The Urban Legend

A year in review: 2020-2021

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • June 7, 2021

First Day of School August 31, 2020 The absence of the Senior Raid into the Salkind Center gym on August 31, 2020, marked an untraditional start to the 2020-2021 school year, yet other ASM traditions...

Urban Jazz Bands rock Super Bowl City

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer • March 23, 2016

This year, the Super Bowl took place at Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, in Santa Clara, Calif. Thousands of fans flocked to San Francisco for the famous sights and the pregame festivities....

Urban School’s Advanced Jazz Band traveled to San Diego for conference

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer • January 16, 2015

From Thursday, Jan. 8 through Sunday, Jan. 11, Urban’s Advanced Jazz Band, consisting of 25 students and three teacher chaperones, attended the Jazz Education Network conference and festival located...

Strictly Come Dancing: Urban’s newest physical activity class swings into action

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • December 28, 2011

Nov. 28-It was a fairly routine morning assembly when ten members of the Urban community walked in front of the school and started dancing to Slim and Slam’s “Jump Session.” Laughs turned into interested...

Urban School Jazz Band performs at home and at Herbst

Jenna Waldman and Jessica King Fredel, Staff writers • January 5, 2011

On Dec. 12, the Advanced Jazz band shared the stage with other Urban performers in the annual Winter Concert at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The performance featured songs they learned this year...