DEAR FRIENDS This has been another epic year for 826 Valencia! Last year we served over 8,000 students in our two centers and through our in-schools partnerships, all with the help of over 1,400 volunteers. We’re serving 60% more students now than we did five years ago, which means even more young people are inspired to write and know that their voices matter.
Photo by David Elliot
Nationally, we have seen young people take the lead on issues that are central to our democracy. We know that when young people have the tools, confidence, and platforms to tell their stories, they can create powerful change. One of my favorite moments this year was seeing our student, Kenan Mirou, speak in front of about 1,200 people at the Nourse Theater at the International Congress of Youth Voices, a gathering of youth leaders from around the world. We’ve watched Kenan grow in 826 programs since he was in middle school, and this year, he won one of our college scholarships. (Read more of Kenan’s story on p. 28!) In that packed theater, Kenan projected his voice from the stage—without a microphone, at one point getting on his knees—and told the story of how his family fled Syria in 2012, making an undeniable case for support of refugees worldwide. I could see how Kenan has experienced writing as a catalytic tool for positive change and activism, and how powerful his voice is as a result. This is why we do our work—so students like Kenan can tell their stories, and be the changemakers, leaders, and innovators of our time. In the spring of 2019, we are expanding our services even further as the educational anchor partner in an affordable housing building in Mission Bay, a new intentionally diverse neighborhood in San Francisco. We are eager to serve more students like Kenan in Mission Bay, and throughout the nearby Bayview and adjacent neighborhoods. We cannot wait until they take the stage and lead the way! Warmly,
Bita Nazarian, Executive Director
ABOUT US
826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
ABOUT US
Named for its street address in San Francisco, 826 Valencia was founded in 2002 by educator Nínive Calegari and author Dave Eggers. 826 Valencia currently comprises two writing centers—our flagship location in the Mission District, a center in the Tenderloin neighborhood, with a third center coming soon to an affordable housing building in Mission Bay—and three satellite classrooms at nearby public schools. All of our programs are offered free of charge and serve predominantly low-income students of color.
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Due to the success of 826 Valencia’s model, a separate organization called 826 National was founded in 2008 to help other cities launch their own successful writing and tutoring centers. We are now one of eight official 826 chapters in the United States, inspiring many other likeminded groups around the world.
ABOUT US Photo by Lisa Beth Anderson
WHY WRITING Writing skills are critical for school and the workforce. In all subjects and career fields, the ability to express yourself clearly and confidently in writing is essential. National Common Core Standards now require students to use writing skills in all subject areas, including math and science. In a recent survey, the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported that written communication was among the top three most desired qualities for success in the workforce (along with leadership skills and the ability to work as a team member—also skills our programs foster!)
ABOUT US 4 Photo by Kristin Cofer
Writing builds community. Storytelling is a powerful way to increase empathy and understanding. By sharing their stories with the world through professional publications, our students inspire understanding across differences and make their voices heard. And when they see the community engaging with their work, they feel valued and proud. Through this exchange of ideas, our students’ writing helps to make the world a more inclusive place. Writing is agency. It’s a tool for telling your story, expressing a point of view, processing experiences, and bringing imagination to life. In a society that systematically devalues the histories and experiences of young people of color, writing empowers students to express themselves, celebrate their perspectives, and engage in the national dialogue. We “As long as I have a writing believe that this work is essential to a just and democratic tool and a smooth surface society. It is imperative that we equip students with the skills to scribble on, I know that and confidence they need to be the leaders and innovators of I will never be alone in my our time. thoughts. No matter what is going on around me, I am compelled to write because it allows me to put things into perspective and places me in control. Many of the students we serve lack confidence and skills Writing is empowering when it comes to writing, for a host of reasons—the and uplifting, even in challenge of learning English as a second language, financial the darkest of times.” and housing instability, and a lack of one-on-one attention MIGUEL GUZMAN during the school day, to name a few. 826 VALENCIA
WRITING IS MY OUTLET
826 Valencia works to close this gap, by providing the tools and resources necessary for success in school and beyond.
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER JOHN O’CONNELL HIGH SCHOOL Photo by Paul Cartier
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SFUSD is one of the highest-performing urban school districts in California, and yet is challenged by one of the widest achievement gaps. In the 2017-18 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, 55% of SFUSD students performed at or proficient in English Language Arts. This number drops to 29% for Hispanic/ Latinx students, 19% for African American students, and 15% for English Learners.
ABOUT US
WHY WE'RE NEEDED
OUR APPROACH “My favorite part of 826 is that it is very helpful and the staff is very accepting. They don’t care about where you come from, they will help you no matter what situation you are in. I like that 826 is a very safe and respectful place where you can come and know that you will be treated with respect.” BINIAM, AGE 14 EVERETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
All of our programs share the following traits—you could call them the “special sauce” that makes them unique and effective. Our programs are: Responsive. We develop our programs in collaboration with teachers, families, partner organizations, students, and schools. Through this collaborative process, we create learning opportunities that are responsive to community needs and aligned with teachers’ curricular goals. Individualized. All of our programs leverage the power of trained volunteers to provide the one-on-one tutoring and support that help students make great leaps in learning and writing. This individualized support helps teachers do their difficult jobs more effectively, and gives students the time and attention they need to thrive.
