Dr. Mark Seamon Director of College Counseling 865.291.3829 mark.seamon@webbschool.org
Mr. Tyler Lewelling
Assistant Director of College Counseling 865.291.3833 tyler.lewelling@webbschool.org
Dr. Donna Wineland Assistant Director of College Counseling 865.291.3820 donna.wineland@webbschool.org
Mrs. Tiffany Massengill College Counseling Office Manager 865.291.3845 tiffany.massengill@webbschool.org
CEEB Code: 431127
Our Mission: Webb School of Knoxville's mission is to inspire and nurture the full potential of each individual and to prepare our students to serve as leaders of character in tomorrow’s world.
Our mission is supported and achieved by our key values:
n The pursuit of academic excellence
Upper School faculty with advanced degrees
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The Class of 2024 received 629 admission offers from 195 unique institutions and matriculated at 63 colleges and universities across the country and abroad.
All students, faculty & staff pledge to abide by Webb's Honor Code
A strong sense of honor & personal integrity Locks on lockers, campus-wide
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12:1 1955
Upper School student-teacher ratio
Grades represented on the student-led Honor Committee
The development of critical, creative & socially conscious thinking
Upper School Chapel Talks reach back to Webb’s founding in 1955
Webb’s multi-week Artist-In-Residence Program has hosted nearly 40 professional artists from across the country since its introduction in 2001.
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Student clubs, including Spartans for Political Awareness, Multicultural Student Alliance, and Philanthropic Investment Group
A culture of interacting with others in a respectful & productive manner in a vibrant, caring community
Webb’s House System enhances the school’s caring and supportive environment by providing students in grades 6-12 increased opportunities to lead, mentor, collaborate, and contribute. Strong bonds and connections are forged
across grade levels and with faculty and staff. Members of Webb's six Houses experience a heightened sense of belonging and school spirit through service activities and friendly Housebased competitions and events.
Upper School Matrix of a Four-Year Plan (2024-2025)
H – Indicates classes also offered at the Honors level. AP – Indicates Advanced Placement classes. Webb School offers up to 25 AP classes.
AP United States Government and Politics (semester)
Civil War and Reconstruction Honors (semester)
Colonial and Revolutionary America (semester)
Conflict in Vietnam: A Global Perspective (H) (semester)
From a Journalistic Lens to Historical Study (H) (semester)
Global Sports History (H) (semester)
Introduction to Philosophy Honors (semester)
Judgment, Justice, and Legacy Honors (semester)
Personal Finance (semester)
Topics in Women’s History (H) (semester)
United States History Since 1945 (semester)
French I, French II (H), French III (H), French IV (H), AP French Language and Culture, French VI: Language Through Film Latin I, Latin II (H), Latin III (H), Latin IV Honors, AP Latin Spanish I, Spanish II (H), Spanish III (H), Spanish IV (H), Spanish V Honors: Composition and Conversation, AP Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish VI: Language Through Film (AP weight) Mandarin Chinese I, Mandarin Chinese II (H), Mandarin Chinese III (H), Mandarin Chinese IV (H), Mandarin Chinese V Honors, AP Chinese Language and Culture
Media Arts: Digital Imagery with Pixelmator and Photoshop, Advanced Digital Imagery with Adobe, Media Production I, II, II-Honors, III-Honors
Music Courses: AP Music Theory, History of Pop and Rock Music
Visual Arts: AP History of Art, AP Studio Art, Ceramics, Advanced Ceramics, Applied Ceramic Concepts Honors, Concepts of Drawing, Fundamentals of Drawing, Painting (H), Photography, Advanced Photography (H), Printmaking, Sculpture, Three-Dimensional Design Theater Arts: Cinema: Films of Myth and Wonder, Cinema: Supers and Scoundrels, Cinema: The Hero’s Journey, Cinema: From Sitcoms to Streaming – The History and Heritage of American Television, History of Television 2: Dark Shadows Over Camelot, Introduction to Cinema, Senior Cinema, Speech Communications and Debate
Students must complete one full year (3 seasons) of athletic/sports participation or complete the Alternate P.E. program (120 hours = 1 credit; 40 hours = 1/3)
COMMUNITY SERVICE 60 hours of service in an integrated four-year program
Summer camp for middle school girls ignites entrepreneurial spirit
Ideation, innovation, venture capital, startup, selling and scaling an idea . . . common terms one might use in an introduction to entrepreneurship class in college, right? Well, think again. These are just some of the concepts routinely referred to by participants in Webb School’s CEO Camp for Young Women, a weeklong summer camp for middle school-age girls.
CEO Camp for Young Women is a collaboration between Webb School’s entrepreneurship program and the school’s longstanding summer day camp, Camp Webb. It brings together girls from across Knoxville, including Camp Webb attendees and Emerald Academy students, for an immersive and fun entrepreneurial experience.
