On September 17, 2026, Lick-Wilmerding High School students gathered for the annual Fall Club Fair to explore the student-led organizations that offer opportunities to discover new interests and connect with the school community. Christine Godinez-Jackson, Director of the Center for Civic Engagement, said, “What I love is the genuine enthusiasm that students have for the clubs…I think students are really excited to share — whether it’s an affinity club, a service group or just a passion project.”
Affinity groups bring together students of different identities to celebrate diversity within the LWHS community. They facilitate connections across all grades! ASIA (Asian Students in Alliance) and BSU (Black Student Union) are two examples of affinity groups that work to foster cultural belonging.
ASIA aims to connect further with local communities and educate them on Asian culture. “We are forming a Pan-Asian Council, which basically means that clubs like Korea club, KABA and MAC, are all going to come together to plan events,” Co-President Mia Fung ’27 said. Through the Pan Asian Council, Fung says ASIA will partner with other LWHS Asian affinity groups to better represent the vast span of Asian cultures and peoples.
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BSU hopes to create a safe and welcoming space for all Black students, so they can feel represented within the LWHS community. “There’s so much complexity in history within [Black culture] that there’s so much we can do. When it comes to food, dances, music, all of those things, we’re able to just bring that into our club,” Co-President D3 Colbert ’28 said.
Service based clubs hope to promote positive change at LWHS and beyond. A club that brings its work beyond the LWHS campus is City Bookworms, a student-led organization focused on promoting literacy and reading.
Frankie Lemieux ’28 explained how her inspiration came from the Little Free Libraries she saw growing up. “Everytime I would go walking through my neighborhood, I’d see a Little Free Library, and it would make my day,” she said. City Bookworms has since installed 12 Little Free Libraries across the city, giving children greater access to books while creating opportunities for LWHS students to build, paint and contribute to their communities.
Self-Improvement Club hopes to create a supportive environment where students can openly discuss their progress, passions and challenges. For Parker Tang ’27, Samuel Brown ’27 and Max Mercer ’27, the club is about helping members create structured goals, and keeping each accountable to fulfill them. “How can we go out and help other people do what they love and help them grow as much as possible?” Tang said of the club’s mission. Through monthly meetings and discussion circles, the club encourages members to motivate one another while pursuing their individual interests.
Every year, students start unique, new clubs. L.Y.V. (Love Yourself Vividly) and Amped4All are two newly formed clubs with inspiring missions.
L.Y.V. is a new club led by Queen Ediae ’28 and King Ediae ’27 who are focused on giving back to the community. In partnership with Girls SF, the club creates care packages including menstrual kits and other useful items for women. A goal of L.Y.V. is supporting people who may not have access to the care they need.
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Amped4All is a new club with hopes for creating impact using performing arts, led by Adam Kim ’29 and Kingston Vora ’28. They partner with Kim’s nonprofit, Perform with Purpose, and the San Francisco Symphony. A goal of the club is to host benefit concerts, musical performances organized to raise money and awareness for a certain cause. Vora said, “We hope to provide the Lick community an opportunity to use their amazing talents…for good in the world.”
Godinez-Jackson emphasized how clubs help students build community and feel a greater sense of belonging at LWHS. Clubs allow students to share their interests, discover new ones and build connections across grade levels.
Clubs require consistent effort to hold up the mission. “These [clubs] are a really big part of belonging,” Godinez-Jackson said. “So find the time, right? I know that students are so busy with the academic pressures of Lick-Wilmerding, and this is just as important.”
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