The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

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LegendCast: A farewell interview with Mark Salkind

Lola McAllister and Kian Nassre June 3, 2019

Do you wonder what a secret filing cabinet, a very bad demonstration of physics, and a LEED EBOM rating have to do with Mark Salkind? Are you curious about how Urban has transformed in the past few decades...

Lily Lorenzos 19 locker in the second floor hallway, by Clementine Daniel, staff writer.

Unlocking Locker Culture at Urban

Clementine Daniel, Staff Writer May 8, 2019

If you walk down the hallway at the Urban School, you’ll see rows of dark blue lockers just like any other high school, but one thing might stand out: there are almost no locks.   At Freshman Orientation,...

Mark Salkind, blowing bubbles in the Page street backyard. February 2015.

Mark Salkind: The man behind the building

Emma Draisin, Staff Writer and Features Editor February 8, 2017

   “If you had asked me when I was 14 years old, would I end up being a high school principal, I would have looked at you and said, ‘are you kidding?’”    Head of the Urban School of San...

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