Student Life

Beyond the Classroom

Activities at Webb are excellent ways for students to explore extra-curricular interests in an enjoyable and instructive environment. Official afternoon activities at Webb utilize the best of our on-campus resources, while also making use of our proximity to Los Angeles and the wilderness areas of Southern California.

Orchestra

Music Performance

Robotics

Outdoor Activities

Dance

Debate Team

Paleontology and Museum Research

KWEB Student Podcasting

Theater

Yoga

Theater Technical Program

Afternoon Activities

Webb’s Afternoon Activities program provides a supplement to our academic and student life programs, offering a robust package of programs athletic training, the arts, science fair preparation, theater tech and musical theater, debate, robotics, yearbook, yoga, community service, hiking and so much more.

FALL

Academics/Arts

Dance Company
Debate
Paleontology Museum Lab
Robotics
Technical Theater
Theater

Athletics

Athletic Trainer
Basketball Clinic
Functional Fitness
Yoga & Hiking

Community Engagement

Community Service
Outdoor Activities
Digital Storytelling
Yearbook

WINTER

Academics/Arts

Dance Company
Music Performance
Paleontology Museum Lab
Robotics
Science Fair Research Lab
Technical Theater

Athletics

Athletic Trainer
Baseball Clinic
Functional Fitness
Golf Clinic
Softball Clinic
Tennis Clinic
Triathlon

Community Engagement

Community Service
Outdoor Activities
Sports Broadcasting
Yearbook
Webb Archive

SPRING

Academics/Arts

Art Studio
Literary Magazine
Musical Theater
Paleontology Museum Lab
Technical Theater

Athletics

Athletic Trainer
Functional Fitness
Yoga & Hiking

Community Engagement

Community Service
Outdoor Activities
Digital Storytelling
Yearbook

Student Communications

Webb is home to three primary student media — The Webb Canyon Chronicle, KWEB radio and El Espejo, the student yearbook — in addition to our literary magazine and other club-based publications.

Each organization follows a structure unique to its needs.

Webb Canyon Chronicle: The student publication has its roots in the old Blue & Gold newspaper, which has a storied history. It was launched within six years of the Webb’s founding and featured the occasional story written by Will Rogers, whose son attended Webb. These days, the Chronicle is an online media tool with a presence on social media. The publication is run as part of an journalism class sequence.

KWEB: Webb’s historic radio station has taken on a new guise as a podcast-based media outlet. Students devote each episode to a single theme, reporting stories around those themes. The program is run as an afternoon activity in fall and spring.

EL ESPEJO: Webb’s yearbook, launched in 1928, is run as a student activity in fall and winter, with students gathering images and writeups to capture the year.

 

Student Service

Service to the community is an essential part of Webb’s philosophy of leadership development, whether the community is a single dormitory, the Claremont-Pomona area or an entire nation. At Webb, we believe that service should be a calling, not an obligation, so community service hours are not required, but the rewards of service are immense, and we encourage every student to get involved.

Our approach to community service strongly emphasizes hands-on participation. We believe students gain the most when they can see the direct results of their work and realize just how powerful their service can be. Webb provides four to five service opportunities each month, and allows students to focus on service as an afternoon activity.

Some of our service opportunities include:

  • Working with special needs children through Ability First
  • Preparing books to send to inmates at the Prison Library Project
  • Building houses with Habitat for Humanity
  • Assisting elderly residents of the nearby Sunrise Senior Center
  • Tutoring local elementary school students through CLASP (Claremont After-School Program)
  • Cleaning up Southern California beaches with members of Webb’s Project Earth group
  • Organizing AIDS awareness events through the Global Citizens Corp
  • Helping place dogs and cats in new homes with HOPE (Helping Out Pets Everyday)
  • Running an annual blood drive for the Red Cross

Service opportunities aren’t limited to the local area. Each year, Webb’s Service Council organizes international service trips over spring and summer breaks, involving everything from building schools to assisting with tsunami relief. Past destinations have included Peru, Fiji, Ecuador, Romania, Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica and Thailand.