The Urban Legend

Urban’s affirmative consent curriculum takes spotlight

Katherine Weltzien, Staff Writer • January 21, 2016

From an article on the front page of the New York Times to student interviews on the Today Show, Urban has recently received lots of attention as part of a national discussion on consent and sexual...

20 Great Reads of 2015

Zachary Ngin, Book Critic • December 16, 2015

Here is a sampling of the best nonfiction articles of the year. MEET THE AMERICAN VIGILANTES WHO ARE FIGHTING ISIS Jennifer Percy – The New York Times Magazine “Like...

Student brains are more than a science experiment and a standard scale

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer • February 9, 2015

If you’ve ever taken a science class, you know that an experiment requires a dependent variable, an independent variable, and a control. The most important component is the control. If you’re testing...

Bring Back Our Girls’ “School Girl March” seeks to raise awareness about Nigerian kidnappings

Ilana Brandstetter, Staff Writer • May 22, 2014

Bring Back Our Girls, a social awareness campaign that started in California, is organizing a worldwide School Girl March today to raise awareness about the plight of 276 Nigerian girls abducted from their...

Urban School sees record number of applicants for 2014-15 school year

Jacob Winick, Staff Writer • May 8, 2014

It’s official: Checks have been signed, and the students of the class of 2018 are committing to coming to The Urban School of San Francisco. This year’s admissions season saw a record 616 applicants,...

New class at Urban School will explore Asian American history

David Immerman, Staff Writer • April 16, 2013

For the first time since the school’s inception, Urban juniors and seniors will have the option to take Asian American history, a new class being offered for the 2013-2014 academic year. The class,...