Hybrid High School Admissions Process Eases Stress
From attending open houses and student panels to taking standardized tests, the high school admissions process for independent and parochial schools has historically occupied much […]
9th and 10th Graders Build Community Amid Their Transition to In-Person Learning
Lick-Wilmerding High School’s current ninth and tenth graders were middle schoolers when the pandemic caused schools to close. Both classes had to navigate the shift […]
Covid Waste Hits High Tide
The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak initiated a closure of major pollution contributors such as factories, social establishments and transportation. But was that enough to mitigate the […]
SFMTA Expands Free Muni for All Youth Program
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) expanded what was once their Free Muni for Youth program to become the Free Muni for All Youth […]
New Year Brings New COVID-19 Testing
Lick-Wilmerding High School’s COVID-19 testing procedures are different this year. Tests are self-administered at home instead of on-campus, use nasal swabs instead of spit and, […]
Bay Area Youth Climate Summit Cultivates Activists
The Bay Area Youth Climate Summit (BAYCS) hosted its second annual climate summit on October 9 and 10. Virtual and in-person components helped to create […]
LWHS Responds to Heritage Speakers Class Decision
Four years ago, in an effort to address the needs of Spanish heritage speakers at Lick-Wilmerding High School, Joanna Bethencourt, a former LWHS Spanish teacher, […]
COVID-19 Lockdowns Disrupt Biotech Industry, but Research Continues
In early 2020, the face of the biotech industry rapidly changed. Creating treatments to COVID-19 became a massively lucrative market almost overnight, and a myriad […]
Shang-Chi: Not an Experiment. Not Just a Marvel Movie
The release of Marvel Cinematic Universes’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was anxiously anticipated by many Asian Americans across the country — […]
