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Baylor School
Amat Victoria Curam (Victory Loves Care)
Location
171 Baylor School Road [1]
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37405
United States
Information
School type Private, Boarding, Day
Religious affiliation(s) Nonsectarian
Established 1893
CEEB Code 430275
Headmaster Scott Wilson
Faculty 148 teachers
Grades 6 to 12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 209 Boarding (9-12)
314 Day (6-8)
547 Day (9-12)
1070 Total
Average class size 13 students
Student to teacher ratio 7:1[2]
Campus size 670 acres (2.7 km2)
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Red and Grey          
Athletics 18 Interscholastic Sports Teams
Athletics conference TSSAA
Mascot Tiger[3]
Average SAT scores 500 - 640 reading
520 - 660 math
510 - 640 writing
Average ACT scores 23-28[4]
Newspaper The Baylor Notes
Yearbook 'The Tower'
Website baylorschool.org

Baylor School, commonly called Baylor, is a private, coeducational prep school on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded in 1893, the school currently sits atop a 670 acres (2.7 km2) campus and enrolls students in grades 6-12, including boarding students in grades 9-12. These students are served by Baylor's 148 members of faculty, over two-thirds of whom hold advanced degrees, including nearly 40 adults who live on campus and serve as dorm parents. Baylor has had a student win the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in math and science and a teacher receive the National Siemens Award for Exemplary Teaching. Recently, it was one of fifty schools nationwide selected for the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in recognition of the school’s performance in science, math and technology as the best in Tennessee. The school is also an athletic power, having the best high school sports program in Tennessee and in the top 25 nationwide according to Sports Illustrated.[5] In the past 21 years, Baylor has won 157 State Championships, including a national record of 16 consecutive victories in women's golf. They have also repeatedly been named national champions in both men's and women's swimming by Swimming World Magazine.[6] For the 2011-12 school year, Baylor enrolled 1070 young men and women, 20% of whom lived on campus as representatives of 21 states and 24 countries.[7]

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[edit] History

Old Baylor School

Baylor School was founded in 1893 by John Roy Baylor, who was hired from Virginia by leading men of Chattanooga to establish a college-preparatory school. The school was originally named the University School of Chattanooga. Gradually the name was changed to Baylor University School in honor of the founder, and was changed to Baylor School in 1925.[8] Baylor began in a building at 101 McCallie Avenue in downtown Chattanooga, then moved to Palmetto Street in the city.

In 1915, Baylor moved to its current location on the banks of the Tennessee River, though still inside the current city limits of Chattanooga. That 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus has expanded to 670 acres (2.7 km2).

Baylor became a military school in 1917, during World War I, and remained so until 1971, during the Vietnam War.

Baylor was a boys school for most of its history (with the exception of a few girls attending during 1901-1912), and was popularly known as the Baylor School for Boys. Then, in 1985, it admitted 41 girls. (Because one of the girls dropped out, this group is commonly referred to as the Fab 40.)[9]

The school maintains a rivalry with the crosstown McCallie School, which remains a boys-only school. Baylor historically had close ties with Chattanooga's Girls Preparatory School, until Baylor admitted girls in 1985. The two schools are now often rivals in girls' athletics.

[edit] Finances

Baylor's endowment (or net fund balance) was $118.8 million as of June 30, 2007.[10]

Baylor's tuition for 2009-2010 was $19,153 for day students and $39,010 for boarding students.[11] It offers need-based financial aid in addition to merit scholarships via its Distinguished Scholars Program.[12]

[edit] Headmasters

Headmasters and presidents through the years:[13]

