STE. GENEVIEVE – Congratulations to Jacey Bauman, the Rotary Student of the Month for October from Ste. Genevieve High School.
Jacey is the daughter of Jason and Lacey Bauman.
Jacey’s scholastic honors include: being ranked in the top 10 percent for two years and 25 percent of her class four years; being ranked 12th in her senior class; and earning Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and A Honor Roll.
Jacey has been involved in a wide range of school and community activities. She has served as a Class of 2026 officer and an executive officer for Student Council. She has also served as an officer in the A+ Program and the National Art Honor Society, as well as president of both the French Club and Women of the Word, a group she launched. In addition, she is a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), National French Honor Society, FRIENDS, and Mentors, and serves as a student leader for Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), and as a student coordinator for the school’s blood drives.
Outside of school, Jacey has spent 16 years as a ballet dancer with the Ballet Arts Center and performs with the Young People’s Performing Arts Theatre. Her featured roles have included the Snow Queen in YPPAT’s Nutcracker (2024) and the Dew Drop Fairy in the YPPAT Merry Christmas Show Production (2025). She is also a student leader and volunteer with Bridge Community Church.
In her free time, Jacey enjoys: ballet, drawing and painting, learning piano, ceramics, traveling, baking and cooking, hanging out with friends, thrifting, going to church, and listening to music.
Jacey is employed at Honey Hideaways Airbnb, and is also a sales associate at Music Makers. Jacey plans to attend Lindenwood University and double major in business (with an emphasis on management) and dance (with an emphasis in ballet). Following college, she hopes to intern with a ballet company, work her way up to an apprenticeship, and eventually own her own dance studio.