The Urban Legend

HIPE survey deconstructs stereotypes about substance use at Urban

Eli Gordon, Staff Writer • February 6, 2018

Coming from a sheltered suburban middle school in the Peninsula where it seemed that nobody used substances, I knew nothing about The Urban School’s culture of partying and substance use. So, when seniors...

Trump is out, but The Urban School joins the Paris Agreement

Kian Nassre, Editor in Chief of Visuals • November 16, 2017

The Urban School will become the first high school in the United States to join the “We Are Still In” declaration. When Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement on June 1, 2017,...

Testing accommodations–not always so accommodating

Sophia Vahanvaty, Editor-in-Chief of Newspaper • November 16, 2017

As the Urban School students gear up for Week 12 testing, students with learning differences face the additional struggle of making sure their testing accommodations are in order. This process can be intense...

Students and teachers react to new Being at Urban classes

Eli Gordon, Staff Writer • November 16, 2017

Sitting up on pillows and lying down on blankets, Urban School students focus on their breath while directing positive thoughts at people they love in a practice called “heartfulness.” This is a Being...

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...