Belonging. Independence. Responsibility. Leadership. Lifelong friendships. Community. These are a few of the words that Webb students and alumni use to describe the benefits of boarding school life.

They also describe the richness of diversity that teaches life lessons day in and day out and that challenges us to take risks, to learn to be strong, effective communicators, to be empathetic roommates and dorm-mates, and to live in respect and trust with strangers who become our second family.

Teenagers need freedom and boundaries. They need challenge and compassion. They need their families, of course, but they also need other adults and peers to broaden their perspectives and relationships as they formulate their values and test and develop themselves as emerging young adults. The boarding experience changes lives, and at Webb this transformation prepares our students for an adult life of moral leadership, generous service, creative thinking, and courageous action.