The Urban School of San Francisco News News & Information from The Urban School of San Francisco http://www.urbanschool.org en-us Copyright 2006 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:37:30 -0500 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification web@urbanschool.org <![CDATA[Urban Announces New Courses for 2013-14]]> http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=288 http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=288  

Urban has announced that it will offer a number of new courses for the 2013-14 school year.  According to Assistant Head for Academics Suzanne Forrest, the new courses include:

  • Astronomy
  • Entomology: Bugs & Biodiversity
  • UAS Advanced Physics: Waves & Light (previously Advanced Physics: Calculus Applications)
  • UAS Asian American History
  • Advanced Computer Programming/Computer Science 2

“Urban undoubtedly has the richest and most broad course offerings of any Bay Area high school,” says Forrest “Our unique block schedule gives us the flexibility to create and teach an unusually large number of specialized courses, advanced electives and creative arts courses usually found at the college level, but designed for high school students."

Students are currently reviewing and signing up for courses for the next school year. Urban offers 160 classes in math, science, language, history, English, performing and visual arts, service learning and health. The school’s faculty-created honors level courses, titled Urban Advanced Studies (UAS), have distinctive features setting them apart as particularly challenging and comprise the school's most rigorous coursework. UAS classes are offered in every subject area and the majority are recognized by colleges (including the University of California) as honors level courses.

For more information on Urban’s curriculum and course descriptions for 2013-14, please click here.


]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:25:43 -0000 <![CDATA[LA Times Chronicles Important Urban Service Work in Joshua Tree NP]]> http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=290 http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=290  

Urban’s important service work at Joshua Tree National Park was included in a recent article in the Los Angles Times. Students will spend the week of April 15-19 cleaning graffiti on rocks in the park. Parts of Johsua Tree were recently closed to the public due to extensive vandalism.

This is the 19th annual trip to Joshua Tree for Urban’s junior class and the school has collaborated with the National Park Service on trail work, clean up and other group service projects for almost 30 years, most notably in Pt Reyes National Seashore and other GGNRA locations.

See LA Times article

See ABC news story
 
See Travelers Today blog

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:24:00 -0000 <![CDATA[Spring Music Concert at the Herbst Theater]]> http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=289 http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=289
Please join us for the last Urban music performance at the Herbst Theater before it closes for a major earthquake retrofit! The Chamber Orchestra will perform a spectrum of music ranging from the Baroque through popular Jazz standards. The program will include Handel's The Entrance of The Queen of Sheba, Mascagni's romantic Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Gustav Holst's traditional Brook Green Suite, and Quincy Jones' toe-tapping Soul Bossa Nova. There will be combined piece for Chamber and the Urban Singers.

The Urban Singers will present an eclectic mix of pop tunes by fun. and Mumford and Sons, showtunes from Little Mermaid and Les Miz, and choral classics by Sweelinck, Mozart and Casals. The Lab Band is taking on the swing classic Airmail Special and Wayne Shorter's Go, while the Advanced Jazz Band is paying tribute to the jazz fusion pioneer Chick Corea performing two of his compositions Crystal Silence and Armando's Rhumba.

DETAILS: Sunday, April 7, at 5 p.m., in the Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness @ McAllister, San Francisco
$5 general admission/tickets available at the door.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:01:17 -0000 <![CDATA[The Urban Singers to Perform at the SF Giants Game]]> http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=286 http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=286  

The Urban Singers to Perform at the SF Giants Game April 10

The Urban Singers will perform the national anthem at the San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies game on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, along with the Lick Wilmerding Choir. Singing the national anthem is an annual tradition for the Urban Singers.

Tickets to this game and to see the groups sing are now on sale via the Urban website. Click here to purchase tickets. Although this game is during a regular school day (singers 12:15 p.m.; game time 12:45 p.m.), some students may be able to be excused from classes with permission from their class dean. Urban aliums are also welcome to attend.

All ticker purchasers will be contacted via email around mid-March to arrange to receive their tickets.

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:14:47 -0000 <![CDATA[Lady Blues Make State Basketball Tournament - Game 1 Wednesday]]> http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=285 http://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=21&newsid=285 Congrats to the Urban Varsity Girls Basketball team!

Urban will host a first round CIF State Tournament game this week. That means you have another chance to see this great Lady Blues team in action on their home court when we host Capital Christian from the Sacramento Section:

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
6 p.m.
Kezar Pavilion, San Francisco
Tickets $9 adults/$5 students

Thanks for your support and we hope to see you there to cheer on the Blues! For additional information, please click here.

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