The Urban Legend

Technology: Today’s impact on childhood

Olivia Meehan, Staff Writer • June 4, 2015

The fluid integration of technology into our youth is a topic that continues to fascinate me. My younger sister does not have a phone or computer, yet she spends all of her free time on my parents’ devices....

Urban School transitions off of FirstClass, searches for new learning management system

Niki King Fredel, Staff Writer • February 10, 2015

Logged off at: June 2016. Connected for: 20 years. Time remaining: 0 seconds. Total time used: 160 weeks. Beginning this year, Urban will transition off of the communication application FirstClass....

Popular San Francisco high school sports news website stays alive despite budget crisis

Jason Cinti, Staff Writer • February 23, 2012

Log on to SanFranPreps.com, one of the only sources of coverage for high school sports in the Bay Area, and you will immediately notice a “Help Keep SanFranPreps.com Alive” button in the top right...

Don’t flip out: Urban tries a new approach to classes and homework

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • February 17, 2012

It was a warm Monday evening. Birds were swooping and chirping outside my windowsill. The net of the basketball hoop was swaying in the breeze. I was thinking of all the videogames I could be playing....

Is organ printing the future of regenerative medicine?

Hannah Gorman, Staff writer • April 7, 2011

Could a laser printer save the lives of people waiting for organ donations? As of 2008, there were 105,567 patients waiting for an organ donation, a nearly sixfold increase from 1998, according to the...

Administration attempts to prevent laptops thefts at The Urban School of San Francisco

November 2, 2010

Unidentified thieves stole two laptops from Urban’s student center in September, prompting a swift response from administrators and students.