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

Historic building classifications further SF housing crisis

Diego Lopez, EIC of Online May 10, 2018

San Francisco is in the midst of a housing crisis, and community organizations are making it worse. Rents are skyrocketing from already high highs to astronomic levels. Last month, the median price for...

Infographic of Carob Dioxide emissions per capita of the most polluting countries.

Trump is out, but The Urban School joins the Paris Agreement

Kian Nassre, Editor in Chief of Visuals November 16, 2017

The Urban School will become the first high school in the United States to join the “We Are Still In” declaration. When Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement on June 1, 2017,...

Image credit to Avalon Edwards ‘20

Summer ’17: the Urban way

Tallula Ricciardi and Zoe Lusk October 24, 2017

It’s a chilly San Francisco morning in the dead of summer. One Urban student is hard at work in a white lab coat, while another is slumped on his couch in his ravioli-stained pajamas. For some, relaxation...

Urban mother Minouche Kandel poses with SWEAR leaders, Abby Lim-Kimberg (16) and Kaylah Breiz (17)

Urban mother discusses legal work in safety for sex workers

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer June 4, 2016

Last month, the Urban community welcomed Minouche Kandel, mother of Izak Sheinfield-Kandel (‘17) and Maya Sheinfield-Kandel (‘19), to speak about her work as the Director of Women’s Policy in the...

image from Wikipedia

Golden State Warriors set winning record

Katie Jonckheer, Staff Writer April 25, 2016

Nothing represents the Bay Area like our sports teams. Not only do we have the revered World Series Champions Giants team, but now we have another feat to be proud of -- the Golden State Warriors, who...

Catching up with local Urban alumni

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer June 10, 2015

Morgen Warner Morgen Warner (‘10) grew up in Noe Valley. Warner loved the freedom she experienced exploring the city during her high school career. While at Urban, Warner was very involved in the...

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