2017-2018 BY THE NUMBERS Students, parents, and teachers surveyed reported that our programs led to an increase in:
84%
PRIDE CONFIDENCE
85%
SKILLS
89%
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TRANSFORMED RELATIONSHIP TO WRITING
87%
Project-based. We amplify our students’ voices by publishing their writing and giving it an audience. We see great increases in students’ confidence and pride when their hard work results in an authentic, tangible end product. And the books, magazines, podcasts, and more that our programs produce help amplify our students’ voices to the world. Wonderful and whimsical. This is the special-est part of the special sauce. All of our projects, programs, and spaces are designed to inspire creativity and foster imagination. At the Pirate Supply Store in our Mission Center we purvey, yes, supplies for pirates. King Carl’s Emporium offers tools for exploration of real and imaginary worlds. And coming soon to our third center in Mission Bay, Woodland Creature Outfitters Ltd. will transport students and visitors to an enchanted forest. All of our stores also sell our students’ publications, and proceeds go right back into our programs.
2.3:1 STUDENT: VOLUNTEER RATIO
3,388 PROGRAM HOURS
36 PUBLICATIONS
1,485 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS
129 PARTNER SCHOOLS & ORGS
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OUR APPROACH
8,255 STUDENTS SERVED
OUR PROGRAMS Field Trips. Field trips to 826 are wild adventures, but we also pack in a lot of learning when classes from public schools visit our writing centers for a morning of highenergy writing, performing, and storytelling. Our Field Trips produce bound, illustrated books and professional-quality podcasts, infusing creativity, collaboration, and the arts into students’ regular school day. In-School Projects. We bring teams of volunteers into public schools around the city to support teachers and coach students one-on-one as they tackle various writing projects, including newspapers, research papers, oral histories, and more. We have permanent spaces—called Writers’ Rooms—at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8, Everett Middle School, and Mission High School. After-School Tutoring. During the school year, our Mission Center is packed with students who come in after school, in the evenings, and on Sundays for one-on-one tutoring in all subject areas, with a special emphasis on creative writing and publishing. Tutors are ready to help with whatever needs doing—from answering the day’s writing prompt to polishing a science presentation. These students continue to learn and write with us during our summer programs.
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Workshops. 826 Valencia offers workshops designed to foster creativity and strengthen writing skills in a wide variety of areas, from playwriting to personal essays to starting a ‘zine. All workshops, from the playful to the practical, are project-based and taught by skilled volunteers. At our Tenderloin Center, our After-School Workshops serve a variety of neighborhood organizations and enrich their programming with weekly curriculum to build students’ writing skills in a fun, inspiring environment.
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ABOUT US
College and Career Readiness. We offer a roster of programs designed to help students develop their leadership skills, get into college and be successful there. We provide $15,000 scholarships to college-bound seniors, and oneon-one support to more than 150 students via the Great San Francisco Personal Statement Weekend. We also offer internships, peer tutoring stipends, and career workshops to our youth leaders, to help them grow in their roles at 826 and serve as mentors and role models to our younger students.
Photo by Kristin Cofer
MISSION CENTER Our namesake center hums with programming from morning to night, seven days a week, while its ship-like interior inspires creativity and transports students on a voyage of learning. Our cranky editor, Captain Blue, lives in the attic and hollers down the ladder each morning that “kids can’t write stories!” while a class of elementary students visiting on a Field Trip sets out to prove him wrong. Our After-School Tutoring Program has a strong community of families, who gather to celebrate the end of each semester with potlucks and readings. All this and more can be found through the portal of San Francisco’s only independent Pirate Supply Store.
A DAY AT THE MISSION CENTER
Morning 2nd-5th grade classes from schools all over San Francisco come to us for a Storytelling and Bookmaking or Choose Your Own Adventure Field Trip. They leave with their very own book, written, illustrated, and bound within two hours and complete with an “about the author” page.
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Afternoon After-School Tutoring bustles with enrolled students, who get help with their homework, respond to the day’s writing prompt, and discuss what they’re reading with a tutor.
Evening Twice a week, tutoring continues into the evening for middle and high school students who need a quiet place to work. Workshops also take place in the evenings, and topics range from the art of the short story to the craft of journalism. Weekends Talented volunteers lead workshops in all subject areas. On Sunday afternoons, our Writing Lab is open to all, with tutors at the ready for drop-in homework help and a daily writing prompt.
Photo by Kristin Cofer
2017 - 2018 HIGHLIGHTS
After-School Tutoring more than tripled its average yearly hours per student, from 55 to 175 hours!
88% of Field Trip classes came from under-served schools, with 99% of teachers reporting that the program improved their students’ writing skills.
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Sunday Drop-In Tutoring published its first ever chapbook of writing, Jumping on the Beds!
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Students in our evening and weekend workshops performed their work at the Bayview Opera House before a sold-out screening of James Baldwin’s I Am Not Your Negro, at the Speechless Live Comedy Festival, and were published in California Sunday Magazine.
TENDERLOIN CENTER Our newest 826 center welcomes students from the Tenderloin community and beyond to share their stories, and amplify their voices—literally, through the student Podcast recordings that we broadcast on to the street!—by passing through an interactive wall of doors and into the shade of an indoor treehouse. Thanks to our close partnerships with the many organizations already doing great work in this community, we’ve created new programs to meet their needs and grown our offerings since opening the doors in spring of 2016. Students fill the space nearly every day to write, learn, and, as King Carl (our traveling pufferfish mascot) says, “set forth and explore!”
A DAY AT THE TENDERLOIN CENTER
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Morning Classes come to our center from all over the city for a four-hour field trip experience in which they write and record professional podcasts, learning how to craft an engaging story and read it with confidence. The final products are shared on SoundCloud so students can share them with their families and the world. We also host field trips in which we help polish personal statements or support other classroom writing projects.
