine Chinese students from Liuzhou High School who are visiting Principia Upper School for two weeks were both excited and a little nervous about what to expect and how they ...

The hallway to the Upper School Dining Room is usually crowded around lunchtime. This semester, it’s going to be a squeeze to get through any time of day since part of the main hallway and the seating area across from the Dean of Students’ Office have been blocked off. ...

Thanks to Principia’s many friends and supporters, our first-ever Giving Tuesday campaign was a resounding success—raising over $190,000. See how such gifts help us learn, grow, and overcome limitations.

While theatre may create make-believe worlds for audiences, the Upper School theatre arts classes are increasingly about introducing students to the real-world, practical facets of theatre—performing, playwriting, directing, and auditioning.

In November, students in the Advanced Theatre Arts class presented Thanksgiving Day , an anthology of nine five-minute vignettes, ...

In a competitive final game played at Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri, on a crisp November weekend, the Principia Panthers scored an overtime goal to net the School its first-ever Missouri State Championship in soccer.

Both goals in the 2–1 victory over St. Paul Lutheran (Concordia, MO) were scored ...

In this globalized, high-tech world—where existing information is rapidly superseded by new “facts”—Principia School graduates will face exciting opportunities as well as unforeseen challenges.

“We cannot solve economic, political, environmental, or other problems that are coming up in the world through one lens,” says the School’s Dean of Innovation ...

Upper School’s new assistant principal sure did take a roundabout route to get to Principia . . . Flying to St. Louis from South Africa, where Peter Dry was born and grew up, would take close to a day normally. But his arrival on campus in August was via ...