Update Center
Principia has no confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 on our campuses. This page will provide ongoing communications and updates.
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- March 27, 2020: Update on Academic Year
- March 20, 2020: Update from Principia
- March 16, 2020: Update on Principia Public Health Steps
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March 12, 2020: Chief Executive Message
Principia School
Status
- E-learning began for all students on Monday, March 30, and will continue through May 8, the end of the academic year for all levels.
- Communications from the level principals and individual teachers are providing details regarding e-learning plans.
- St. Louis County is under a Stay at Home Order, effective Monday, March 23, through Wednesday, April 22.
- As previously announced, all academic buildings on campus are closed through April 22.
- Visa-holding international students continue to be housed on campus.
- All remaining experiential trips for this academic year are cancelled. Lower, Middle, and Upper School spring trips will not be going out this year, and all community-wide events through the end of the school year have been cancelled or postponed.
- We will continue to explore options for a graduation ceremony and gratitude dinner for current seniors. Seniors and their families are being surveyed for feedback on the best timing for these events.
Resource Center for Current Parents
Community Updates
- 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).
- 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.
- A determination about commencement will be announced as soon as possible.
- 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. Cards only, no cash permitted.
- 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.
- 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 and Faculty
Community Updates
- 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
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Community Resources
College Essential Personnel Form on Prinweb [doc]