2020-21 Baylor School Profile

2020-21 Baylor School Profile Baylor School, founded in 1893, is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, enrolling 1,022 students in grades six through twelve.

171 Baylor School Road THE HONOR CODE is a core value instilled in students from the moment they enter Baylor. Chattanooga, TN 37405 A seat on the Honor Council is considered the most important position of leadership within the (423) 267-8505 student body. www.baylorschool.org CEEB# 430275 THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR is organized on COVID-19/SPRING SEMESTER 2020 Academic a semester system; students in grades 9-12 instruction was interrupted for one week in COLLEGE COUNSELING take six courses each semester. March 2020. Instruction resumed by distance Stephen R. Jackson, Director learning and continued until May 22, 2020. (423) 757-2540 THE TEACHING FACULTY consists of 52 male Numeric grades were assigned across ALL [email protected] and 64 female, 86 of whom hold advanced grade levels. Anders Swanson degrees, of which 10 are on the doctoral level. CIVIC SCHOLARS PROGRAM Civic Scholars Assistant Director seek to contribute to the greater good. (423) 757-2845 CURRICULUM Baylor expects students to Earning the Civic Scholar designation involves [email protected] enroll in a minimum of 20 units, including 16 completing relevant courses, engaging in academic courses. Ann Katherine Taylor purposeful civic engagement experiences, Associate Director English: 4 units undertaking a capstone project, and reflecting (423) 757-2847 Mathematics: 4 units on these activities in a digital portfolio. [email protected] Laboratory Sciences: 3 units Elizabeth Young Social Sciences: 3 units GLOBAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM Students Associate Director Foreign Language: 2 units must complete five academic pillars including (423) 757-2842 Fine Arts: 1 unit an international travel experience and a digital [email protected] portfolio in order to earn the Global Scholars Additional requirements include three years of designation. Sam Green ’08 Physical Education and Wellness. Programming & Logistics RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM Baylor (423) 267-8505, ext. 241 GRADE POINT AVERAGES Advanced School provides advanced research [email protected] Placement (AP) Courses receive an additional opportunities in three areas: Biomedical, Fax: (423) 757-2891 boost to the course grade (+4 points) as do Environmental and Engineering. Students Honors courses (+2 points). Baylor does not earn entry into the program by completing two rank. Weighted grades are shown on the semester-long research courses. ENROLLMENT transcript and are used for determining GPA. DISCIPLINE POLICY Per Baylor’s long- The grading scale is as follows: standing policy, the college counselors report 707 A: 90-100 C: 70-79 F: 64 or below a student’s dismissal or withdrawal to colleges U.S. (GRADES 9-12) B: 80-89 D: 65-69 and universities where supporting materials 7% INTERNATIONAL have been submitted.

OUR MISSION is to foster CORE VALUES 200 in our students both the ability Academics, Character, Honesty, BOARDING STUDENTS and the desire to make a positive Individuality, Leadership, Respect, FROM ACROSS THE U.S. difference in the world AND AROUND THE WORLD . and Spirituality.

