The Urban Legend

A goodbye to Dan Miller

Kimia Amiri and Isaac Hoffman • June 24, 2025

Urban’s fourth head of school, Dan Miller, led Urban’s response to a global pandemic, the writing of a new strategic plan for the school’s future and the opening of a performing arts building. Now,...

Co-president hot seat

Delancey Gaito, Multimedia Editor • June 9, 2022

Max Katz ‘23 and August Starr ‘23 are Urban’s newest co-presidents, taking the place of Ava Desouza ‘22 and Ben Kenvin ‘22 for the 2022/2023 school year. Co-presidents are responsible for planning...

Touchdown: flag football at Urban

Delancey Gaito, Multimedia Editor • April 28, 2022

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What grade deans really think about you

Reese Bassuk, Staff Writer • April 26, 2022

CHARISSE - 12th grade Give five phrases/words to describe your grade. Ambitious, capable, curious, good-hearted, honest. What color would your grade be? Purple, because it's a royal color. What...

Do students actually read the Urban Legend?

Ben Katznelson, News Editor • April 26, 2022

The Urban Legend has long been a staple of the school and is a valuable student-driven vehicle of expression and information sharing. However, on distribution day, a pattern has surfaced time and time...

Tulin’s top titles

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • March 3, 2022

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