Unpacking the Public Purpose Program
Lick-Wilmerding‘s mission statement identifies Lick- Wilmerding as “a private school with a public purpose.” At the core of the school’s identity, Lick previously served public […]
Category: TIGERWAYS
Summer Spain Trip is a Huge Success
This summer, Lick-Wilmerding sponsored two student trips abroad. The international trips to Spain and Senegal are lead with the goal of “equipping students with a global […]
Rick England: A Shepherd of Lick’s Growth
When people talk about Lick-Wilmerding High School, they praise the shop classes, the impressive academics, the diversity, and the school’s maxim, “Private school with a […]
LWOW Collaboration with Urban’s SWEAR a Success at GirlTalk
The theater lobby was packed by 7:15 on the evening of April 24. Students, families and friends of Lick and Urban alike chattered the time […]
Still Recovering: The Story of a Residential Fire
On May 26, 2014 the house of Lick-Wilmerding students Yanni Velasquez ’15 and Keanu Velasquez ’17 in the Outer Mission/ Excelsior district burned. At 5:30 […]
Rebekah Randle: Know How You Learn
After two years at Lick-Wilmerding, Rebekah Randle, the Learning Strategies Associate, is excited and sad to be leaving LW next fall to go to graduate […]
Ms. V: Incalculable
Zoya Voskoboynikov came to San Francisco in 1991 from Odessa, Ukraine. She moved to the United States with her husband, daughter, and parents, in the […]
Prom Venue Rocks the Boat
In 2004’s blockbuster hit Mean Girls, Kady Heron rushes to prom after winning a math decathlon, hours late but still in time to win prom […]
Lick Cafeteria Evaluates Its Water Usage
On March 17, 2015, the State of California declared the current drought to have reached an emergency level. Governor Jerry Brown announced new water regulations, […]
A Survivor’s Story: The Importance of Oral History
Lick-Wilmerding History Teacher Eileen O’Kane asked Holocaust survivor Anne Marie Yellin to speak to her senior history seminar, Holocaust and Genocide. O’Kane believes it is […]