Throughout the day Our tutors and staff provide in-school writing support at Bessie Carmichael K-8 and Tenderloin Community School. Afternoon Neighborhood partner organizations bring their students to the center for after-school workshops and homework help. Students build their skills and explore the writing process with a fun, creative curriculum and the support of 826 tutors.
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2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS “Thank you 826 Valencia for making me be a good expert at writing! If I did not find you guys, I was going to do weird and boring writing, but you guys made me be a writer!” MOKDAAD, AGE 11 TENDERLOIN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOP
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Our students’ podcasts received 29,000 listens on SoundCloud, and were aired twice on KQED!
Student writing made a splash in the neighborhood, appearing on a community mural, at the Tenderloin Museum, and in a chapbook collaboration with the Color Factory called Hue Haikus.
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We welcomed new partner organizations to our afterschool workshops, including the Woodside Learning Center, the Vietnamese Youth Development Center, and Up On Top.
Photo by Kristin Cofer
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With the support of 826 tutors, that daunting blank page started to take on exciting possibilities. Kieron’s favorite memory of working with 826 came when one day, our staff and tutors visited his class at Bessie Carmichael K-8 to provide one-on-one tutoring in the classroom. “I didn’t know what was happening until I realized we were writing a story!” Kieron wrote in his reflection on the project. “I felt so excited, I wanted to say, ‘Hooray!’ They said, ‘Hi, we are the 826 Valencia people! You are going to pick a vegetable to write about!’”
KIERON Boys & Girls Club Tenderloin Clubhouse
SPOTLIGHT
Through the wall of doors at our magical Tenderloin Center, we welcome neighborhood after-school programs for weekly writing workshops that provide one-on-one tutoring, build writing skills, and publish the words and voices of Tenderloin students.
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When Kieron, age 11, first came to the 826 Valencia Tenderloin Center, he was not enthusiastic about writing. For Kieron, the hardest thing about writing was “Planning it. You get confused at first about what to write. It could be anything!”
No longer intimidated by the pre-writing process thanks to the support he’d received at 826, Kieron dove right in. “I picked the cabbage on the planning paper and started planning about my story. It actually turned out to be really good! All in all, this helped me to write better, to think better, and just do my best. I will never forget this memory.” Kieron’s mom, Jamaika, remarked on the changes she’d seen since he started coming to 826 Valencia. “I’m so proud of him and all his accomplishments. I want him to experience a lot of different stuff. That’s why I came to America from the Philippines.” When asked for advice, Kieron says, “Keep moving forward. That’s my motto.” And that’s working well; he adds, “So far my grade in writing is an A.”
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I DIDN T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL I REALIZED WE WERE WRITING A STORY!
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ABOUT US
KIERON
Photo by Alison Joseph
IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS “For my emerging English Learner students, [826 Valencia] has meant giving them an opportunity to meet more rigorous writing goals (like citing evidence from English texts) because they have more adult support to guide them . . . It also means that students have a chance to apply their own creativity to their writing styles.”
826 Valencia has always had the goal of supporting teachers and reducing the adult-to-student ratio in classrooms. To do this, we bring our volunteer tutors into schools throughout San Francisco. We also run programs in our Writers’ Rooms, special 826-designed spaces in three local schools, which serve students in small groups and offer greater individualized attention, while allowing teachers to target the instruction in their classrooms. This has a transformative effect on the classroom and the school day; the average teacher to student ratio in SFUSD is 33:1, and with the support of 826 Valencia tutors in our fun and transformative spaces, that ratio becomes 2:1.
VALENTINA VELEZ-ROCHA TEACHER, EVERETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
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2018 Young Authors’ Book Project: The Battle Within Each year, we partner with a local high school to produce an anthology of student work called the Young Authors’ Book Project. In this year’s project, young authors from Ida B. Wells, a continuation high school, wrote short stories, poems, and prose examining questions of ethics: What are our beliefs about what is right and wrong? How do our decisions impact those around us? Are forgiveness and redemption truly possible? Their work was inspired by The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, who wrote the foreword to their book and visited the students to encourage their writing. The experience was powerful for all involved, and the resulting collection is sure to provoke and inspire.
THE 826 WRITERS' ROOMS
Everett Middle School Our first Writers’ Room, here 6th-8th grade students create the Straight Up News, pen poetry chapbooks, and learn the basics of argumentative essay writing with the support of our tutors.
Mission High School In this Writers’ Room, students learn to research and write magazine articles for Mission Magazine, get help with college application essays, and also publish chapbooks, monologues, and more.
Q: What does it feel like to be published? A: It feels like a million bucks. PEDRO, AGE 17 MISSION HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
YOUNG AUTHOR Q&A
SURVEY SAYS
88% of teachers and
95% of In-Schools
96% of respondents at
students surveyed reported an increase in writing skills as a result of 826 support.
students reported feeling proud of their published writing.
Buena Vista Horace Mann reported that 826 programs transformed students’ relationships to writing.
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Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 This former locker room houses our after-school writing program at BVHM, where 3rd-5th graders who need extra support receive one-on-one attention as they build their writing skills. In 2016, we also began working with 6th-8th grade classes at BVHM during the school day. As we provide sustained and consistent support for students from third all the way through eighth grade, we’ve measured our impact in these critical years— see the center fold-out to learn more!
GROWI NG SKI LLS
XIOMARA & LUANA Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8
SPOTLIGHT
Xiomara and Luana are sisters, and were newcomers to BVHM and 826 Valencia programming last year. We first met Xiomara in our Exploring Words Summer Camp. Having just recently arrived in the United States, she was extremely shy and only comfortable writing in Spanish. That fall, both she and her sister Luana participated in our after-school program at BVHM, and also began to attend our dropin tutoring hours on Sundays to get more support with their writing and homework.
