The Urban Legend

OPINION: An open letter to phone overusers

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer • February 10, 2015

I was sitting in the library at lunch on a Tuesday. I had intended to do homework, so I zipped up my procrastination-inducing phone inside my backpack and started in. It was not long before I found myself...

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...

GALLERY: Urban’s Stone Carving class creates elegant sculptures out of an unforgiving medium

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • June 6, 2014

Stone Carving has traditionally been an 11-week, Urban Advanced Studies (UAS) course taught by art teacher Kate Randall every spring. Next year, it will be taught during both the fall and winter terms...

New anti-smoking campaigns use shock value to target teens’ tobacco use

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • May 8, 2014

A woman looks at the camera, rasping through a prominent hole in her throat. She takes the viewer through her morning routine: Putting in her teeth, putting on a wig, and placing a walnut sized hands-free...

OPINION: Down with Urban’s garden culture

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • March 3, 2014

On sunny days, students convene in the garden during breaks, lunch, and E periods to take advantage of San Francisco’s balmy weather. Despite Urban’s progressive nature and appreciation of unity,...

More students at The Urban School begin early SAT and ACT prep, but how early is too early?

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • November 14, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, my parents arrived home from a junior parent college meeting bearing a thick folder stuffed with information about the ACT and SAT. A few days ago, I placed an order for three...