The Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee)

The Webb School
Address
Map
319 Webb Road East

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Coordinates35°35′21″N 86°20′50″W / 35.5892°N 86.3471°W / 35.5892; -86.3471
Information
TypePrivate, college preparatory, boarding school
MottoNoli Res Subdole Facere ("Do Nothing On The Sly.")
Established1870
FounderWilliam R. "Sawney" Webb
HeadmasterKenneth Cheeseman
Grades6-12
Number of students405
Color(s)    Navy blue and athletic gold (formerly purple and gold)
MascotThe Webb Feet (formerly, "The Webb Tigers, The Webb Ropers")
NicknameWebb
Websitewww.thewebbschool.com

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]

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