The Webb Schools

Specialties

The mission of The Webb Schools is to provide an exemplary learning community that nurtures and inspires boys and girls to become men and women who:

Think boldly, mindfully, and creatively,

Act with honor and moral courage,

Lead with distinction

Serve with a generous spirit.

The entire school community is dedicated to preparing our students to be leaders in both their public and private lives. Webb aspires to personal and community integrity through action characterized by the virtues of honesty, responsibility, respect, fairness and compassion. In the end, Webb graduates will have developed the desire, skills, and courage to take risks, to be passionate, to empathize, and to engage the intellect, the imagination, and the heart in their own individual endeavors and for the greater good.

History

Established in 1922.

In 1922 Thompson Webb founded Webb School of California with 14 boys, four teachers, and little else apart from the same high standards as his father’s school — plus a uniquely western «unbounded spirit.» The young headmaster and his wife, Vivian, raised four sons during their 40 years of service to the institutions that bear their names. Throughout the schools’ nine decades there have been numerous physical changes, including the additions of the lovely mission-​style Vivian Webb Chapel.

Perhaps no change was greater than the addition of female students in 1981. There was a clear regional need for girl’s school of equal academic quality and stature, but rather than simply incorporating girls into the existing school (as other typical boys’ schools would), Webb’s confidence in the special value of single-​sex education led to the founding of Vivian Webb School.

Meet the Manager

Taylor Stockdale S.

Manager

Taylor Stockdale is the sixth head of The Webb Schools in Claremont, California. He joined The Webb Schools in 1988 as Associate Director of Admission and teacher of AP Economics. He has since served as Director of Alumni Relations, Director of Institutional Advancement and Assistant Head of Schools. Throughout his 23-​year tenure at Webb, Mr. Stockdale has developed a broad range of experiences and skills — from administration to coaching, teaching and dorm parenting — and, in doing so, has acquired a track record of success in strategic planning, board development, capital fundraising and educational leadership.