Focus: Urban’s endowment growing but still behind other Bay Area schools
Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer
October 25, 2011
Last year, nearly 42 percent of applicants to Urban requested financial aid. So it was no surprise when a recent Legend survey found that 34 percent of Urban students — the single-largest group of respondents — wanted more financial aid over improvements such as new facilities and more teachers. Urban’s... Read more »
J.K. Rowling’s next move: Harry Potter online
Jessie King Fredel, Staff Writer
October 25, 2011
Fourteen years. Seven books. Eight movies. Thousands of pages colored with brilliantly written characters, an imaginary world crafted with vivid detail, and a shocking amount of intricate planning. There is no doubt that Harry Potter has changed both the publishing and film industries for good. In addition... Read more »
Focus: At a school that talks about everything, economic status difficult to discuss
Jamie Friedman, Staff Writer
October 19, 2011
Urban students converse about race. They discuss gender. They express views on ethnicity. They share thoughts on sexual orientation. There’s only one topic that Urban students shy away from: economic status. “It’s obviously no longer socially accepted to be racist, but for some people it’s socially... Read more »
9/11: On a difficult anniversary, Urban students find peace in nature
Hannah Sears, Staff Writer
October 12, 2011
Silence, stillness, and mystery; death and nature have always been intertwined, and Urban students felt this connection especially strongly as they hiked through the picturesque Yosemite Valley in California on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and United... Read more »
Urban students wrangle raptors at San Francisco’s Randall Museum
Annakai Geshlider
June 10, 2011
Simone Enderlin (’13) and Helena Kleiner (’13) do not play soccer after school or go home to do math problems or surf Facebook. Instead, they hold raptors. The two Urban School sophomores volunteer at the Randall Museum, a free museum located in Corona Heights in San Francisco that educates kids... Read more »
Urban School media literacy class collaborates with cutting edge local radio station
Jason Cinti, Staff writer
May 5, 2011
Urban’s media literacy class, led by art teacher Kelli Yon, took a field trip on April 27 to San Francisco-based Pirate Cat Radio and did live radio broadcasts. Pirate Cat Radio, channel 87.9 on the FM dial, is located on 21st Street in San Francisco, is a community radio station that is completely... Read more »
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