Summer

Working in Webb’s advanced science lab, students explore fields ranging from chemistry and biology to robotics, electronics, and engineering. Using laboratory equipment and building tools, they design experiments, test ideas, gather evidence, and work through unexpected results. Hands-on challenges encourage students to connect concepts across disciplines while strengthening their skills in observation, analysis, and problem-solving. They leave more confident taking on complex questions, more comfortable learning through experimentation, and more curious about what they might discover next.

Students experience filmmaking as a collaborative art, taking ideas from concept through to post-production. They write scenes and storyboards, direct performances, shoot footage, create soundtracks, and shape their work through editing and visual effects. Students also gain perspective from professionals working in film and media, connecting their own creative process to California’s entertainment industries. Hands-on production challenges encourage students to experiment across disciplines, solve problems together, and build confidence in using film to communicate ideas and tell compelling stories.

Students investigate how lawyers, policymakers, and diplomats approach complex questions. Through mock trials, legislative exercises, debate, and diplomacy, they build evidence-based arguments, respond under pressure, and examine issues from multiple perspectives. Students also explore how emerging technologies, including AI, are influencing law and public decision-making. Webb’s residential community extends those conversations beyond class as students learn alongside peers with different perspectives. They leave as stronger communicators and more thoughtful advocates, prepared to listen carefully, question assumptions, and make reasoned decisions.

Students explore anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, molecular biology, psychology, sports medicine, bioethics, and public health through labs, demonstrations, case studies, and real-world experiences. They examine how body systems work together, investigate questions about health and disease, and consider the decisions involved in caring for others. Along the way, students strengthen their skills in observation, analysis, collaboration, and problem-solving while developing a deeper understanding of medicine as both a scientific practice and a profoundly human one.

Students learn inside a nationally accredited museum located directly on Webb’s campus, with access to research collections, fossil preparation facilities, and opportunities for hands-on investigation. They experience the scientific process from discovery and preparation to documentation, analysis, and interpretation, while connecting their work to Southern California’s rich scientific and natural resources. Along the way, students strengthen their observation and inquiry skills and discover that science and history are active processes of asking questions, testing ideas, and making new discoveries.

Junior Scholars welcomes students entering grades 5–9. Rising 5th and 6th graders participate in Leadership Lab@Webb, while rising 7th, 8th, and 9th graders choose from six academic tracks.

Afternoons and evenings include sports, games, creative activities, and outings in Claremont and across Southern California. Students also enjoy time together in Webb's residential community, building friendships and exploring new interests beyond their academic tracks.

Yes. Students live and learn on Webb's 150-acre campus in Claremont, California. Experienced faculty and residential staff support students as they navigate daily life, build friendships, and develop greater independence.

For many students, Junior Scholars is their first overnight camp experience. Our close-knit community provides a supportive environment where students can make new friends, take on new responsibilities, and build confidence while enjoying the excitement of summer camp.

Leadership Lab@Webb is designed specifically for rising 5th- and 6th-graders. Students learn, live, and build community with peers of similar age, with activities and expectations tailored to their growing independence, curiosity, and confidence.

Junior Scholars offers tuition rates for both domestic and international students. Families traveling from outside the United States are encouraged to contact the Summer Office at summer@webb.org with questions about enrollment and travel arrangements.