  • 1893-1926: John Roy Baylor, the founder.
  • 1926-1929: Alexander Guerry moved up to headmaster upon the death of the founder. He went on to lead the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of the South.
  • 1929-1964: Herbert B. Barks, Sr., led the school through the Depression, World War II, and a polio epidemic that killed one student.
  • 1964-1970: Charles E. Hawkins, III, resigned as the school was debating dropping the military program. He was followed by an acting headmaster, teacher Bryce Harris.
  • 1971-1988: Herbert B. Barks, Jr., son of the former headmaster and a 1951 alumnus, was headmaster when girls were admitted.
  • 1988-1998: L. Laird Davis, Jr., saw the completion of the fine arts complex and groundbreaking for the science building.
  • 1998-2004: Jim Buckheit added the sixth grade. He was followed by an interim headmaster, former Baylor teacher Jack Stanford.
  • 2004-2009: Bill Stacy, former chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
  • 2009-: Scott Wilson, a 1975 graduate and former teacher, coach and admissions director.[14]

[edit] Programs

  • Baylor students can participate in Baylor's Walkabout program, an outdoors program that takes students kayaking, rock climbing, bouldering, trekking, hiking, and caving. Walkabout also goes on an annual trip to Costa Rica for advanced kayakers and a biennial trip to India to trek.
  • Baylor's community service program, which is known as "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." (Regard Every Soul Purely Embracing Compassionate Thoughts), takes 10 students (Juniors and Seniors) to Kingston, Jamaica every Spring Break after they have spent the school year raising money to send Jamaican children to school. On this trip, they visit a state-run home for the aged, a state-run orphanage, and the community whose children are sent to school with the money these high school students have raised. Students from the Community Service program also take trips to Asheville, North Carolina twice a year to volunteer in a local homeless shelter.
  • Baylor has more than 60 other extracurricular organizations,[citation needed] including the Round Table Literary Discussion Society, which began in 1942, the Peer Tutor Program, the Student Congress and Model United Nations Team, and the annual Periaktoi Art Magazine.[15]
  • Tenth and eleventh grade students can participate in a Student Exchange Program with schools around the world, such as the Southport School and St Hilda's School in Southport, Queensland, Australia.
  • Seniors end their last year with a senior camping trip, a tradition begun in 1975.[16]

[edit] Academics

  • Baylor School's mission is to foster in its students both the desire and the ability to make a positive difference in the world.
  • Baylor offers 22 Advanced Placement courses. In 1954 it was one of only 38 secondary schools, and the only one in the South, invited to participate in the new AP program.[17]
  • Baylor's core curriculum consists of mathematics, English, science, history, and language classes. Baylor offers language classes in the following languages: Spanish, French, Latin, German, and Chinese (starting fall of 2007).
  • 76% of Baylor's most recent senior class took at least one AP exam, while 48% of the most recent junior class took at least one AP exam and 8% of the most recent sophomore class took an AP class.[18]

[edit] Campus

Baylor's 670-acre (2.7 km2) campus is located on the banks of the Tennessee River with red brick buildings scattered around the campus, some almost 100 years old. Some of the buildings and facilities include the following:

[edit] Academic facilities

  • Katherine and Harrison Weeks Science Building, Baylor's science building, houses biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, forensic science, human physiology, environmental science, genetics, and Lower School science classes. Baylor's main computer lab, "the Bullpen," is located on the bottom floor of Weeks. This computer lab is open to the public and also hosts Baylor's computer science and computer applications classes in private computer classrooms. The building opened in 1999, named for benefactor Katherine Weeks and her husband, Harrison, a student from 1925-1928.[19]
  • Barks Hall is home to Baylor's Lower School. The top two floors of Barks belong to Hedges Library, Baylor's school library. The 1961 building is named for former headmaster Herbert B. Barks.[20]
  • Academic Hall, formerly known as the Lower School Building, is the home of Baylor's sixth grade. The bottom floor of Academic hosts Baylor's Spanish classes, one French class, and also contains Baylor's second largest computer lab.
  • Trustee Hall, opened in 1936, was formerly a dormitory. It houses offices as well as classrooms for English, mathematics, and German. Baylor's Writing Center is also in Trustee Hall.
  • An addition to Baylor's Alumni Chapel was dedicated in 1991 by Rev. Billy Graham. The main chapel is where weekly assemblies and chapel services are held. (The school began as a non-sectarian school; now not a religious school, it retains a chaplain and required "chapel" meetings that feature guest speakers. Electives are taught in ethics and religion.[9]) The original 1927 chapel, now called Old Chapel, is now used for upper-school study hall. Beneath the main chapel is a majority of the mathematics department. The chapel also houses the Board of Trustees' board room.

