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The Webb Schools to Receive $100 Million

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

CLAREMONT, Calif., Oct. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Webb Schools today announced an historic estate gift of at least $100 million the largest ever made to an independent high school west of the Mississippi.

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  • CLAREMONT, Calif., Oct. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Webb Schools today announced an historic estate gift of at least $100 million the largest ever made to an independent high school west of the Mississippi.
  • The Webb Schools include Webb School of California, Vivian Webb School and the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, the only accredited museum of paleontology on a high school campus.
  • "This transformative gift at least $100 million will enable Webb to dramatically expand access to our unique, unbounded program to the very best and deserving students regardless of financial circumstance," said Head of Schools Taylor B. Stockdale, who has been with Webb since 1988.
  • The campaign, which entered its public phase on Oct. 23, has raised more than $170 million, including the estate gift of at least $100 million.