All photos by Scott Nichols, unless otherwise noted. (Spring flowers are in bloom at the Huntington Library and Gardens in nearby Pasadena.)

Sam is mobbed by his teammates after belting a three-run home run to take the lead against Rio Hondo. Webb ended up trouncing Rio, and Sam hit another three-run home run, so it was a really good day!

Ian beats out an infield grounder against Rio on Tuesday.

Thanks to the generosity of a Webb family, over spring break the softball field went through a total overhaul with new fencing, new infield dirt, and a new batting cage

Coach Duque is always there to lend a hand...

Ms. Fisher took her freshmen Ancient World History class to the Huntington Library and Gardens for a lesson on Chinese and Japanese culture.

The boys took turns filling out their worksheets while visiting the Chinese and Japanese gardens at the Huntington.

What a group!

Back on campus, Steve and Tommy stood at attention and faced the flag pole while Ari played the "Star Spangled Banner" on his electric guitar.

John Scalzi '87, an award-winning science fiction author, visited campus on Wednesday and gave a reading and visited a few classes. He even blogged about his return to Webb on his website: whatever.scalzi.com

Track and Field hosted a meet on Friday, and Stirling '15 was on fire in the high jump. A full gallery is available on the Athletic Photo Gallery of the website.

We've said it before, but if you aren't Amara, then you aren't leading the field.

Congratulations to the seniors on the badminton team. As freshmen, they were part of the inaugural season at Webb, and have gone undefeated in the last two regular seasons.

Here's a goofy shot of the San Andreas League Champions 2011 and 2012.

The Alf Museum (and The Webb Schools) has over 75 years of history collecting fossils at Barstow. All of the freshmen get to go on a trip, learning about the museum's rich traditions and the basics of fossil collecting. The girls from The Vivian Webb School got their turn this past weekend!

Missy '15 holds a tiny fossil she found while on the trip. As Mrs. Kingsbury put it, "Our job is to introduce the girls to the Paleontology museum, but they end up being inspired by the same things Ray Alf was, the Earth and the sky."

In order to raise some funds for a staff appreciation reception, Daniel '13 and his friends organized a car wash on Saturday. The group raised over $300 and had a great time in the process.

The Animal Alliance, the ironically named gardening group, had a big weekend at the Webb Community Garden. From Natalie '13: "We sifted about 25 square feet of dirt with sifters that Mr. Walker made, then we installed a homemade bean pole. We weeded the whole place, and had time to spare to make a salad and some artichokes--all with organic, Webb-farmed food.

Webb's first Hackathon was held this weekend. Students learned the basics of video game storytelling and programming and made their own games.

Led by Mr. Coates (left), and Abhi '14 (standing center), the Hackers used an MIT program called Scratch to create their games.

Whoa! What is this cast of characters? Could it be the spring musical, "Into the Woods" is right around the corner? The musical runs May 4-6, ticket and live streaming info to come soon.