Designed to give young women a jump-start into the entrepreneurial mindset, the camp not only teaches basic entrepreneurial skills like problem-solving, critical thinking, and financial literacy, but also empowers
participants to realize their potential and see themselves as entrepreneurs and community leaders through hands-on activities and interactions with female role models.
Hosting more than 20 middle school girls this past summer, CEO Camp for Young Women is the brainchild of Webb Class of 2024 graduate Ann Baker Tolsma, who was inspired by generations of women leaders in her own family. Her younger sister, Lee Belle, a sophomore at Webb, shadowed Ann Baker in July and will lead the camp in the summer of 2025.
“Reflecting on my own journey at Webb School and seeing how this camp has grown is so rewarding,” said Ann Baker Tolsma. “It has been inspiring to watch girls from diverse backgrounds unite and take their first steps toward leadership. I’m excited to pass the torch to my younger sister, Lee Belle, who will continue our mission to empower the next generation of female leaders.”
Participants learn what it takes to found and run a company. They explore all phases of entrepreneurship and are encouraged to think creatively about a company challenge; taking risks, learning from their mistakes, and trying again. Local businesswomen also speak with campers, inspiring the girls to envision their own enterprises.
To conclude the program and put lessons into practice, students demonstrate what they learn in a ‘Shark Tank’style pitch event. Each girl presents her idea and details how she would build it into a viable business.
For Tolsma, CEO Camp for Young Women helps equip girls with the tools, confidence, and experience that will serve them for years to come. “I think being able to give these girls a platform and some skills at a pretty young age is really impactful,” she said in a summer 2024 Knoxville News Sentinel article, “and hopefully makes a difference in the trajectory of their lives and what they’re able to do.”
Academic Profile
Grading Scale
spartan spotlight
creative excellence
GPA Distribution for Webb's Class of 2024
(distribution for 128 students)
Cumulative Weighted GPA
Fifteen members of Webb’s Class of 2024 earned recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Nine Spartans were among the fewer than one percent of the nation’s high school seniors to be named National Merit Finalists for their outstanding scores on the 2022 PSAT/NMSQT. Seven of the Finalists went on to be selected as National Merit Scholars In addition, another six Class of 2024 members were included in the some 34,000 high performers who garnered National Merit Commended Student honors.
In spring 2024, 103 Webb seniors sat for 324 Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Sixty-six percent of their scores were 3 or higher; 76 scores were a 4; and 55 were a 5
Of the 128 seniors, 122 sat for the ACT and 53 for the SAT. Eighty percent of the Class of 2024 took at least one AP class.
Webb Upper School students have consistently earned high praise at the Southeast Region-AtLarge Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with Spartan artists and more recently writers winning Gold Key distinction and automatic consideration for national-level recognition. Webb’s Amelia Tharp ’25 received a 2023 national Silver Medal for her poetry entry, placing in the top one percent of all qualifiers for nationwide adjudication.
spartan pride
Capping off the successful completion of its Spartan Athletic Enhancement Initiative that includes the Clark Wormsley Hitting & Pitching Complex, Lady Spartan softball and lacrosse fields, and the Bailey Family Fitness & Training Center, Webb School hired its first-ever Director of Sports Performance to oversee the overall development and management of the school’s individual and team athletic performance programs. This latest step is further testament to Webb’s strengthened commitment to Spartan athletics and elevating the school’s competitive excellence.
modeling technology
Students taking Webb’s Upper School Media Production class were integral to the school’s successful application to become an Apple Distinguished School for the 2023-2026 program term. Charged with producing three videos to illustrate Webb’s commitment to continuous innovation in education and the use of Apple products to create exemplary learning practices, the students took a grassroots approach and used their iPhones to capture footage and record interviews that they then brought into the school’s broadcast studio for production/editing.
cutting-edge learning
Webb’s new Upper School Drone Technology and Aviation Honors course immerses students in the fundamentals of autonomous and manned drone flight. Students engage in project-based, handson experiences to gain an understanding of the rapidly evolving and growing field of drone technology. The course covers drone technology history, safety protocols, navigation and flight principles, applications, and responsible piloting practices, as well as flight theory and practical skills. Additionally, in keeping with Webb School’s mission, students can explore what it means to be leaders of character in tomorrow’s world with the Upper School’s new Leadership in Practice elective. Taught by Webb’s President and the Upper School Student Life team, this experiential learning class culminates in a group project for students to put into action the leadership skills they’ve developed.
College Acceptances (2022-2024)
Agnes Scott College
American University
Amherst College
Anderson University
Appalachian State University
Arizona State University, Tempe
Auburn University
Austin Peay State University
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Baylor University
Bellarmine University
Belmont University
Bennington College
Bentley University
Berea College
Berry College
Binghamton University
Biola University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowling Green State University
Brandeis University
Bryan College
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Butler University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
