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.
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.
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."
LWHS At-A-Glance
300 courses
150 electives offered
8:1 student to faculty ratio
18.6 years of teaching experience on average
17 students per class on average
550 students
150+ middle schools represented
4 Bay Area counties represented
69% of students identify as students of color
85% student athletes
57% students participate in Performing Arts
> $7 million allocated for Flexible Tuition