What are you doing this summer break?

Nichola Monroe (‘22) will begin her summer by traveling to her hometown of Basel, Switzerland. She plans on participating in many student climate strikes in Europe and immersing herself in knowledge on environmental issues to promote sustainability at Webb when she returns in the fall. Aside from her work as a political activist, she also plans on hanging out with old friends, biking, and travel...

Nicholas Lee (‘22) will be maximizing his summer by earning college credit at Georgetown University, as just a rising sophomore in high school. For five weeks, he will be living in the Georgetown dorms and taking intensive college classes alongside college students. As an aspiring politician, Nick has enrolled in the Anthropology of Human Rights and Intro to Justice & Peace courses. Nick is mos...

Laura Haushalter (‘21) has filled up her summer to the brim with challenging activities. As soon as school ends, Laura will be running her third half-marathon in San Diego. Although Laura is most passionate about swim, she is also extremely excited about her future success in running. In addition to challenging herself as an athlete, Laura will also be challenging herself academically by attendi...

Andy Zhang (‘21) will be attending the Harvard University pre-collegiate program for two weeks where he will study copyright law for entrepreneurship. He chose the course because it sounded interesting to him, even though it is not something that he would be interested in pursuing career-wise. After summer school, he will focus on training for fall season cross country by running. His favorite course...

As soon as school ends, Maya Jaffe (‘20) is going on a Webb trip to Greece with Stephanie Plumley. The trip focuses on Greek architecture and ruins, and also includes olive oil tasting. During the school year, Maya works in theatre tech, so she is interested to explore the history of theatre. Additionally, Maya has never been to Greece, so she is especially excited to visit a new country and expl...

JD O’Donnell (‘20) will spend his summer traveling between states in the U.S. and cities in Mexico. First, he will go home to Mexico City. From there, he will explore two new cities in Mexico then return to Newport Beach, California. He will travel back and forth between northern and southern California, then meet up with his grandmother who has planned a mysterious surprise trip for his whole fam...

After graduation, Willy Martinez (‘19) will fly south to Cabo San Lucas with a few close friends. Willy and his friends do not have specific plans for the trip, but JP Calderoni (‘19), who lives in Cabo, will likely show them around and take them camping. After his senior trip, Willy will work at a daycare in Sierra Madre, a job that he has held for the past few summers. This year, he will wor...

Cindy Zhang (‘19) is a globetrotter. She will be boarding a total of fifteen different planes from high school graduation to college move-in. This summer, Cindy is flying across the globe to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and San Marino, before settling down in Atlanta to move into Emory University this late-August. She is especially excited to visit Shanghai twice, where ...