Performing Arts

INDIVIDUALITY · CREATIVITY · EMPATHY · CONNECTION · DISCIPLINE

Performing Arts Philosophy

The Performing Arts Department at Lick-Wilmerding High School invites students to explore the process of artistic expression from start to stage, both in performance and beyond the classroom. Through our performing arts curriculum, creating and performing is an academic practice. The Department’s culturally equitable curriculum teaches students to develop their personal aesthetic through exploration, interrogation and innovation. LWHS Performing Arts courses provide students with a supportive space and framework to develop their artistic voice through music, drama, dance and stagecraft.

This philosophy is aligned with the LWHS mission and commitment to equity.

Performing Arts Mission

The Performing Arts department educates students in the craft, theory, and study of production and performance. Through a culturally equitable curriculum, we foster students' individuality, creativity, empathy, and discipline. Our performances provide students with an artistic platform in which they learn problem-solving, collaboration, and commitment The Performing Arts Department is in partnership with the surrounding communities in the Bay Area through student initiatives, public purpose work, and performances.

LWHS Equity Statement

LWHS strives to cultivate a diverse, collaborative community of students and adults that is rooted in empathy, equity, respect, humility, and accountability. We commit to upholding the tenets of anti-racism and to interrupt all forms of interpersonal and institutional bias and discrimination. We aspire to create safe, joyful spaces for learning where everyone brings their whole selves, feels known and heard, lifts each other up, and engages in all aspects of life at LWHS and beyond.

Performing Arts Course Offerings