Webb School of California
| The Webb Schools | |
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1175 W Baseline Road Claremont, CA 91711 United StatesClaremont, California |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Principes non Homines "Leaders, not Ordinary Men" (WSC) Sapientia Amicitia Atque Honor "Wisdom, Friendship, and Honor" (VWS) |
| Established |
Webb School of California: 1922 Vivian Webb School: 1981 |
| Dean |
Webb School of California: Ben Farrell Vivian Webb School: Helen Lawrence |
| Head of school | Taylor B. Stockdale |
| Faculty | 58 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 407 (2014-2015) |
| Average class size | 16 |
| Campus size | 70 acres (28 ha) |
| School color(s) | Blue and Gold Blue and White |
| Athletics | 44 teams in 15 sports |
| Athletics conference | San Joaquin League of the California Interscholastic Federation |
| Mascot | Gauls |
| Accreditations | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Schools | Webb School of California Vivian Webb School |
| Website | http://www.webb.org |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Publisher | Mark Dzula, Ph.D |
| Editor-in-chief |
Siena Fay Andrew Fenichel |
| Associate editor |
Leilani Aguila Annika Desai |
| Language | English |
| Relaunched | 2008 |
| Headquarters |
1175 W Baseline Road Claremont, CA 91711 United States |
| Circulation | Approximately 1,000 |
| Website | webbcanyonchronicle |
1175 W Baseline Road Claremont, CA 91711
Webb School of California: 1922
Webb School of California: Ben Farrell
The Webb Schools is the collective name for two private schools for grades 9-12, founded by Thompson Webb, located in Claremont, California. The Webb School of California for boys was established in 1922, and the Vivian Webb School for girls in 1981. Both are primarily boarding schools, but they also enroll a limited number of day students. The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is a part of The Webb Schools.
The schools share a campus of approximately 70 acres (280,000 m2) in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. There are 407 students and 58 faculty members (as of the 2014-2015 school year). Annual tuition (as of the 2015-2016 school year) is $55,985 for boarding students and $39,815 for day students, including meals, books, and fees. For the 2015-2016 school year, Webb offered $4.1 million in need-based financial aid awards.
The majority of ninth- and tenth-grade classes are taught in a single sex environment. Co-educational courses are introduced to upperclassmen.
The official student newspaper of The Webb Schools is the Webb Canyon Chronicle.
The Webb School's founder, Thompson Webb, was born in 1887 as the youngest of eight children. His father, William Robert “Sawney” Webb, had established the Webb School in Tennessee in 1870. Thompson graduated from his father’s school in 1907, and continued his education at the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1911.
After college, Webb's health and the suggestions of doctors led him to move west to a warmer climate. He moved to the California desert near Indio, worked as a farm hand, and eventually bought his own piece of land and started a career as a farmer. He married Vivian Howell, the 20-year-old daughter of a Los Angeles Methodist minister, on June 22, 1915. She joined him in farming. The Webbs farmed together and increased their holdings until 1918, when a diseased onion crop wiped out all their savings. Broke and carrying high debt, Webb did not have the capital to farm and, because the country was involved in World War I, he was unable to sell his land.
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