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A Leading Private Boarding & Day School | Baylor School Close News & Social News Social News Featured No post to display. Science and Engineering Symposium is May 7 April 30 , 2024 4 : 21 PM Updated April 30 , 2024 4 : 21 PM Don’t miss Baylor’s eighth annual Science and Engineering Symposium on Tuesday, May 7, from 5–7 p.m. in the Weeks science building. Don’t miss Baylor’s eighth annual Science and Engineering Symposium on Tuesday, May 7, from 5–7 p.m. in the Weeks science building. Projects include an array of studies that involve gene expression and behavioral assays of the model organism C. elegans , examining host-symbiont interactions in the environment, embedded systems for robotics, the pursuit of sustainable practices on campus, and applications of machine learning across several science and engineering disciplines. Science Department Chair Jesse Young is excited about the work Baylor students will present. "Many of our young scientists are excited to share the research they have been investigating. Several have pursued their topic for three years and have produced results that are often only found in universities." Read More about Science and Engineering Symposium is May 7 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Pinterest Share to Email Fifteen Baylor Athletes Celebrated on April 17 April 17 , 2024 5 : 12 PM Updated May 7 , 2024 5 : 15 PM Baylor celebrated a third group of 2023-24 college athlete signees on Wednesday, April 17. Baylor celebrated a third group of 2023-24 college athlete signees on Wednesday, April 17. The event was held for athletes signing with a school that doesn’t use the National Letter of Intent (Division III/NAIA/Junior College). The school’s first group of 2023-24 signees were recognized on Nov. 8, 2023, with 13 athletes announcing that they will be playing at the collegiate level. The next signing for took place on National Signing Day on Feb. 7 with 12 athletes committing . The following student-athletes were honored at the April event: Ellie Carico - Soccer, Christian Brothers University Emery Carico - Soccer, Christian Brothers University TJ Fields - Football, Sewanee Jon Ryan Godbehere - Soccer, Tennessee Wesleyan University Cooper Keown - Football , Jacksonville State Vincent McClure - Rowing, Trinity College or Stetson University (undecided) Ellis Mitchum - Lacrosse, Oglethorpe University Jack Murdock - Lacrosse, University of Lynchburg Balint Rendessy - Football, Sewanee Lilly Simpson - Soccer, Rhodes College Elizabeth Stophel - Soccer, Williams College Hayden Techasiriwan , Soccer, Union University Santiago Domenic Torres , Swimming, Pace University Domani White - Lacrosse /Football, Dickinson College Quincy White - Lacrosse, University of Lynchburg Read More about Fifteen Baylor Athletes Celebrated on April 17 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Pinterest Share to Email Baylor Stages Beauty and the Beast as Spring Musical April 12 , 2024 12 : 33 PM Updated April 30 , 2024 4 : 21 PM Due to ticket demands, an additional performance has been added for Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m. When the curtain rises of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, more than 55 cast and crew members, as well as 21 members of the orchestra, will play a crucial role in bringing the enchanting tale to life on stage. The play is directed by Beth Gumnick with set design by Garrett Walsh , and costumes by Laura Smith (a portion of the costumes are being rented from the Chattanooga Theatre Centre). Mae Weiss serves as conductor, Ben Sposet is choral director, and Allison Lamb is prop designer. Lamb is also overseeing 20 Middle Schoolers who are assisting with the set and props as part of the crew. Music is by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Don’t miss your chance to see it come to life April 24-28, (7:30 p.m., Wed.-Sat., and 2:30 p.m.,on Sat. & Sun.) Tickets are $10 and go on sale Wednesday, April 17 and may be purchased by clicking here . Baylor Backers may access their discount codes for tickets starting Monday, April 15 by contacting Rheagan Hall. In the meantime, we caught up junior Maggie Tansor , who is double cast as Belle (along with senior Mya Houston ), three of the four fanatical female followers of Gaston (seniors Ellie a nd Emery Carico and junior Harper Kelly ) and Gaston himself (sophomore Wesley Chi ). The four represent a range of stage experience and hope other students will be inspired to get involved in theater after seeing the production. Theater is just a really fun experience no matter what part you get. We have space for anyone who wants to be on stage, and we also have a plethora of roles behind the scenes for people interested in theater but not acting. Putting yourself out there can be scary, but it also is really rewarding and gives you a who new group of friends you see after school every day,” says Kelly. This is Tansor’s first Upper School theater performance, although she has been a steady presence on the stage as a member of Verve’. Splitting the lead role of Belle with Houston has helped them develop a friendship, and she has also enjoyed getting to know the rest of the cast and meeting new people. "There are students from all different after school activities and grades, and being able to engage with people that I wouldn’t normally see has been really exciting," she said. "I think the challenge for newcomers is keeping up with everyone else who has been in musicals and productions before. Even though this is a challenge, the people in the cast who have done other productions before are extremely supportive and inclusive." Chi says he has always been drawn to theater because he has a natural love of performing but also finds it to be just really fun,” but getting into character of Gaston has been particularly enjoyable. He’s such a cartoony character which makes him really fun to portray.” Chi, who most recently played Professor Plum in the fall production of Clue , said he acted a decent bit before Covid, put it aside for a few years, and came back to it halfway through Middle School at Baylor. Ever since then, I’ve been in six or seven both small-scale and large-scale productions…forming a sense of community during a production has always been a blast.” Other than a stint in a Signal Mountain Playhouse production of Peter Pan when she was in elementary school, senior Ellie Carico was committed to her varsity sport and not able to perform in a play until recently. It’s my senior year and I finally have time to do it. I love that I have made new friends that I would have never met before,” she says, admitting that she was not expecting the work that had to be done outside of afternoon and evening rehearsals. It does not feel like a task though. It feels like a fun activity that I get to do.” She advises other students to audition for a play before their senior year if possible. It has been one of my favorite experiences at Baylor so far, and I wish I had been involved with the program before my senior year.” Senior Emery Carico is also performing on stage for the first time, and like her sister, Ellie, she is a committed athlete and is no stranger to teamwork. I hope the audience realizes the effort it takes to put on a performance as big as Beauty and The Beast . I can say for myself that I never realized all the time and effort it takes from everyone for the shows to be as good as they are.” She said acting has been challenging due to her lack of experience, but she has enjoyed being surrounded by a new group of peers. I think at times we can become separated between the people who enjoy sports and who enjoy the arts but it’s fun when we can do things together.” Gaston’s groupies also include freshman Matilda Joels, and Kelly, who has been involved in Baylor plays since middle school and does theater year-round in tech and as a cast member. She is also an officer in The Baylor Players.Theater would not be so...