The Urban Legend

‘Say gay’: students speak out on anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Ella Chen, Staff Writer • April 26, 2022

Over recent months, countless bills across the United States have been enacted that discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community. From Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, deemed the “Don’t Say...

The Middle East takes center stage with Golden Thread Productions

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • February 9, 2022

“Nobody else was telling our stories and on the rare occasion that they were telling our stories, they weren't doing a good job of it.” In 1996, Torange Yeghiazarian founded Golden Thread Productions...

A year in review: 2020-2021

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • June 7, 2021

First Day of School August 31, 2020 The absence of the Senior Raid into the Salkind Center gym on August 31, 2020, marked an untraditional start to the 2020-2021 school year, yet other ASM traditions...

An honor beyond the words on the page: featuring AJ Jolish, one of Urban’s newest published authors

Maya Campbell, Arts and Culture Editor • April 16, 2021

On March 25, 2021, the Urban community received news that three Urban students’ would soon have their work featured and published in the Marin Poetry Center High School Anthology 2021 alongside other...

Urban students engage in activism through art

Katherine Weltzien, Staff Writer • April 25, 2017

From lunchtime forums to class discussions, there are plenty of platforms for students to engage in political discourse at the Urban School of San Francisco. However, the public, vocal nature of Urban’s...

Editorial

The Legend Staff • October 25, 2016

"we are likely witnessing not a departure from our old values, but an affirmation of the Urban identity"