Sofia Whitley
Sofia Whitley joins the Lick-Wilmerding High School community as the Office Coordinator and Assistant to the Deans. She attended University of California, Santa Cruz, […]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Celebrates 25 Priceless Years
Every October, since 2001, thousands of San Franciscans have flocked to Golden Gate Park to enjoy music, festivities and community. This isn’t Outside Lands, but […]
Devin Duprey
Devin Duprey joins LWHS from the East Coast to work alongside Yuka Hachiuma. Together, they work to offer students nonjudgmental support through teen life and […]
photo by Erika Jones ’99
Fall Club Fair Launches Student Leadership
On September 26, Lick-Wilmerding High School students flooded the courtyard for the annual student-led club fair. At the club fair, student leaders pull out all […]
photo by Maya Luducci
Elena Ramirez Robles
Elena Ramirez Robles joins the Lick-Wilmerding High School community as Associate Director of the Center for Civic Engagement. Her multifaceted position includes organizing Peer Connect, […]
Beyond the Tote Bag: 2025’s Performative Male
On August 22, over 1,000 matcha-drinking, Labubu-collecting, Clairo-listening young men filled San Francisco’s Alamo Park to participate in the city’s first-ever Performative Male contest. Hosted […]
Medicaid Cuts Test San Francisco’s Safety-Net
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, or the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which the Congressional Budget Office predicts will cut Medicaid […]
photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Advances in Gene-Editing Spark Medical Miracles and Ethical Concerns
Last month, lead scientists and bioethicists gathered from around the world for the Cell and Gene Therapy Symposium in Southern California to discuss the ethics […]
“Thoughts and Prayers” Are No Longer Enough
Two months ago in St. Paul, Minnesota, my aunt and uncle sat my ten-year-old cousin Charlotte down to have ‘the talk.’ Not the traditional, and […]
(En)Gendered Violence Class Grapples with Prevailing Themes
This fall, Lick-Wilmerding High School’s (En)Gendered Violence Senior Seminar dives into the theory and literature from which systems of oppression—namely, gendered violence—stem. Aided by news […]
