Lick-Wilmerding High School Explained

Lick Wilmerding High School
Motto:A private school with a public purpose
Established:1874
Location:755 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, California
Campus Type:Urban
Head Of School:Raj Mundra
Faculty:72
Grades:9–12
Students:551
Athletics:11 sports
Clubs:84 Passive Membership 24 Active Membership
Colors:Black, gold
Mascot:Tiger
Newspaper:Paper Tiger
Annual Tuition:$52,700 (2022)
Homepage:http://www.lwhs.org

Lick-Wilmerding High School is a private college-preparatory high school located in San Francisco, California, United States.

History

Lick-Wilmerding High School was founded on September 21, 1874, as the California School of Mechanical Arts, at Sixteenth and 17th Street and Potrero Avenue[1] and Utah streets,[2] in the Mission District, by a trust from James Lick. George Merrill was hired to manage the school as the first director, and Lick, as the school was informally known, officially opened in January, 1895. George Merrill was the director of Lick until 1939, and later also the director of the (Jellis Clute) Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts and the (Miranda) Lux School for Industrial Training for Girls, which were both located immediately adjacent to the Lick campus. In the early 1950s, The California School of Mechanical Arts and the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts merged to become Lick-Wilmerding High School. The Lux School later closed, and its students joined Lick-Wilmerding. Lick-Wilmerding High School moved to a new campus at 755 Ocean Avenue in 1956.[3]

Academics

Curriculum

Each student must be enrolled in a minimum of six five‐unit courses per semester, regardless of grade level. A total of 30 units per semester are required.[4] Every student is required to complete two semesters of technical arts courses (such as wood, metal, jewelry, or electronics), one semester of performing arts, and two semesters of visual arts. Additionally, students must complete three semesters of health class (BME).

Technical courses include Metal, Woodworking, Robotics, Electronics and Jewelry. LWHS also has several year-long Architecture courses and an introduction to design course, entitled Contemporary Media and Art that is compulsory for all freshmen.

LWHS' Performing Arts Department has a choir, jazz band, orchestra, and two a cappella vocal ensembles. There is also a dance program comprising four classes: Dance 1, Dance 2, Dance Ensemble, and Dance Company. The Ehrer Theatre (named after Marcel Roy Ehrer, an American of French and Alsatian origin) Program presents plays, musicals, and a festival of original one-act plays written and directed by students. Theatre class offerings include: Acting 1, Acting Intensive, Improv, Playwriting, Stagecraft, and Directing.

Community

As of the 2021–2022 school year, the student body is 9% South Asian, 6% Southeast Asian, 11% African-American, 18% Latino, 29% East Asian, and 62% Caucasian. Overall, 35% of the student body identifies as multiethnic, which explains why the sum of these percentages is more than 100%.[5]

Test scores

In 2014, the Huffington Post reported that students at LWHS had the 8th-highest SAT scores in the nation.[6]

Averages for the class of 2018:[7]

ACT

SAT Reasoning Test

SAT Subject Tests (and number of test takers)

Advanced Placement Scores

Admissions

On average, Lick-Wilmerding receives approximately 950 applications each year for 139 seats in the incoming 9th grade class. Full Tuition for the 2018–2019 school year is $47,209, with Flexible Tuition ranging from $700 to $47,000. This includes books, lunch, and all course materials and supplies [8]

Aim High Program

Aim High was founded in 1986, with 50 students and 12 teachers, on the campus of Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco.

The program has evolved into a collaboration with several educational institutions: Lick-Wilmerding High School, The Urban School of San Francisco, the San Francisco Unified School District and St. Paul's Episcopal School. Additional partners include the Bay Area Teachers Center, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Exploratorium."

Extracurricular activities

Technical Arts Courses

The following courses were available during the 2021–22 school year.[9]

Athletics

Awards

Alternet.com has also designated Lick-Wilmerding as the 6th top high school in the United States utilizing Green Architecture http://www.alternet.org/story/24530/

California Music Education Association Honors

Anaheim Heritage Festival Honors

Notable alumni

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.outsidelands.org/streetwise-lick.php
  2. https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/22955/
  3. Web site: [<!-- https://www.lwhs.org/about/mission-vision-and-values/history -->https://www.lwhs.org/page/about/mission--history Mission & History ]. www.lwhs.org . 18 November 2018 . en.
  4. Lick-Wilmerding Course Catalog, 2010.
  5. Web site: https://lwhs.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/200/download/download_6865543.pdf . 6 July 2022.
  6. Web site: The High Schools With The Highest SAT Scores In The Nation. January 23, 2014. HuffPost.
  7. Web site: School Profile . www.lwhs.org. 2021-04-03.
  8. Web site: FAQ & Contact Us. www.lwhs.org.
  9. Web site: Course Catalog Detail . 2022-06-28 . www.lwhs.org.
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