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 School’s Parent Association fights for teen safety, but not without response from students

Jonathan Baer, staff writer February 5, 2011

Over the past few months, Urban’s Parent Association has developed a parental “contract” – an agreement among Urban parents that addresses student safety, substance use and parental policy about...

A Guide to the Urban School’s Distraction Free Software

David Immerman, Staff Writer January 20, 2011
Music blaring, Facebook glaring, and in the background behind all the other multimedia Web pages on your laptop is the history essay comparing the rise of fascism in Germany to the rise of fascism in Italy, due tomorrow, and all you have is an introduction. Uh-oh – you’re in freak-out mode.

Urban Singers a “Glee-ful” group

They’re performing in the holiday assembly on Dec. 17. They spend three E periods a week in the Gumption and sing for all of us during the occasional all school meeting. But beyond this, how much do...

Urban School’s Library Leaders want you to read!

This year, a new leadership opportunity was created in order to help Sarah Levin, The Urban School’s librarian, get students to be more enthusiastic about reading. Library Leaders was formed because...

Same-sex marriage hearing sparks demonstration in San Francisco

Same-sex marriage hearing sparks demonstration in San Francisco

the Legend staff December 15, 2010

It was your typical “only in San Francisco” protest: On the morning of Dec. 6, the song “We Shall Overcome” drifted out from the crowd massed in front of the federal courthouse in downtown San...

Fans with posters fill any empty space downtown to see the team

Urban School turns out to see baseball history at San Francisco Giants World Series parade

Staff report November 4, 2010
Urban students turned out en masse at the Giants Parade in downtown San Francisco on Nov. 3 to celebrate the city's first World Series victory.
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