2018-19 Baylor School Profile
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2018-19 Baylor School Profile Baylor School, founded in 1893, is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, enrolling 1,083 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. A seat on Chattanooga, TN 37405 the Honor Council is considered the most important position of leadership within the student body. (423) 267-8505 www.baylorschool.org THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR is organized on a course grade (+4 points) as do Honors courses CEEB# 430275 semester system; students in grades 9-12 take (+2 points). Baylor does not rank. Weighted grades six courses each semester. are shown on the transcript and are used for ADMINISTRATION THE TEACHING FACULTY Scott A. Wilson ’75 consists of 58 men determining GPA. The grading scale is as follows: President & Headmaster and 59 women, 90 of whom hold advanced A: 90-100 C: 70-79 F: 64 or below degrees, of which 17 are on the doctoral level. Shaw Wilson ’84 B: 80-89 D: 65-69 Assistant Headmaster CURRICULUM Baylor expects students to enroll GLOBAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM in a minimum of 20 units, including 16 academic Baylor students COLLEGE COUNSELING courses. must complete five academic pillars including Stephen R. Jackson, Director English: 4 units an international travel experience and a digital (423) 757-2540 Mathematics: 4 units portfolio in order to earn the Global Scholars [email protected] Laboratory Sciences: 3 units designation. The first cohort of Global Scholars Social Sciences: 3 units Anders Swanson will graduate in 2018. Assistant Director Foreign Language: 2 units (423) 757-2845 Fine Arts: 1 unit DISCIPLINE POLICY Per Baylor’s long-standing [email protected] Additional requirements include three years of policy, the college counselors report a student’s Ann Katherine Taylor Physical Education and Wellness. dismissal or withdrawal to colleges and Associate Director GRADE POINT AVERAGES Advanced Placement universities where supporting materials have (423) 757-2847 (AP) Courses receive an additional boost to the been submitted. [email protected] Elizabeth Young Associate Director ENROLLMENT (423) 757-2842 [email protected] Elizabeth Roemer ’05 Programming & Logistics 333 750 200 (423) 267-8505, ext. 241 [email protected] STUDENTS IN GRADES M.S. (GRADES 6-8) U.S. (GRADES 9-12) BOARDING STUDENTS SIX THROUGH TWELVE 49% MALE/51% FEMALE 48% MALE/52% FEMALE 23 STATES Fax: (423) 757-2891 24% INTERNATIONAL 13 FOREIGN COUNTRIES CLASS OF 2019 GRADE DISTRIBUTION STANDARDIZED TESTING CUMULATIVE WEIGHTED GPAS FOR JUNIOR YEAR. FOR CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2019 NUMERICAL GPA STUDENTS PERCENTAGE MIDDLE 50% SCORE RANGE AVERAGE BY DEPARTMENT 4.00+ 18 9% 3.75-3.99 58 30% English: 85.79 Math: 88.91 23-30 550-690 3.5-3.74 54 28% Fine Arts: 95.15 Science: 87.96 ACT COMPOSITE SAT MATH 3.0-3.49 39 20% Language: 91.18 Social Studies: 87.73 2.5-2.99 19 10% 580-690 1150-1390 2.0-2.49 3 2% SAT EBRW SAT TOTAL New Seniors 2 TOTAL 193 100% TOTAL # STUDENTS TAKING TAKING 1 TAKING 2 TAKING 3 TAKING 4 TAKING 5 TAKING 6 CLASS STUDENTS TAKING APs 0 APs APs APs APs APs APs APs 2019 192 156 19% 20% 16.6% 18% 22% 4% .5% 2020 209 144 28% 22% 13% 18% 11% 4% 0 2021 184 100 46% 27% 21% 6% 0 .5% 0 THE CURRICULUM Grade 9 ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE MATH FINE ARTS Eng I 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 Algebra II Production Grade 10 Eng II World History II or Chemistry or Algebra II w/Trig or Alg II w/Trig Honors *Theater 300: Advanced AP Language AP World History Chemistry Honors Precalculus or Precalculus Honors Acting and Directing (added 2017-18) Trigonometry and Analysis Concert Choir *Calculus I Concert Band Grade 11 English III or AP Literature US History or Physics or Physics Honors *Calculus II Orchestra AP US History AP Biology Statistics *Digital Design I and II AP Chemistry AP Calculus AB *Photography AP Calculus BC *Studio Art Grade 12 Seniors are required AP European History; AP Physics C AP Statistics *Pottery I and II to choose two English AP Human Geography AP Biology Honors Abstract Math† *Drawing electives: *American Government