Lick-Wilmerding High School
| Lick-Wilmerding High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 755 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, California | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | A private school with a public purpose |
| Established | 1895 |
| Head of school | Eric Temple |
| Faculty | 75 |
| Number of students | 450 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Black, gold |
| Athletics | 11 sports |
| Athletics conference | Bay Counties League - West |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Newspaper | Paper Tiger |
| Website | http://www.lwhs.org |
Lick-Wilmerding High School is a college-preparatory high school located in San Francisco, California, United States.
Lick-Wilmerding High School was founded on September 21, 1874 as the California School of Mechanical Arts by a trust from James Lick. George Merrill was hired to manage the school as the first director, and LWHS officially opened in January, 1895. George Merrill was the director of LWHS until 1939, and later also the director of the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts and the Lux School for Industrial Training for Girls. 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.
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. In keeping with over a century of LWHS tradition, every student is required to complete technical arts courses (such as wood, metal, jewelry, or electronics).
Historically, LWHS has been known to offer technical courses that other independent schools in the Bay Area do not offer. Some of these 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, two a cappella groups, one-acts, and musicals. There is also a dance program comprising four classes: Dance 1, Dance 2, Dance Ensemble, and Dance Company.
The school's 490 students in grades 9 through 12 reflect the LWHS tradition of a strong commitment to cultural and social diversity. The student body is 3% African-American, 16% Asian-American, 48% Caucasian, 6% Latino, 26% multiracial, and 1% other.
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