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Over the course of the school year, this hardworking pair grew tremendously. Through one-on-one support from tutors and regular practice with writing, revising, and reading their work, both Xiomara and Luana demonstrated accelerated reading growth, each showing more than two years of reading growth in one year.
As their skills grew, so did their confidence. Their tutors saw them emerge as proud writers, with a shared sense of humor (often expressed in songs, which they were eager to teach to their tutors!) They grew more comfortable asking for help and offering help to their peers. They began to help translate words and phrases from Spanish into English, emerging as leaders in their after-school group. “I learned so much at 826 Valencia,” Luana shared in her end-of-year reflection. “My favorite part was when I became friends with the group at my table. Another one is when I didn’t stop writing.” Xiomara’s poem published in the culminating chapbook, A Taco Ice Cream World, demonstrates those skills and pride—and that sense of fun. “I am from playing and having fun, from believing that my dad will come to the United States, and that someday we will go from Peru. I’m from the capital of Peru, and my family, too, from ceviche and Machu Picchu.” We can’t wait to see how Xiomara and Luana grow in the years to come!
MY FAVORITE PART WAS WHEN I BECAME FRIENDS WITH THE GROUP AT MY TABLE.
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ABOUT US
LUANA
Photo by Alison Joseph
Photo by Bill Poole
SUMMER AT 826 VALENCIA
School might let out for the summer, but the learning doesn’t stop at 826 Valencia. We offer a variety of programs to reduce summer learning loss and keep students writing and thinking creatively. Here is all the great work that happened in the summer of 2017!
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Exploring Words. We offered our eighth annual Exploring Words Summer Camp in partnership with Jamestown Community Center. The program served 141 3rd–5th grade students enrolled in our school year programs, as well as those enrolled in Jamestown’s summer camp, increasing our summer reach by 100 students! The camp focused on creative writing, which was paired with a science curriculum developed and led in partnership with the Exploratorium, and students grew their writing and science skills in an atmosphere filled with rigor and fun.
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Exploring Leadership. This camp focused on developing middle school students as youth leaders. Students learned about college and career pathways and opportunities through field trips to companies like Dolby and Pinterest, wrote and reflected on what leadership looks like, and learned to tutor their younger peers in Exploring Words.
SURVEY SAYS
100% of students in the
92% of participants in the
Young Authors’ Workshop said, “This workshop increased my confidence about writing.’’
Exploring Words Summer Camp reported learning new things about both writing and science.
One parent from Exploring Words Summer Camp reported that her daughter “was very enthusiastic about writing and has taken up on the habit of journaling every day. She is also more curious about the world around her.”
The Young Authors’ Workshop. Each year, we offer a two-week intensive writing camp for high school students called the Young Authors’ Workshop. 63% of our 2017 Young Authors’ Workshop participants attend our close partner schools, and more than 30% of them were English Learners. We spent ten full days writing together, led by
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Tenderloin Summer Programs. For the first time this year, we hosted summer workshops at our Tenderloin Center, serving over 300 students from 12 partner organizations! Workshops included poetry, podcasting, science writing, college essay support, and more, all with the support of over 90 tutors and in a fun, supportive environment in the shade of our Tenderloin treehouse.
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guest speakers who are poets, journalists, oral historians, and artists. Students grew their confidence and skills throughout the writing and editing process as they became a strong community of writers.
Photos by Kristin Cofer, except third from top by Daniel Berberi
DO I HAVE SUPERPOWERS OR SOMETHING? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I DO. ABIGAIL, AGE 10 | BUENA VISTA HORACE MANN K-8
This year we served more than 8,OOO STUDENTS in San Francisco through 3,OOO HOURS of free programs.
BUT OUR IMPACT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT. We’re transforming relationships to writing, helping students make measurable leaps in their skills, confidence, and pride.
OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SUPERPOWERS. WE KNOW THAT THEY DO.
ACCELERATED READING GROWTH
TRANSFORMED RELATIONSHIPS TO WRITING
IMPROVED WRITING SKILLS
In our after-school program at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8, we provide 93 students with intensive writing support four days a week for the entire school year. The students in this program represent high percentages of the SFUSD populations that we know need additional support: low-income students of color, English Learners, and students with special needs.
We survey our community to track changes in our students’ writing skills, confidence, and pride before and after participating in our programs.
We’ve always known that students who come to 826 make great leaps in writing skills as a result of our model and one-on-one support. This year, we made big leaps of our own in measuring that impact—thanks to a new partnership between 826 National and the National Writing Project (NWP).
85% OF STUDENTS REPORT FEELING MORE
WHO WE SERVE SPECIAL EDUCATION
ENGLISH LEARNERS
FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH
12%
24%
55%
23%
69%
75%
SFUSD 826 AT BVHM
CONFIDENT IN THEIR WRITING THANKS TO 826 PROGRAMS.
STUDENTS SHOWED AN AVERAGE OF
95% OF PARENTS REPORT SEEING GAINS IN ,
EXCEEDING READING BENCHMARKS
THEIR CHILDREN S WRITING SKILLS THANKS TO 826.
Using data from the Fountas & Pinnel and Reading Inventory assessments, we saw that 57% of 826 Valencia English Learners exceeded expectations in reading growth, compared to 36% of students across the district, and 14% of English Learners in SFUSD.
