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

Urban welcomes new staff and teachers

Diego Lopez, Staff Writer December 15, 2015

This year, we have five new staff members ranging from technical support to service learning. As we welcome them into the Urban community, the following profiles aim to provide background information to...

Use of internet slang sneaks into students’ classrooms

Zoe Meneghetti, Staff Writer October 20, 2015

R u busy rn? Nah? Then hbu #read this article about the use of internet slang. Today, the way students communicate with each other online and through text messaging is sneaking into their everyday spoken...

Take summer fun to the next level

Lily Dodd, Staff Writer June 4, 2015

Well, Urban, it’s that time of year again and summer is just around the corner. No idea what you’re going to do? Upset and confused at the prospect of no homework? Feel abandoned, or rather, suspended,...

Laura Hawkins, Raina Mast, and Sarah Clowes show off their baby bellies.

Urban teachers experience massive baby boom

Ariane Goldsmith, Staff Writer May 27, 2015

In the past two years at Urban, five teachers have had babies and four more are currently expectant parents: Raina Mast, Laura Hawkins, Sarah Clowes, and Joe Skiffer. Urban has always been supportive of...

Hughen and Starkweathers Drawing Self-Anchored Suspension (Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper, 5 x 5 inches, 2011)

Urban art teacher Jennifer Starkweather’s exhibit “Valediction” bids farewell to Bay Bridge east span

Niki King Fredel, Staff Writer December 4, 2013

Jennifer Starkweather, a visual arts teacher at Urban, is saying farewell in her own way to the old east span of the Bay Bridge, a part of the San Francisco skyline since 1936. “Valediction,” a series...

Got stress? Many Urban School students do. What to do.

Adrienne von Schulthess, Opinions editor December 10, 2009
Opinions Editor Adrienne von Schulthess ('11) discusses student work patterns, stress, and the effect of illness in an editorial.
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