The Principia is an educational institution for Christian Scientists located on two campuses in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Principia School, located in West St. Louis County, serves students from early childhood through high school. Principia College is located about thirty miles away, on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Elsah, Illinois.
Founded by Mary Kimball Morgan, Principia School was officially opened in 1898 in St. Louis. By 1906, Principia had graduated its first high school class. In 1912, the Junior College was added, and became one of the first such colleges in the nation. The College moved to Elsah, Illinois in 1935, and the School later moved to its current location in the St. Louis suburb of Town and Country, Missouri.
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