This August, a selection of 826 Valencia student writing was scored using the NWP’s Analytic Writing Continuum (AWC). This tool, developed by teachers, for teachers, is a rubric designed to measure student gains in writing proficiency. It measures writing skills in six areas: Content, Structure, Stance, Sentence Fluency, Diction, and Conventions. We used the AWC to assess our students’ writing at the start and end of the school year.
57%
19% GROWTH IN WRITING SKILLS
STUDENTS WHO WERE FURTHEST BEHIND SHOWED
3O% GROWTH 100% OF TEACHERS REPORT THAT
36%
THEIR STUDENTS WERE PROUD OF THEIR WORK.
14% SFUSD Students Grades 4-5
ELs in SFUSD Grades 4-5
826 Valencia ELs Grades 4-5
GROWI NG PRI DE
“I thought it was going to be boring, but it wasn’t,” Tyler says about how she felt going into the project. “Because it was our ideas. The tutors didn’t try to block our creativity and imagination. They didn’t try to change the stuff we were trying to write, they tried to enhance it.” The experience shaped the role that writing
TYLER Downtown High School Writing is not just about putting words on a
plays in Tyler’s life. “Writing is like an outlet,” she says. “I like to write because I can look back and see how much I’ve grown and changed since I started writing.”
page—it’s also about sharing those words for
826 Valencia Programs Manager Ryan
the world to hear. This is especially evident
Young has also seen Tyler grow in the last
in the Acting for Critical Thought Program at
year. “Seeing her back in the class this
Downtown High School, a continuation high
semester, she seems even more motivated,
school where we support students each week
focused, and ready to be a leader,” he says.
ABOUT US SPOTLIGHT
as they write original plays and monologues, and perform them with coaching from the American Conservatory Theater.
When asked how she’ll use writing in the future, Tyler says, “I want to be a psychologist. So writing will be essential.”
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Tyler first participated in Acting for Critical
And thanks to her experience performing
Thought in fall of 2017. She wrote a play and
her own and her peers’ writing on stage,
a monologue, both of which were published
she knows the value of sharing her ideas
and performed in Another Bossy Critical
with an audience. “I know I can relate to a
Defiant Failure, a collection of writing about
lot of people and a lot of people can relate
educational injustice and reform.
to me. So writing could get me far.”
THEY DIDNT TRY TO CHANGE THE STUFF WE WERE TRYING TO WRITE, THEY TRIED TO ENHANCE IT.
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ABOUT US
TYLER
Photo by Sendy Santamaria
COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
826 Valencia offers a variety of programs that support our students on their path to college and whatever career they choose. Our College and Career Readiness programs provide pathways for ongoing student involvement with 826 Valencia in middle school, high school, and beyond, coaching students to serve as role models for their younger peers. This constellation of programs aims to increase our students’ post-secondary success by offering leadership development, support with writing across the disciplines, and financial support in the form of stipends and scholarships.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR
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“826 Valencia helps my students achieve a sense of self-worth that is critical during their transition to college. The collaboration between Mission High and 826 Valencia has meant that I can count on a community partner to join me in our school (and personal) goal of having more students of color attend four-year universities. In the long run, these students will become the catalysts for change.” AMADIS VELEZ TEACHER, MISSION HIGH SCHOOL
Our Youth Leadership Advisory Board grew to include fifteen members from across five of our programs, and together this group provided over 340 hours of tutoring for our younger students. Through new and deepened partnerships, we engaged 53 youth and alumni tutors from the communities we serve. They helped to maintain a low student-totutor ratio in our programs and increased the diversity of our volunteer force.
At The Great San Francisco Personal Statement Weekend–a two-day extravaganza in which we rally as many volunteers as possible to provide free oneon-one personal statement tutoring, we served over 150 students from 16 schools across the district. 98% of students reported increased confidence about their personal statement after working with a tutor; 97% reported that they received help from their tutor that they could not have accessed elsewhere; and 97% were admitted to a four-year college.
MEET OUR 2018 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
YANCY CRUZ
DANIELA CATUBIG
City Arts & Lectures Scholarship “By writing I’m able to express myself and nobody can stop me. That is why I am in love with this way of facing my hardships. The white piece of paper becomes my whole world.”
826 Valencia Scholarship “I want to start a nonprofit for underresourced students and provide them with the moral support they need to succeed in school and beyond.”
ANNIE HUANG
JENNY KUANG
Tom Savignano Scholarship “Hard work is definitely rewarding because everything becomes truly meaningful.”
MAILYN ROSALES
Taylor Renfrew Ingham Scholarship “At the beginning it was hard for me because I did not speak English, but now with my writing skills . . . writing allows me to go out of this world [which can be] full of hate and fear.”
City Arts & Lectures Scholarship “Most people think going to college is a scary process, but I am not worried because I already conquered a more challenging experience when I came to the U.S.”
MARTINA SARCENO
826 Valencia Scholarship “Thanks to 826 Valencia, I discovered that writing was the piece of me that was missing.”
Photos by Natasha Dangond, except for Zakaria and Daniela by Kristin Cofer
EDWARD GONGORA
Tom Savignano Scholarship “Writing stays with you beyond just school. It’s a life skill and source of enjoyment that’s permanent.”
KENAN MIROU
Sydney Goldstein Scholarship “I say with pride that I am a Syrian refugee. I want to give back to my people and recreate the Syria I know and love.”
ZAKARIA KASSIM
Art Berliner and Marian Lever Scholarship “I’ll bring with me a story of struggle, war, and poverty, but also a story of hope and excitement as the first person to go to college from my family.”
