Baylor welcomes students from 12 countries, 23 states, and dozens of area neighborhoods. But here, we don’t see local students or international students, day students or boarding students. Living and learning together, we simply see Baylor students.
Baylor combines a strong academic tradition along with a commitment to innovation.
Baylor welcomes students in grades 6-12; 52% male, 48% female.
Small classes and individual instruction are hallmarks of a Baylor education.
Last year 209 Baylor Students took 442 Advanced Placement exams, with 88% scoring 3 or higher.
Baylor's mission is to foster in its students both the ability and the desire to make a positive difference in the world.
Baylor's Honor Code has been the cornerstone of our values as a school since 1916.
Students are fortunate to hear special guest speakers and when they meet for Chapel every Monday. Great care is given to the selection of speakers and performers in order to broaden our students' view of the world and cultural diversity.A few examples include:
Project VOICE poets are champions of vulnerability, cheerleaders for the unexpected, and ruthless flashlights for all your heart's nooks and crannies. A Project VOICE performance not only entertains, but it inspires and encourages students to create their own work.
Parents, educators, public officials, business and medical professionals, and nonprofit leaders all benefitted from Baylor-sponsored free public lecture featuring John Medina, molecular biologist and author of "Brain Rules." ?
Parents, educators and anyone who works with children and teens benefitted from Baylor's offering of a free public lecture featuring Dr. Wendy Mogel, acclaimed psychologist, parenting expert, and bestselling author.
"Those who have the command of language have more might than those with the command of armies. Words define meaning, words influence thought."
Seven master performers from the Department of Fine Arts of China Ocean University in Qingdao, China perform traditional Chinese music, as well as modern and contemporary Chinese folk music.
Dr. Gandhi's grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi, taught him that justice does not mean revenge; it means transforming the opponent through love and suffering.
Benefactor of the Harvey and Jewel Templeton Noble Purpose Scholarship, Ms. Templeton believes that finding noble purpose brings one a sense of fulfillment.
The daughter of 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu has spent her entire adult life advocating for the rights of women and people of color.
Now in his 90's, a teenage Walter Hautzig followed his dream of being a musician by escaping Nazi-occupied Vienna for the Jerusalem Conservatory in 1938.
Immersing himself in the human experience, Jacobs is the humorous author of The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-it-All, My Life as an Experiment, and Drop Dead Healthy.
In 17 seasons, Philip Fulmer earned a record of 152-52 and led the Vols to two SEC titles and the school's first BCS national championship.
Edwina Gateley is the founder of Chicago's Genesis House, a house of hospitality and nurturing for women involved in prostitution.
Baylor School has many remarkable alumni/ae, some of whom are profiled here. Many of our graduates have distinguished themselves in major fields ranging from education and law to medicine and journalism.
After Arthur's first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, was published in the fall of 1997 to great critical acclaim, it stayed on The New York Times' bestseller list for several months and sold over half a million copies.
Tom Jolly was in one of the hottest of the hot seats on Election Night 2000. As part of the team that oversees the front page of the venerable New York Times, Tom worked into the wee hours in an effort to report the outcome of a presidential election that was too close to call.
Tene has more than 15 years of experience as a project director and consultant in the areas of genetic counseling and research, community outreach and education, grant operations and policy recommendations.
Morris "Sandy" Weinberg Jr. has been on the winning side of numerous high-profile cases throughout his almost 40 years as a federal prosecutor and private practitioner. He led the defense in a historical health care fraud case, secured a dismissal of charges in a rare criminal case brought against a religion, and led the prosecution in one of the country's most celebrated tax fraud cases.
"Child life lets me combine my interest in medicine and psychology with my love of working with children," says Robyn. "I know I'm doing something worthwhile when I see a child who has been anxious and scared about being in the hospital smile when I come through the door."
When he heard that David Merrick was bringing the hit show "Oliver," to New York, Don made a bold move and asked Merrick to be conductor and musical director. "Why should I give it to you?" Merrick asked. "Because I love the music, and nobody could ever do it as well as I could," Don said. Merrick gave Don, then in his early 20s, the job with the warning, "You'd better be as good as you think you are."
Young is blonde and settled in Austin, Texas, and Farrar is a free spirited brunette who feels at home in Los Angeles. But the sisters share a love of music, and their disparate paths gave them the complementary skills they needed to establish their music label, Eagle Ear Entertainment.
"In the fight for clean water, my avenue has happened to be via salmon, but there are lots of different ways to do it. Being in the Pacific Northwest brought me to salmon and to an understanding of the critical role they play in the history, culture, and biology here."
"My experience in Jamaica led me to think about what I wanted to do with my life. I may have ended up as a teacher if I hadn't found my interest in international service, but I can't just say I'm a teacher at Peace Child India; it doesn't encompass everything that goes on here."
"Starting a company is like giving birth; everything is always at the infant stage," said Studer of the $200 million group of companies that is a combination of a venture capital company and startup incubator. "It's where you can have the biggest impact and where the energy is."
Often credited with Rumi's popularity in the English-speaking world, Barks's translations have sold more than a million and a half copies. From the beginning, translating Rumi was "like a spiritual practice for me — and it still is. The publishing is like a 'by the way.'"
"(I want) to have the opportunity to support the President's 2020 goal where America will have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world again."
"The purpose of our department is to develop and implement leisure and recreation programming for individuals with disabilities...What can individuals with disabilities not participate in? The answer, of course, is nothing."
Brooke was a four-time state champion at Baylor and an NCAA champion and three-time All-American at the University of Alabama. In 2012, she was a member of the US Curtis Cup team, was the SEC Female Athlete of the Year, and a finalist for the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
While she was stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath outside London, Catlin logged more than 500 combat hours in Afghanistan and Iraq, conducting personnel recovery and casualty evacuation operations.
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