[edit] Art facilities

  • Ireland Fine Arts Center is Baylor's fine arts building. Ireland houses Baylor's pottery, drawing, painting, print making, and lower-school art classes. Ireland provides inspirational views for artists as it overlooks the Tennessee River. Named for the family of benefactor Bill Ireland, class of 1941.[21]
  • The Roddy Performing Arts Center is home to Baylor's performing arts. Dance, drama, photography, and film classes are located in Roddy. Roddy has a 148 seat black box theater, equipped with a state of the art Strand Lighting system. The building also houses a large scene shop, dance studio, photo studio, screening rooms, and a darkroom. Roddy is also used by outside production companies throughout the year to bring special productions to the Baylor community. Named for the benefactors, the Roddy family of Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Baylor's Music Building is a music studio with acoustically engineered rehearsal rooms, private practice rooms, a piano room, and a music library for Baylor's instrumental and vocal programs. The Music Building houses Baylor's choir, band, orchestra, and lower-school music classes.

[edit] Residential facilities

  • Lowrance Dorm is one of Baylor's four girls' dorms. Lowrance overlooks the Tennessee River, and is home to students of all grades. Lowrance, built in 1989, also houses the infirmary. It is named in honor of Ruth Lowrance Street, the wife of trustee Gordon P. Street and mother of trustee Gordon P. Street Jr.[22]
  • Hunter Hall is home to Baylor's admission and administrative staff. Hunter is located at the center of campus and houses a girls' dormitory as well as two classrooms in Hunter. Built in 1917 as Academic Building, it is named for 1907 alumnus and trustee George T. Hunter.[23]
  • Probasco Hall is one of four boys' dorms. The 1966 building is named for benefactor Scott L. Probasco.[24]
  • Riverfront Dorm is Baylor's newest girls' dorm. It overlooks the Tennessee River. Riverfront, along with Harrison Hall are Baylor's only dorms that are fully residential (i.e. no classrooms or offices).
  • Lupton II, III, and Lupton Annex are the home to Baylor boys from all grades. Lupton III is known for having the largest dorm rooms on campus. Lupton also overlooks the Tennessee River. Latin, French, English, mathematics and history classes are also held in the bottom two floors of Lupton. Lupton Annex and Lupton are connected at the third and fourth floors. The first Lupton Hall was built in 1915. The buildings are named for Coca-Cola bottler John Thomas Lupton, the largest benefactor of the school.[25][26]
  • Harrison Hall is the newest of Baylor's residential life facilities. The $3.1 million LEED certified dormitory, which houses 24 male students and two dorm parents, was dedicated on May 8, 2009. It honors the family of trustee J. Frank Harrison.[27]
  • Guerry Hall is the dining hall. The 1931 building was recently expanded and modernized. It honors the school's second headmaster, Alexander Guerry.[28]