GROWI NG LEADERSH I P
He then served as a Youth Mentor in our After-School Tutoring Program, helping younger students with their homework and encouraging them to stick with challenging writing prompts and share their ideas. Thanks to his passion, writing skills, and powerful voice, he also delivered a speech at the Model United Nations.
KENAN Scholarship Winner We first supported Kenan when he was a newcomer student at Everett Middle School, after his family fled the harrowing violence unfolding in his home country of Syria. He had been a voracious reader
Through all of these experiences, Kenan grew his already strong sense of leadership and responsibility to his community. One of many examples of this: he organized a campaign to get the school district to support Arabic classes in SFUSD high schools. The first of these classes that Kenan envisioned is happening this year.
and writer in Arabic, but reading and
Kenan sums up his ambition best: “I
writing in English was an adjustment.
declare to the world my whole-hearted
“My first pieces of writing in English were
dedication to becoming the change I want
SPOTLIGHT
revised and published by 826, and I owe
to see in the area of the world where I
myself falling back in love with writing
come from, and hopefully in the United
to 826 Valencia,” Kenan says.
States . . . [if] you ask what I pack with
Kenan went on to participate in 826 Valencia programs in a variety of ways.
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He was published in our Young Authors’
me as I prepare for college, my answer is the legacy of 23 million unsettled Syrians awaiting a hero.”
Book Project as a freshman at Mission
Kenan is already one of our heroes.
High School, where he wrote about his
Thank you, Kenan, for all that you
family’s experiences with serious health
have contributed to the 826 Valencia
challenges and leaving Syria.
community!
I DECLARE TO THE WORLD MY WHOLE-HEARTED DEDICATION TO BECOMING THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE.
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ABOUT US
KENAN
Photo by Natasha Dangond
COMING SOON: 826 VALENCIA MISSION BAY Where do an enchanted forest, intentional urban planning, writing, and tutoring all come together? Soon, the answer will be: in Mission Bay! In early 2019, we’ll open a third 826 Valencia writing and tutoring center in Mission Bay, San Francisco’s newest and intentionally economically diverse community, where we project 1,000 under-resourced students will be living within blocks of our new home. Where it all began Our program partner and affordable housing leader Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) invited us to be the anchor educational support organization in their new low-income housing development in Mission Bay. When we found that 30% of all new development in the area was affordable housing, largely for families, and with almost no support organizations for them in the area, of course we said yes.
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“I’ve been a longtime fan of 826 Valencia, starting from my days on the Board of Education . . . It’s important for our families and the neighborhood to continue to have resources such as a public elementary school, 826 Valencia, and after school programming, so we built a complete neighborhood for our residents in Mission Bay.” JANE KIM SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT 6 SUPERVISOR
San Francisco’s housing crisis and growing income inequality are serious issues for our students and families. Currently, in Mission Bay, 63% of children live below the poverty line. Our building at 1300 4th Street consists of 100% affordable housing units, with 20% of the units reserved for formerly homeless families. 826 Valencia will be right there on the ground floor—literally!—offering our unique model of writing, tutoring, and publishing to the students who live there. Where are we now? Thanks to new, strong partnerships in the neighborhood and the generous support of our community, we’re on solid financial footing as we gear up to open this third center in spring of 2019. Our sponsor TNDC provided us with generous funding, including an operating allowance and free rent for 20 years (wow, right?). Where does that put us now? We are in a $4.2M campaign for capital and operating support, and as of June 2018, have raised $2.4M.
In October 2018, we will begin piloting programming in the neighborhood with community partners TNDC, Mercy Housing, and Family House, among others. Of course, it wouldn’t be an 826 Valencia center without a magical storefront as a portal for students and the community to get inspired and learn about our work. So we’re disembarking the ship to open a store in an enchanted forest: Woodland Creature Outfitters, Ltd. What will it sell? Well, what do you need when you’re in an enchanted forest? That’s what it will sell. That and publications by authors ages 6 to 18, of course.
4.2M CAMPAIGN
57% RAISED 43% STILL NEEDED
Want to get involved? We need you! To make this big dream happen, we’ll need more supporters, more partners, and more volunteers. Reach out to missionbay@826valencia.org with any ideas, connections, or ways you’d like to help!
Afternoon After-school tutoring bustles with enrolled students ages 8 to 18, many of whom live in the building or nearby. They get one-on-one help with homework and writing, and take the occasional break to write a message on a leaf for the wisdom tree.
Evening The woodland creatures return to their dens as students return to their homes. As our programming grows to respond to the community over the years, more exciting writing, tutoring, and publishing opportunities will grow as well. Come visit when we open to see what’s new!
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Morning As the students who live in our building head off to school, they peek through the window of Woodland Creature Outfitters, Ltd. and see an indoor forest, an intriguing cave to crawl through, and supplies for creatures of all sorts. Meanwhile, 826 staff and tutors lead programs and provide writing support at nearby Bayview and Potrero schools.
NEWS
THE DAY WE IMAGINE AT THE MISSION BAY CENTER
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
SOURCES
We are proud to report that we are on sound financial footing as we expand and deepen our impact. Thanks to the amazingly generous community of individuals and organizations that have supported our work, we are in a position to grow our programs and serve even more students. As we continue to expand our services, our highest priority for fundraising is multi-year, unrestricted support to ensure long-term sustainability.
