Principia Outdoor Education

Doug Hoff is the Outdoor Learning Coordinator at Principia School (PK-12) in St. Louis, MO, USA. Students enjoy the 360-acre property as part of the classroom!

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5th graders @PrincipiaSchool worked on their yearlong character theme, Perseverance. During crate stacking, one of the students earned the new Lower School record: 20!

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The Turtle Tracking Club @PrincipiaSchool found two of our tagged turtles today: Dino and Star. They did a great job handling them and being curious!

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Lower School Adventure Club ⁦@PrincipiaSchool⁩ doing a great job, as did the Upper School facilitators!

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The zipline on the @PrincipiaSchool Challenge Course takes three facilitators to run it for one child, yet we nevertheless opened it up for 8th graders who did a great job on it!

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5th graders @PrincipiaSchool are studying living systems with a special research focus on a particular, native species. We visited our savanna, ponds, and forests to better understand their habitats.

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Fulton School came to the @PrincipiaSchool Challenge Course to learn more about the joys of thinking more about others than self. This was visit 2 of their 3 spring visits!

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5th graders @PrincipiaSchool practiced their yearlong character theme, Perseverance, while orienteering. Undoubtedly, they were very perseverant!

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Upper Schoolers @PrincipiaSchool finished belay school on our Challenge Course so that they can facilitate Lower School programming.

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2nd graders @PrincipiaSchool practiced their yearlong character theme, Selflessness, by being in groups of 3 and creating orienteering courses for one another.

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1st graders @PrincipiaSchool are preparing for a simulation where they'll be city planners. Part of that is considering green space, so we toured parts of our beautiful 360-acre campus to gain some perspective.

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Grades 6-7 @PrincipiaSchool got outside for PA to our Challenge Course to do some of the more unusual elements - Leap of Faith, Giant's Ladder, & Crate Stacking. They crushed it!

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Churchill School visited @PrincipiaSchool for an impactful program where they ziplined, turtle tracked, and built a greater sense of team.

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On our beautiful Challenge Course, Upper School students @PrincipiaSchool facilitated some team building activities for Lower School students after school today.

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Between Upper School students @PrincipiaSchool and some generous community members, a lot was accomplished around the property trails - honeysuckle cut back, stumps and fallen trees removed, and a bridge given steps.

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Third graders @PrincipiaSchool dove into their yearlong character theme, Inclusion, while learning about orienteering and creating courses on our beautiful 360-acres for each other!

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Second graders @PrincipiaSchool enjoyed our beautiful 360-acre property while learning about and looking for seeds and insects.

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First graders @PrincipiaSchool practiced their yearlong character theme, SOLVING PROBLEMS TOGETHER, by building shelters for small, fictitious creatures called, "Woodoohoos!"

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Over the weekend @PrincipiaSchool, a 56’ boardwalk was built with oak from our campus on an especially wet trail near our honeybees and Honey the pony.

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Some of the 7th graders @PrincipiaSchool showed gratitude for all that they've received in their lives by giving to a park in the form of leaving inspirational messages for passers-by using chalk.

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Middle school boarders @PrincipiaSchool helped experiment with the creation of a giant bowdrill to start a fire. I'd say that we were moderately successful!

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