The Webb School | |
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Address | |
319 Webb Road East , | |
Coordinates | 35°35′21″N 86°20′50″W / 35.5892°N 86.3471°W |
Information | |
Type | Private, college preparatory, boarding school |
Motto | Noli Res Subdole Facere ("Do Nothing On The Sly.") |
Established | 1870 |
Founder | William R. "Sawney" Webb |
Headmaster | Kenneth Cheeseman |
Grades | 6-12 |
Number of students | 405 |
Color(s) | Navy blue and athletic gold (formerly purple and gold) |
Mascot | The Webb Feet (formerly, "The Webb Tigers, The Webb Ropers") |
Nickname | Webb |
Website | www |
The Webb School is a private coeducational college preparatory boarding and day school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, founded in 1870. It has been called the oldest continuously operating boarding school in the South. Under founder Sawney Webb's leadership, the school produced more Rhodes Scholars than any other secondary school in the United States.[1]