The Webb School

The Webb School

Discover a boarding school with a rich history that reflects your values of personal integrity and academic excellence, where faculty inspire students to greatness in college and life, and where you can embrace opportunities in clubs, athletics, and the arts.

The Webb School, founded in 1870, is a co-educational, college preparatory school of approximately 300 students in grades 6 through 12. Webb is located in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, a rural community just 50 miles Southeast of Nashville. The closest airport is Nashville International Airport, which is only an hour from campus.

Academics

Webb offers a rigorous diploma track that challenges students in all core disciplines. In addition to standard requirements, electives are offered in economics, ethics, psychology, journalism, speech, drama, and fine arts. We aim to develop our student’s creative mind through our Fine Arts program that requires each student to take one semester of Fine Arts per year. The program includes a variety of classes in theatre, art, and music as well as recording arts and photography. Choir and String Ensemble are also part of this program.

Webb also offers nine Advanced Placement courses. Classes are led by 44 faculty members, 43 % of who hold advanced degrees. The average class size is twelve students and the student to teacher ratio is 7 to 1. The use of technology is integrated throughout the academic program. The average SAT score for the Class of 2008 is 1894 (excluding verbal scores for students who speak English as a Second Language.

College Counseling

Webb students have recently been accepted to colleges such as American University, Boston College, Carleton College, Centre College, Columbia University, Cornell,  Davidson College, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Kenyon College, New York University, Northwestern University, Smith College, Tufts University, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy, University of California at Berkley, Vanderbilt University, Wake Forest University, and Yale University.

English as a Second Language

The English program for international students is for students with levels of proficiency ranging from beginner to advanced. Level I students receive instruction in beginning work. This special English program for international students includes a United States History course; a vocabulary based Life Science course; and classes in English conversation, vocabulary, grammar, composition, and literature. Level II students work in grammar and literature texts used in mainstream English classes and work in fundamental vocabulary texts. Level III students are mainstreamed into regular English classes and may work one period a day with an ESL teacher for assistance with reading assignments. Students in this program attend regular math classes appropriate to their grade levels. ESL students are mainstreamed into regular Webb classes after one or two years of study in the ESL program.

Life at Webb

We recognize the responsibility associated with offering an international program. The school understands that international students and their families will have particular needs and concerns to be addressed. To this end, Webb offers one-on-one tutoring, faculty advisors, weekend excursions, transportation to and from the airport, and other services to benefit the international student and his or her family.

Students actively participate in each class and interact with each one of their teachers. Every student also has a faculty advisor who serves as a counselor and advocate for that student. All Webb students meet regularly with their advisors to ensure a productive relationship that will support the students academic and social needs. After school, Webb students participate in a variety of extracurricular activities. These range from interscholastic sports, to creative and performing arts, to our outdoors program, to a number of different clubs and activities.

A typical weekend at Webb provides different options for our students to have some fun. We will have activities on campus like dances or pizza nights; we will go out to dinner, the mall, or the movies in Murfreesboro (20 minutes away); and to sporting events, concerts, and other activities in Nashville (1 hour away). There are also hiking, canoeing, and white water rafting trips to locations throughout the region. Although Bell Buckle itself is a very small town, there are plenty of opportunities surrounding us to take advantage of on the weekends.