About

Leaning Into Our Mission

Lick-Wilmerding High School not only prepares its students to thrive in college but also is committed to being a 'private school with public purpose'. Through the Center for Civic Engagement, LWHS offers opportunities for students to participate in programs related to social justice and equity, service learning, and student leadership. 

This tradition along with integrating the liberal arts, sciences, technical arts, visual arts, and performing arts helps students become passionate, self-directed, lifelong learners who are learn for impact.

Toward these ends, our school's faculty employ a wide range of teaching methods, intended to help every student succeed. Further, LWHS believes that mindfulness and healthy ways of being, including seeking balance in one’s life, are essential to living a life of care—for self, family, community, and environment.

Public Purpose at LWHS

A Head, Heart, Hands Curriculum

The school's head, heart, hands curriculum provides students with a “toolbox” with which to build lives of consequence and fulfillment. In order to prepare students to be engaged, worldly citizens, ethical thinking, problem solving and collaborative skill building, including learning when to lead, when to listen, when to contribute, and when to follow, are integral to a LWHS education and is explicitly woven through the curriculum. 

Explore our Curriculum

All Walks of Life

When asked what is their favorite part of attending Lick-Wilmerding High School, students and faculty alike always say the people. With students from more than 150 middle schools, 75 zip codes, and 4 Bay Area counties, students inspire and are inspired by their peers to reach new and unimagined heights. New ways of thinking are found and lifelong friendships are forged creating the vibrant community that is unmistakably "Lick."

Community, Equity & Inclusion at LWHS