Update Center
Principia has no confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 on our campuses. This page will provide ongoing communications and updates.
Principia Response Fund
We have established a fund to help meet the extraordinary challenges of this time. If you are able to support Principia now, your gift will be critically important to us.
- May 19, 2020: New Protocols for School Campus
- May 14, 2020: Principia Update
- April 25, 2020: Message to Alumni
- March 27, 2020: Update on Academic Year
- March 20, 2020: Update from Principia
- March 16, 2020: Update on Principia Public Health Steps
- March 12, 2020: Chief Executive Message
Principia School
Status
- All academic buildings on campus are closed. The campus will begin a phased reopening in June.
- Summertime Discovery day camp and Summer Childcare begin on campus June 15.
- A postponed in-person Graduation is scheduled for the weekend of October 3–4, 2020.
- Contingency planning for the fall semester is underway as we continue to monitor the global health situation and follow guidance from government authorities. Plans for the return to in-person classes will be determined and communicated by July 1.
Resource Center for Current Parents
Community Updates
- April 7, 2020: Graduation and Senior Celebrations Update
- March 27, 2020: School Academic Update
- March 23, 2020: School Update on St. Louis County Stay at Home Order
- March 20, 2020: Head of School Update
- March 16, 2020: Letter to All School Parents
- March 12, 2020: School Update
- March 4, 2020: School Preparedness
Principia College
Status
- The campus is accessible only to approved on-campus students, residents in housing “inside the gate,” and essential personnel (as determined by supervisors).
- College Commencement activities have been postponed until Friday and Saturday, October 16–17, 2020, to coincide with Homecoming Weekend.
- Beginning March 30 through the end of the semester, Principia College is providing all of its undergraduate education remotely (i.e., no in-person instruction). Students are required to participate.
- With nearly 20 percent of students from outside the United States (many with no option to return home), the College continues to provide on-campus housing for international and other students who are unable to return home.
- All athletics programs have been cancelled for the remainder of the semester.
- Athletics facilities are closed.
- Library facilities are closed.
- Dining Services will be limited to use by students in student housing, PGTIs, resident counselors and their families, and Christian Science nurses. No one else will be served. It will be take-out only. Meals cannot be eaten in the dining room.
- Individual notices about the amount of reimbursement for room and board, based on the percentage of the semester completed on campus, were sent on March 31.
Resource Centers for Current Students, Faculty, and Employees
Community Updates
- May 22, 2020: College Campus Update
- April 7, 2020: Commencement Postponed to Homecoming Weekend
- March 27, 2020: College Academic Update
- March 27, 2020: Message to Parents and Guardians
- March 23, 2020: College Campus Restrictions
- March 20, 2020: Closing College Campus
- March 19, 2020: Update on College Campus Status
- March 18, 2020: Guidance for Social Distancing On Campus
- March 15, 2020: College Open for Continued Operations; Closed to General Public and Visitors
- March 15, 2020: Message to Parents and Guardians
- March 13, 2020: College Mail and Package Forwarding Information
- March 13, 2020: NCAA Division III Announcement
- March 12, 2020: Update on COVID-19
- March 10, 2020: All Community Members Requested to Share Spring Break Travel Plans
- March 6, 2020: Message to Parents and Guardians
- March 5, 2020: Spring Break and Upcoming Travel Cautions
- February 17, 2020: Coronavirus Update
Alumni Activities
- Summer Session 2020 has been cancelled.
- College Reunion 2020 has been postponed until next year. It will now take place June 24–27, 2021, with 50th Reunioners arriving on June 23.
Community Metaphysical Sharing
Read and share inspiration on our community board.
See christianscience.com articles on the topic.
Christian Science Lecture by Tom McElroy
April 27, 2020
Meeting Recording
Christian Science Lecture by Tom McElroy
April 30, 2020
Meeting Recording
Christian Science Lecture by Tom McElroy
May 1, 2020
Meeting Recording
Community Resources
College Essential Personnel Form on Prinweb [doc]