[edit] Athletic facilities

  • The Field House is Baylor's main home for athletics. It has three basketball courts made of a multi-versatile surface, a cardio-weight room, several men's and women's locker rooms, several coaches' offices, the training room, James C. Duke Arena (Baylor's main basketball court), and the meeting room for Baylor's Honor Council. The newest addition to the Field House is Baylor's Aquatic Center, the school's multi-million dollar, Olympic-sized swimming pool, which opened in 2006.
  • Baylor's Alexander Guerry Tennis Center, completed in 1987, includes 12 outdoor courts and 7 indoor courts. Named for the benefactor.
  • The Luke Worsham Memorial Wrestling Arena is Baylor's new wrestling facility. It was built in the structure of Baylor's former swimming pool, but is now a state-of-the-art wrestling arena. Named for the former teacher and wrestling coach.
  • Heywood Stadium is home to Baylor's football team in the fall, track and field and lacrosse teams in the spring. Built in 1971, it was named for former coach Humpy Heywood. The field is named for former football coach E.B. "Red" Etter.
  • Baylor also has its own Short Game Center where Baylor's boys' and sixteen-time state champion girls' golf team practice.
  • The Lower Fields are home to Baylor's varsity and junior varsity baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer teams. Baylor's cross country loop and crew boathouse are also located at the Lower Fields.
  • The Parry Center, located near the Tennis Center, is home to Baylor's Walkabout program. There is also an indoor climbing gym located directly behind the Parry Center. Until moving to the Field House in 2010, the crew teams' ergs were housed in the same building as the Parry Center in a room commonly known as the Erg Shack.

[edit] Athletics

In 2005, Baylor was named the leading high school sports program in Tennessee and in the top 25 nationwide by Sports Illustrated.[5] For the 2006/07 school year, SI once again named the Baylor athletic program as the top program in the state of Tennessee.[29] Baylor's 1973 football team was tabbed mythical national champions by the National Sports News Service, and both men's and women's swim teams have been named national champions by Swimming World magazine.[30][31] Baylor's teams are nicknamed the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders. Baylor competes in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) and its varsity sports are:

[edit] The Honor Council

Baylor students must abide by the rules of Baylor's honor code, established in 1916.[32] Baylor School's honor code is based on the honor code at the University of Virginia. When students enter the school, they sign a pledge: "the Honor System is an understanding among Baylor student that they do not want among them one who will lie, cheat, or falsify information. I understand this principle, and I recognize that I shall be expected to live in accordance with it." After entry to Baylor, before every test, Baylor students sign their name, pledging "I pledge that I have upheld both the letter and the spirit of the Baylor Honor Code, neither giving nor receiving unauthorized assistance on this assessment." Students who are charged with violating the honor code must stand trial with the Honor Council, consisting of two freshman, three sophomores, four juniors, and five seniors. Punishments for violation of the honor code range from a warning to expulsion.

[edit] Notable alumni and faculty

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Faculty

  • Dan Kennedy, Cartter Lupton distinguished professor of mathematics, only high school teacher to chair the AP Calculus test development committee, author of five mathematics textbooks.

[edit] Colleges attended

The most recent graduating class (2011) sent four graduates to Ivy League schools out of 170 students. Colleges chosen most often by that class were the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (13), the University of Alabama (9), Sewanee: The University of the South (7), the University of Mississippi (6), the University of Florida (5), the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (5), Georgia Southern University (5), and Emory University (4).[50]

[edit] Traditions

As an outgrowth of the Baylor/McCallie rivalry, the school week prior to the football game is referred to as Spirit Week. During this time, students may forgo wearing the uniform to wear themed costumes. The most commonly recurring of these themes is "Red Day," which typically is on the Friday of the Baylor/McCallie football game, in celebration of the school's color, in which the theme is to dress in as much red as is humanly possible. Prizes are awarded to whichever student is deemed by the school to be wearing the most red. In 2009 Baylor won the well-known rivalry football game against McCallie for the first time in eleven years, and has won the game against McCallie four times since then, including a recent win in 2011. (The wins occurred in three regularly scheduled Baylor-McCallie games as well as a TSSAA playoff game.)

[edit] Other campus features

Perched in the quadrangle in the heart of the campus is a statue of the mythological character Icarus, placed in memory of a student, Johnson Bryant, who died in a 2003 car wreck while a student at Baylor. The statue stands as a reminder to students to always find balance to avoid a similar fate.

[edit] References

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