Webb has an extensive support system to help students make the transition to boarding school life. Each student is assigned a faculty/staff advisor. There are approximately eight students for every advisor. Advisors and advisees meet weekly and build very strong relationships. Advisors monitor student progress in three main areas: academics, extra-curricular activities and residential life. Also, all new students are assigned a Peer Advisor who helps with meeting people and becoming integrated into the community. This is in addition to our extensive program of oversight for our dorms and Webb’s Health Center, which provides professional counselors.

Each dorm has a faculty member assigned as the dorm head. This faculty member resides in or next-door to their assigned dorm. Dorm heads oversee the dorm program, conduct weekly dorm meetings and are the senior adult in charge in case of emergencies. Upperclassmen also play a critical role in helping new students adjust to life at Webb. All students can readily turn to a senior student leader, known as a dorm prefect, who is available to help with a whole variety of situations from providing study-break pizza to lending a sympathetic ear.

Webb’s 10 dormitories house about 250 students in 40 double rooms and 170 single rooms. Four dorms serving Vivian Webb School include 22 double rooms and 77 singles. Six dorms serving Webb School of California include 18 double rooms and 93 singles. Most of the double rooms are located at the Mary N. Hutchison Center and Dormitory, which has a dorm for both WSC and VWS, each with 15 double rooms. Many of Webb’s first-year students live in one of the Hutches. Learn more on our Dorm Living page.