NUMERICAL AVERAGE STANDARDIZED TESTING CLASS OF 2021 BY DEPARTMENT FOR CLASS OF 2020 GRADE DISTRIBUTION CUMULATIVE WEIGHTED GPAS DEPARTMENTS TOTAL 9th 10th 11th 12th COVID-19 disrupted standardized testing for the Class of 2020 and GPA STUDENTS PERCENTAGE English 87 86 88 87 87 the Class of 2021. Listed are test 11 Fine Arts 94 94 95 94 93 ranges from 2016 - 2019. 95-100 5% 90-95 69 36% Math 87 88 88 88 86 85-90 47 25% Physical Ed. 100 100 100 100 100 ACT: 23-29 80-85 37 19% Science 89 89 88 88 90 SAT: 1140-1370 Below 80 23 15% Social Studies 90 89 89 90 92 EBRW: 590-690 World Languages 90 88 89 92 92 M: 540-680 TOTAL 187 100% THE CURRICULUM 9th ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE MATH FINE ARTS Grade Eng I or World History I Biology or Algebra I *Theater 100: Intro to Acting Eng I Honors Biology Honors Geometry or Geometry Honors *Theater 200: Acting for Chemistry or Algebra II Production *Theater 300: Advanced 10th Eng II or World History II or Chemistry Honors Algebra II w/Trig or Alg II w/Trig Honors Grade AP Language AP World History Acting and Directing Physics or Physics Honors Precalculus or Precalculus Honors (added 2017-18) AP Biology Trigonometry and Analysis Concert Choir Concert Band AP Chemistry *Calculus I 11th English III or US History or *Calculus II Orchestra AP Physics I (added Grade AP Literature AP US History Statistics AP European History; 2020-21) *2D/3D Art AP Calculus AB *Digital Design AP Art History (added AP Physics C AP Calculus BC *Photography 12th 2020-21) Seniors are required to AP Environmental Science AP Statistics *Studio Art Grade choose two semester-long AP Human Geography *Astronomy Honors Abstract Math† *Pottery I and II English courses: *American Government *Engineering Design *Drawing *Classical Mythology *Drawing Media *Contemporary Popular Lit *Environmental Science WORLD LANGUAGES *Identity and Society in Lit *Economics Chinese: 200, 300, 400, AP, Post-AP Chinese† *Design: Form and *Forensic Science Function *African American Lit *Ethics French: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP *Literary Classics *Molecular Methods *Intermediate Drawing *Historical Dramas German: 200, 300, 400, AP, Post-AP German† *Literature of Medicine *Research: and Painting *History of Hinduism & Latin: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP, *Modernism in American Lit Biomedical *Painting *Travel Literature Buddhism Spanish: 100, 200, 300, 350, 400, *Visual Literacy Engineering *Wilderness Lit *History of the Modern US AP Lang, AP Lit *Design Fundamentals *Women’s Lit *Tennessee History Environmental AP Studio Art *Western Religions Advanced Research COMPUTER SCIENCE AP 3D Art Additional English *World War II Biomedical *Computer Sci I: Intro to Computer Sci *Choreography and Dance electives: Engineering *AP Computer Science Principles Studies *Digital Narratives *Film Studies Environmental † indicates course offered beyond AP level *one-semester course

Ninety-nine percent of Baylor graduates attend four-year colleges and universities. In the last five years Baylor COLLEGE CHOICES graduates have matriculated at 220+ institutions around the world. Agnes Scott College Duke University Northeastern University University of Georgia Amherst College East Tennessee State University Northwestern University University of Illinois at Appalachian State University Eckerd College University of Oxford Urbana-Champaign Auburn University Elon University Pennsylvania State University University of Kentucky Barnard College Emory University and Oxford College Pepperdine University University of Miami Baylor University Florida State University Pratt Institute University of Michigan Belmont University Fordham University Princeton University University of Mississippi Berry College Furman University Purdue University University of Montana, Missoula Birmingham-Southern College George Washington University Rhodes College University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Boston College Georgetown University Samford University Boston University Georgia Institute of Technology Savannah College of Art and Design University of Pennsylvania Bowdoin College Gettysburg College Scripps College University of Richmond Brandeis University Goucher College Sewanee: The University of the South University of Rochester Brown University Grinnell College Southern Methodist University University of Seattle Bryn Mawr College Hamilton College Stanford University University of South Carolina Carleton College Hampton University Stevens Institute of Technology University of Tampa Carnegie Mellon University Harvard College Syracuse University University of Tennessee Case Western Reserve University Hendrix College Texas Christian University University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Centre College Howard University Trinity College University of Utah Chapman University Indiana University Tufts University University of Virginia Claremont McKenna College Johns Hopkins University Tulane University University of Wisconsin, Madison Clemson University Kenyon College United States Air Force Academy Vanderbilt University Colby College Lake Forest College United States Military Academy Vassar University Colgate University Lewis and Clark College University of Alabama Virginia Tech College of Charleston Louisiana State University University of Alabama at Birmingham Wake Forest University College of William & Mary Loyola University Chicago University of California at Berkeley Warren Wilson College Colorado College McGill University University of California at Davis Colorado State University Mercer University University of California at Irvine Washington & Lee University Cornell University Merchant Marine Academy University of California at Los Angeles Washington University in St. Louis Dartmouth College Middlebury College University of California at San Diego Wesleyan University Davidson College Middle Tennessee State University University of Chicago Wofford College Denison University Millsaps College University of Colorado at Boulder Worcester Polytechnic Institute DePaul University Mississippi State University University of Denver Xavier University Drexel University New York University University of Florida Yale University