2017 - 2018 OPERATING BUDGET Income
45% INDIVIDUALS
Contributions from individuals
$1,675,524
Contributions from organizations
$1,529,870
Special events (net)
$312,601
Other (includes stores)
$176,769
Total income
$3,694,764
32% GRANTS 8% SPECIAL EVENTS 7% CORPORATIONS 5% STORE AND OTHER 3% GOVERNMENT
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77% PROGRAMMING 8% FUNDRAISING 11% ADMINISTRATIVE 4% STORES
Expenses Programming
$2,472,781
Fundraising
$252,970
Administrative
$351,631
Retail Stores
$121,634
Total expenses
$3,199,016
OUR GROWTH As 826 Valencia has grown, we’ve been able to serve more students, more deeply each year. More than 80,000 students have received our support since our founding in 2002! The past few years have been marked by major milestones, and we have more on the horizon as we look forward to opening a third writing and tutoring center in 2019. We are growing thoughtfully and sustainably, and we need your support to make that happen. Thank you for joining us!
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Operating budget
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4.1
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2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
6,714 students
7,500 students
8,500 students
9,000 students
1,312 volunteers
1,400 volunteers
1,500 volunteers
1,600 volunteers
Grand opening of the Tenderloin Center
First full year of programming at the Tenderloin Center
Opening a third center in Mission Bay
First full year of programming with three centers
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2016-2017
FI NANCIALS
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826 VALENCIA SUPPORTERS We extend our deepest gratitude to the individual, corporate, and organizational donors who supported us in the 2017-2018 fiscal year (July 1, 2017- June 30, 2018) through their generous gift, grant, sponsorship, pro-bono, and in-kind contributions. Our work would not be possible without you. Thank you!
CAPTAINS Colleen Quinn Amster and John Amster Art Berliner and Marian Lever The Bernard Osher Foundation Cisco Foundation Clark R. Smith Family Foundation Comis Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation Jen Hamilton and Seth Boro Parker Harris and Holly Johnson Julia and Kevin Hartz Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau Christina Hurvis and Steve Malloy The Jill Grossman Family Charitable Fund Alex Lerner Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman Remick Family Foundation Rose and David Dortort Foundation Sakana Foundation
SUPPORTERS
Anonymous (6) Acton Family Giving The advisors of the Walnut Fund Marc and Lynne Benioff The Brin Wojcicki Foundation Cameron Schrier Foundation City Arts & Lectures Coltrane and Christopher Lord Fund Crescent Porter Hale Foundation DJMV Ginzton Family Fund Dolby Laboratories ExCEL After School Programs Fineshriber Foundation Lee and Russ Flynn GGS Foundation Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown Heinz Family Foundation Hellman Foundation Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Kimball Foundation Kochi Foundation Lampert/Byrd Family Fund Jim and Tricia Lesser Sally Lewis Maverick Capital Foundation Norman Raab Foundation Panta Rhea Foundation Dave and Gina Pell Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Robin Renfrew and family in honor of Taylor Renfrew Ingham Saint Francis Foundation
San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families Sara and Evan Williams Foundation Tom Savignano Severns Family Foundation Laurie and Jeff Ubben Gene and Suzanne Valla W.L.S. Spencer Foundation Karen and Jim Wagstaffe Walter and Elise Haas Fund Warriors Community Foundation Wells Fargo Kevin and Rachel Yeaman
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PHILANTHROPIC ANCHORS
San Francisco Unified School District Scandling Family Foundation Spring Street Social Society Andrew Strickman and Michal Ettinger Twitter The Walther Foundation FIRST MATE
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Airbnb, Inc. Alexander M. & June L. Maisin Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund Ambos Mundos BBDO San Francisco The Brahm Family The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation Cartoon Network Jessica Goldman Foung Fred Gellert Family Foundation The Hawkins Project Jessica Hemerly in honor of Jonathan Koshi Heather Hughes and Teg Grenager Gail and Ian Jardine Jeri and Jeffrey Johnson Diana Kapp and David Singer Reza and Kavitha Lotun Margaret P. Langlykke Fund of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Lee and Perry Smith Fund Leesa Miao Microsoft Meridee Moore and Kevin King Orange River Fund Sam Mazza Foundation SF Sketchfest Jamie and Staci Slaughter Michele Sloat David Stiepleman and Carey Lifschultz Ubisoft Joe Vasquez Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan
QUARTERMASTERS AT&T Foundation Joya Banerjee and Harris Cohen Rebecca and Raanan Bar-Cohen PJ and Bruce Bean Marian Beard Sean and Sarah Behr Bill Graham Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund Burnett Fund Charles Schwab Foundation The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation Aaron and Krista Giovara Erwin Hosono and Beth Axelrod Khaled and Roya Hosseini Zem and James Joaquin Randall Johnson Kadist Foundation Dalia Katan and friends in memory of Ari Kraft Barbara Keck in honor of Connie Spiros Mooney James Kimmel Todd and Jacquelyn Krieger Jordan Kurland Lesbians for Good of the Horizons Foundation Kristin and Christopher Linthwaite Donna Maynard Amanda Michael Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Grant and Mary Petersen Pinterest Mark Risher and Deborah Yeh Michael Smart Steven Nathaniel Wolkoff Foundation Peter and Alyson Van Hardenberg Robin and Jeff Williams Yelp Foundation Zickler Family Foundation
