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Remember the Ladies: Lick’s Female Instrumentalists Take Center Stage

On the afternoon of November 30, 2017, Nora Hylton ‘20 and Annabelle Hendrickson ‘19, pulled up to St. Anthony’s Soup Kitchen to perform as a […]

F.I.N.E. performing at the 2018 Fall Jazz Concert. From left: Sedi-Anne Blanchford, Annabelle Hendrickson, Chloe Davis, Gabrielle Begun, Julia Shaw, and Juliana Lamm-Perez. photo by Lydia Daniller
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Free City Program Revives CCSF

City College of San Francisco (CCSF) is the largest community college in California. In the 2017-18 school year, 63,000 students took courses at CCSF. A […]

St Francis of the Guns, Beniamino Bufano’s infamous statue, stands tall in front of the CCSF campus. photo by Nick Harris
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LWHS Pushes Against US Gender Disparities in Math; More Work To Do

Walking into any Lick-Wilmerding math class, the culture of collaboration is unmistakable. Signs that read “Math Is About Connections And Communicating” and “Mistakes are Valuable” […]

Students in Yetta Allen’s Calculus PPP class go over problems with their teacher. While honors classrooms have a disproportionate amount of boys in the 2018-2019 school year, 13 of the 16 students in Calculus PPP are girls. photo by Eleanor Sanaman
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Lick’s Teacher Cohort Changes the Narrative Comment

On October 25, 2018, Lick-Wilmerding students received similar comments over and over again on their first quarter report cards. This semester, over 30 Lick teachers […]

Michecia Jones and Linnea Ogden each write over 60 student narrative comments every semester. photo by Martin Mercy
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New Lick Colors Are Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow — That’s UNO

  • Post Author By Jeremy Lum
  • Post Date December 19, 2018

As UNO cards are passed around the circular table in the Center, the usually calm, laid-back environment becomes tense with anticipation. The red, green, blue, […]

UNO has become an increasingly popular game among students at Lick. Students, pictured here, are playing UNO in the Center for Civic Engagement. photo by Nick Harris
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Lick Board Aims to Increase Transparency with Students

  • Post Author By Jeremy Lum
  • Post Date October 31, 2018

A school board’s decisions have major effects on student life. From school funding to development, a school board has the important job of maintaining and […]

The board of directors works in eight separate committees to ensure the development and financial health of Lick-Wilmerding. This is the group at one of their full board meetings, which occur six times a year in the library. photo courtesy of The Lick Wilmerding Photo Archive
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LWHS Student-Athletes Talk Body Image

On the afternoon of September 26, 2018 the women’s cross country captains held a team meeting after practice. The team gathered in a circle in […]

Sadie Ray Smith blazes past the competition in the 2017 BCL Championships. photo courtesy of LWHS Volunteer and Sports Wiki
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LWOW Outlines a More Inclusive, Organized GirlTalk

Lick-Wilmerding Organization of Women’s work culminates yearly on the night of Girl Talk. This variety show offers a safe space for students who identify or […]

Ella Gilmor ’18, Sophia Maneschi ’20, and Olympia Francis Taylor ’18 read a monologue discussing sexual harrassment during GirlTalk 2018 photo by Robin von Breton