The Urban Legend

Where is Urban’s athletic trainer?

Tallula Ricciardi, Staff Writer • November 16, 2017

With over 65 percent of students playing a sport each year, according to the school’s athletics page, it is clear The Urban School’s athletic success is a big part of its students’ identities. However,...

The Urban Legend Crossword returns: Whose House?

Kian Nassre, Editor in Chief of Visuals • November 15, 2017

Clues Answers Are you sure you want to look at the answers? Are you 100% certain? You gotta be sure before you look at them, so are you? Last chance,...

Coaches offer insight into junior varsity sports

Eli Gordon, Staff Writer • October 24, 2017

While Urban’s varsity games attract a lot of attention and sometimes have free food and transportation to and from, frosh-soph and junior varsity sports programs are, as frosh-soph girls’ volleyball...

Getting to know the newest faculty members: A profile series

Emma Draisin, Editor-in-Chief of Newspaper • October 24, 2017

As the San Francisco fall sets in, the new Urban School teachers settle into their new roles at the school. The Urban Legend interviewed three of these newcomers to give the students and faculty a better...

Summer ’17: the Urban way

Tallula Ricciardi and Zoe Lusk • October 24, 2017

It’s a chilly San Francisco morning in the dead of summer. One Urban student is hard at work in a white lab coat, while another is slumped on his couch in his ravioli-stained pajamas. For some, relaxation...

Why Aren’t Urban Athletes Recruited?

Jack Cogen, Staff Writer • May 18, 2017

The recent successes of Urban’s sports teams may have raised the school’s athletic standing among peers at other Bay Area independent schools but have not yet translated to increased recruiting by...