Lick-Wilmerding High School

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Lick Wilmerding High School
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Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, California
Information
Type Private
MottoA private school with a public purpose
Established1874
Head of schoolRaj Mundra
Faculty72
Grades9–12
Number of students551
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Black, gold
Athletics11 sports
Athletics conference Bay Counties League West
MascotTiger
Newspaper Paper Tiger
Annual tuition$52,700 (2022)
Website http://www.lwhs.org

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

Contents

History

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Lick-Wilmerding's Business Office

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) [3] Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts and the (Miranda) [3] 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

  • ACT Average Composite 32 (52 takers).

SAT Reasoning Test

  • SAT Average Score: 1420 (85 takers)

SAT Subject Tests (and number of test takers)

  • Biology Ecology: 593 (7)
  • Biology Molecular: 645 (2)
  • Chemistry: 689 (25)
  • Chinese with Listening: 587 (3)
  • English Literature: 665 (71)
  • French: 651 (10)
  • French with Listening: 710 (1)
  • Korean with Listening: 800 (1)
  • Math Level I: 599 (13)
  • Math Level II: 708 (73)
  • Physics: 672 (9)
  • Spanish: 685 (6)
  • Spanish with Listening: 695 (6)
  • US History: 595 (6)
  • World History: 640 (1)

Advanced Placement Scores

  • In spring of 2018, 38 students took 44 Advanced Placement exams; 93% of the scores 3 or higher

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

  • Fall Teams:
    • Boys and Girls Cross Country
    • Girls Varsity, Junior Varsity and Frosh/Soph Volleyball
    • Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Tennis
    • Girls Varsity Field Hockey
    • Boys and Girls Water Polo
    • Flag Football/Ultimate Frisbee (Club)
    • Sailing (Club)
  • Winter Teams:
    • Boys Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh/Soph Basketball
    • Girls Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh/Soph Basketball
    • Boys Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh/Soph Soccer
    • Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Soccer
    • Boys and Girls Wrestling
  • Spring Teams:
    • Boys and Girls Track and Field
    • Boys and Girls Badminton
    • Boys Varsity Lacrosse
    • Girls Varsity Lacrosse
    • Boys Varsity Baseball
    • Girls Varsity Softball
    • Boys and Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Swimming
    • Boys Varsity and Junior Varsity Tennis
  • Former

Awards

Alternet.com has also designated Lick-Wilmerding as the 6th top high school in the United States utilizing Green Architecture

California Music Education Association Honors

Anaheim Heritage Festival Honors

Notable alumni

See also

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  2. ↑ https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/22955/
  3. 1 2 3 "Mission & History". www.lwhs.org. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Lick-Wilmerding Course Catalog, 2010.
  5. ↑ (PDF) https://lwhs.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/200/download/download_6865543.pdf . Retrieved 6 July 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "The High Schools With The Highest SAT Scores In The Nation". HuffPost. January 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "School Profile" (PDF). www.lwhs.org. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  8. ↑ "FAQ & Contact Us". www.lwhs.org.
  9. ↑ "Course Catalog Detail". www.lwhs.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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