伟德BETVlCTOR1946的历史
一开始
Thompson Webb graduated from the Webb School of Bell Buckle in 1907, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill before beginning a career as a farmer in Southern 加州’s Coachella Valley. He married Vivian Howell in 1915. After a failed onion crop in 1918, Thompson accepted an invitation to join the faculty at his father’s school.
While teaching in Tennessee, Thompson received a letter from a well-respected educator in 加州 telling him of an abandoned school in Claremont, 加州. He encouraged Thompson to make a deal for the land and start a school of his own. In the fall of 1922, Thompson Webb opened Webb School of 加州 with 14 boys and four 老师.
Thompson’s influence on education in America goes beyond the 40 years he served as headmaster of Webb School of 加州 — he was instrumental in the founding and organization of the 加州 Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) in the 1940s. Thompson was also a vital force in the establishment of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), which was modeled after the 加州 association.
100年
我们的里程碑
的纪念
In 2022, 伟德BETVlCTOR1946商学院 will celebrate 100 years of growth, innovation and unbounded thinking.
Hooper Community Center
Hooper Center, originally Webb's first gymnasium, was converted to a student center in 1981. In 2020, the building was renovated and expanded to be a hub for the Webb community.
Campus doubles to 150 acres
Webb purchases nearly 80 acres of hillside to prevent development of homes and provide for future growth.
赫夫纳天文台
The tradition of astronomy at Webb goes back to the mid-1930s. 2000年2月, the 赫夫纳天文台 was dedicated, replacing an aircraft carrier radar dome produced in the mid-1900s.
阿尔夫博物馆 Accredited
Under the leadership of the museum’s third director, Dr. 唐洛夫格伦, the museum launched a major drive to upgrade operations to conform to national professional standards. In 1998, the museum gained accreditation from the American Association of Museums, an honor less than 5 percent of the museums in the USA can claim.
维维安·伟德BETVlCTOR1946
In 1981, the 维维安·伟德BETVlCTOR1946 for girls was founded as a day school. Located on the Webb campus, the school offered single-gender courses to 34 girls in its first year.
雷蒙德·米. 阿尔夫博物馆
In 1968, Webb opened the 雷蒙德·米. 阿尔夫博物馆 of Paleontology. Webb trustee Millard Sheets, a renowned artist and architectural designer, designed the circular building as a paean to a time spiral Alf used to describe the history of life. Sheets added one of his iconic mosaics over the door: a peccary surrounded by flames representing Alf's inspiration.
合并
Acting on the advice of his four sons – all 老师 – Thompson Webb rejects offers to buy the school campus to make way for housing. Instead, he launches a nonprofit corporation to run the school in perpetuity.
薇薇安·伟德BETVlCTOR1946教堂
Styled by Webb founder Thompson Webb after the famous mission in San Juan Capistrano, construction of the chapel began in 1939. 60岁以上,000块土坯砖, each weighing about 60 pounds, 形状, forged and dried from clay taken from the Webb campus. Each brick was hand-formed by Thompson Webb and laid by himself, 老师, students and even visiting dignitaries.
野猪类社会
In 1936, Bill Webb '39 – son of headmaster Thompson Webb – stumbled across the fossil skull of undiscovered species of peccary, igniting a drive for fossil hunting by science teacher Ray Alf that would form the basis for the school's nationally accredited paleontology museum. The fossil hunters dubbed themselves the 野猪类社会.
Webb School of 加州
In 1922, Thompson Webb founded Webb School of 加州 with 14 boys and an unbounded spirit of learning and discovery.
