The Urban Legend

Heads up on the head of school search

Jordan McCornock, Editor in Chief, Creative • April 21, 2024

In December 2023, Head of School Dan Miller announced that the 2024-2025 school year would be his final at Urban. Now, in the search for Urban’s next head of school, students and faculty collaborate...

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...

La Cocina strives for representation in the food industry

Katherine Weltzien, Staff Writer • May 30, 2017

White workers hold 81 percent of United States restaurant management positions, and “a disproportionate amount of these male,” according to a survey of 133 fine dining restaurants by the Restaurant...

Students create new affinity spaces at the Urban School

Vivien Manning, Staff writer • April 25, 2017

In the past year, affinity groups- groups for students who share a common identity- for students of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and Latino heritage have been formed, as the leaders expressed a...

New Senior Spirit Committee brings back Urban pride

Ilana Brandstetter, Staff Writer • September 26, 2014

Chanting at soccer games while decked out out in blue and white body paint and going to dances in full-on costume, four years ago, the class of 2012 set a high standard for Urban pride. However, this...

Urban basketball and soccer lose stars, hope to recoup

Alex Johnson, Staff Writer • November 7, 2013

Every sports coach, at some point in his or her career, has had to face the question that legendary country singer George Jones once sang about: “Who’s going to fill their shoes?” Fans of the...