AP Chemistry *Design: Form and *Classical Mythology AP Environmental Science WORLD LANGUAGES Function *Contemporary Popular Lit *History of Hinduism & *Astronomy Chinese: 300, 400, AP, Post-AP Chinese† *Intermediate Drawing *Identity and Society in Lit French: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP Buddhism *Engineering Design and Painting *Literary Classics German: 300, 400, AP, Post-AP German† *Economics *Environmental Science *Painting *Literature of Medicine Latin: 100, 200, 300, 400, AP, *Ethics *Forensic Science *Visual Literacy *Travel Literature Post-AP Latin† *Design Fundamentals *History of American Law *Fundamentals of Spanish: 100, 200, 300, 350, 400, *Wilderness Lit AP Studio Art *History of the Modern US Scientific Research AP Lang, AP Lit AP 3D Art Additional Offerings: *History of Rome *Independent Scientific *For Better or Verse *Disease and History Research I, II, III COMPUTER SCIENCE *Protest LIterature *Western Religions *Computer Sci I: Intro to Computer Sci *World War II *AP Computer Science Principles † indicates course offered beyond AP level *one-semester course COLLEGE CHOICES Ninety-nine percent of Baylor graduates attend four-year colleges and universities. In the last five years Baylor graduates have matriculated at231 institutions around the world; below is a sampling of representative matriculations by region. Agnes Scott College Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausa University of Oxford University of Denver Appalachian State University Elon University Pennsylvania State University University of Florida Auburn University Emory University and Oxford College a Pepperdine University University of Georgia Barnard College Fordham University Pomona College University of Illinois at Bates College Furman University Princeton University Urbana-Champaign Baylor University George Washington University Rhodes College University of Kentucky Belmont University Georgetown University Samford University University of Michigan Berry College Georgia Institute of Technology Savannah College of Art and Design University of Mississippi Birmingham-Southern College Gettysburg College Sewanee: The University of the South University of Montana, Missoula Boston College Grinnell College Southern Methodist University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hi Boston University Hamilton College Stanford University University of Pennsylvania Bowdoin College Hampton University Stevens Institute of Technology University of Richmond Brandeis University Harvard University Syracuse University University of Seattle Brown University Haverford College Tennessee Technological University University of South Carolina Bryn Mawr College Howard University Texas Christian University University of Tennessee Case Western Reserve University Jacobs University The American University of Paris University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Centre College James Madison University Trinity University University of Virginia Clemson University Johns Hopkins University Tufts University University of Wisconsin, Madison Colgate University Kenyon College Tulane University Vanderbilt University College of Charleston Lewis and Clark College United States Air Force Academy Vassar University College of William & Mary London School of Economics United States Military Academy Virginia Tech Colorado College Loyola University Chicago University of Alabama Wake Forest University Colorado State University McGill University University of Alabama at Birmingham Washington & Lee University Cornell University Merchant Marine Academy University of British Columbia Washington University in St. Louis Dartmouth College Middlebury College University of California at Berkeley Wesleyan University Davidson College Millsaps College University of California at Irvine Wittenberg University Denison University Mississippi State University University of California at Los Angeles Wofford College DePaul University New York University University of California at San Diego Worcester Polytechnic Institute Drew University Northeastern University University of Chicago Xavier University Duke University Northwestern University University of Colorado at Boulder Yale University.