Public Purpose Program Evolves Through the Years
Service learning has been an important part of Lick-Wilmerding High School since its founding. LWHS’s Public Purpose Program (PPP) was designed to help students engage […]
Category: TIGERWAYS
Students Become Teachers at First LWHS TedX Event
Lick-Wilmerding High School hosted its first ever TEDx event on April 20, 2023. TED events spread important knowledge through their accessible short talks. The range […]
Private Skills for a Public Purpose Spotlight
Every C block, saws grind and sanders whir in a woodshop class centered on Lick-Wilmerding High School’s Public Purpose Program. The students collaborate on life-size […]
LWHS Students Walk Out For LGBTQ+ Rights
On March 31, over 200 students from private, independent, public and parochial schools across the Bay Area gathered on Patricia’s Green in San Francisco and […]
AIDS Memorial Sparks Reflection in Sophomores
On April 5, a group of nearly 30 sophmores at Lick-Wilmerding High School crowded into a yellow school bus and made the 20-minute journey to […]
The Past of the PPP: A Tradition at Heron’s Head Park
As an introduction to the Public Purpose Program (PPP) at Lick-Wilmerding High School, frosh students participate in a volunteer program to weed and maintain Heron’s […]
The Growing Presence of Ethnic Studies at LWHS
In October 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 101: a historic bill making California the first state to require ethnic studies as […]
LWHS Students Celebrate Diversity in Multicultural Show
On the evening of April 28, 2023, Lick-Wilmerding High School students, staff and families flowed into the Ehrer Theater for the annual Multicultural Show, put […]
Goodbye Jasper, Hello Spring Musical!
On Thursday, March 30, crowds of Lick-Wilmerding High School students and families shuffled into the Ehrer Theater, enthusiastically awaiting the dramatic draw of the curtains. […]
Reimagining Grading at LWHS
How much do grades influence our motivation to learn? Do they enhance or take away from the learning experience? And how can Lick-Wilmerding High School […]
