LWHS PAPER TIGER

Lick-Wilmerding High School’s motto, “Head, Heart, Hands,” resonates throughout the school’s development. The Heart of LWHS can be seen in many ways from school pride […]

Whenever a classic movie about the high school experience comes on TV, it seems as though football is always involved. But why? — one might […]

The social unrest in America that exploded in the late 1960s had long been festering. The successes of Black Americans and of women during World […]

Lick-Wilmerding High School calls itself “a private school with a public purpose” that stresses equity and equality. Racially and economically, LWHS is the most diverse […]

The architecture program at Lick-Wilmerding is a significant draw for students, and a central focus for many student’s four years. It has been a longstanding […]

Today, Lick-Wilmerding students are privileged in the extensive sex education and human sexuality courses they are taught. Lick-Wilmerding has had a fairly extensive program since […]

Long before Lick-Wilmerding was the multicultural, empowering school it is today, LWHS was an all-white institution. Today, LWHS has affinity groups for nearly every core-identifier, […]

Origination of the Tech Arts program Endowed with a $400,000 bequest by Jellis Clute Wilmerding (1833-1894), the Regents of the University of California founded the […]

Journalism and student voices have been an artery of Lick-Wilmerding High School for nearly 120 years through various publications. LWHS’ current newspaper, the Paper Tiger, […]

Francis Tapon ’88, a travel writer and Lick-Wilmerding graduate, is currently traveling through various countries in Africa to get material for his latest book. Tapon […]