Tech Arts Teachers Craft Outside the Classroom
Technical Arts teachers at Lick-Wilmerding High School are widely known for being nice, helpful and interesting educators. These are all positive qualities, yet there is […]
Transition From the Old LWHS Campus
Lick-Wilmerding’s class of 1955 was the first senior class that graduated from the 755 Ocean Avenue campus. Prior to 1955, the LWHS campus was at […]
The Ginn Home
Lick-Wilmerding High School is committed to public purpose and has been since its inception. The Ginn Home, opposite the school’s original Potrero Street campus, was […]
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts program at Lick-Wilmerding High School has been described by former students as worldview shaping, and judgment-free space. The program has been a […]
Lux, More Than A School
In the days of the original Potrero Street campus — when the California School of Mechanical Arts (Lick) and the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts […]
Head, Heart, Hands: A School of Public Purpose
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 […]
Football
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 Vietnam War
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 […]
The Founding Four
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 […]
Architecture
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 […]