SUPPORTERS
Anonymous (2) Eric and Donna Abrams American Pacific International Capital, Inc. Annie and Ramie Egan of the Earle and Annette Shawe Family Foundation Katherine Applegate and Michael Reynolds Mark Atkinson Nicole Avril and Dan Gelfand Laurie Barkin in memory of Ted Barkin Chris Beckmann Michael and Kirsten Beckwith Bluestone Family Fund Nicole Boyer and Toby Paterson The Brandeis School of San Francisco Jennifer Braun and Raymond J. Ryan Lynn Brinton and Dan Cohn Elizabeth Brown Tad and Emilia Buchanan Leslie Caldwell in memory of Key and Caryl Caldwell NĂnive and Jean Claude Calegari Heidi Fisher Castelein Chambers & Chambers Wine Merchants Lydia Chavez and Mark Rabine The Cleaves and Mae Rhea Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Francis Ford Coppola Linda Corso Credit Karma David and Carla Crane Philanthropic Fund David Foster Wallace Literary Trust Amy Dobras EACH Foundation Elizabeth Lee Melchor Gift Fund Arline Epstein and the Quadra Foundation Krishnan Eswaran F Three Foundation Carol Francis and Steve Chapman Gabilan Fund
KC Garrett The Good Beginning in honor of the Drago/Kramer Wedding The Good Beginning in honor of the Kaufman/Aplet Wedding The Good Beginning in honor of the Lyall/Underwood Wedding Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Graybird Foundation Yvonne Green in honor of Shelby Dale DeWeese Kris Malone Grossman Charles Guan Walter Haas Hall Capital Partners Fund Allyson Halpern and Dan Cohen Kate Haug Kevin Hunt and Kimberly Lau Carmen Jimenez Smith Joe and Barbara Gurkoff Philanthropic Fund Amanda Kelso Meg Krehbiel Kiran Kumar Lauren Kush Matthew Lausch Gloria Lenhart Suzanne Devitt Levit Angus MacLane Vincent Mancini in honor of Ben Kaplan Mary K. Robertson Family Fund Julia Matsudaira John McCulloch James McFadden Michael S. Kwun and Sigrid Anderson-Kwun Fund Matt Middlebrook and Lisa Presta Perkins and Michelle Miller Steven Miller Deborah Mosser as a gift for Neveo and Myriam Mosser Allison Muir Amir Najmi and Linda Woo
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SAILORS
SUPPORTERS
Mark and Stacey Nelson Jim O'Donnell and Michael Ginther Jarrett O’Brien The Odell/Kemp Fund Kasra Omid-Zohoor Katy and David Orr Paxton Gate Anne Pedrero Cheryl Petersen and Frank Pine George Pfau and Hannah Ireland Han Phung and Juan Malo Rebecca and Andy Popell Cheryl Porro Theresa Preston-Werner Quinn Lowenthal Family Fund Merle and Leslie Rabine in memory of Bea Wahl Michael Rafferty Joseph Remick Marcia Rogers and Garrett Loube Matt Rolandson Rugged Elegance Foundation in honor of Niki King Fredel Jessi Rymill Celia Sack and Omnivore Books on Food John Schlag as a gift for Jennifer Gennari Michelle Schoen Will Scullin SquareTrade Juliet Starrett The Stephen and Paula Smith Family Foundation and Kendall Smith Wilson Molly Stevens Julia Sze Velos Mobile LLC Bryce and Julie Vree SHIPMATES
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Laurel Adams Lauren Booker Allen Andrew D. Stein Fund Kacy Ashley
The Barker Family Fund Robyn and David S. Barrie Cassandra Benjamin Helen Berggruen Sharon Berman as a gift for Karen and Jim Wagstaffe Kathleen Berroth Barbara Bersche and David Katznelson Daniel and Lee Bird Michael J. Blach Helen Boyer Katie Boyle Micah S. Brown Nicole C. Brown Victoria Callor Timothy Caro-Bruce In Honor of The Wedding of Kathryn Carter and Benjamin Canning Goldie Chan Doris Y. Chang in memory of Jane Han Chapter OX PEO Sisterhood Amy Charleroy Dan Chen Sarah Chester Children’s Day School Morris Chow Chronicle Books Kelly Close Costa-Levinson Family Fund in honor of Molly Parent Cotter Charitable Foundation Karen Covington Lizzie Jean Coyle Patrick and Kathy Coyle Sean Cumiskey Thomas Curtis Kirsten Dargis in Honor of Transcend/New School Decus Biomedical, Inc. Rory and Shari DeWeese in honor of Shelby Dale DeWeese Joe Doctor
SUPPORTERS
Joseph and Urmilla John Charles Katz Jonas Kellner Korey Kelso Jo Keroes Krummel Family Fund Amy Lanigan Brian Larson Sadia Latifi Cynthia Lee Rebecca Lendl Andre Lorenceau Hunter Lyall Corey Mandel as a gift for Sarah Utley and Matthew Lausch Cathy Manshel and Bill Rusitzky Brian Martin Maryann E. Kirchner Family Foundation Jack Matthew Sally McClanahan Thomas McVey Audrey and Jeff Melofchik Claire Meneer Matt Miller Kirk Moore Morehouse Family Fund Katrina and Tim Moreshead Bita Nazarian Meredith Nguyen Erin Niehaus Jan Novak and Letty Brown John and Serena O'Hara Silvia Oviedo Rekha Patel Luis Pena Christina V. Perry and Ben Swanson Robin Petravic Dale Pitman Joseph Pollaro Romana Rajput Abigail L. Ramsden and Kevin Frank Hilary Rand
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The Donelan-Lavin Family Gift Fund Scott Donohue in honor of Meredith Cohen and Zoe Harris Drs. Ben & A. Jess Shenson DA Fund Angie Dumagsa and Barry Dalton Kenneth Eddings Nancy and Brewster Ely Joan Emery Nate Falkner Deborah Fedorchuk David Fisher Jody Fox Vicki Friedberg Orly Friedman Joel Fruchtman and Maureen Murphy Catherine Marie Geletka Giving Circles Fund of the Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain Helen Goldsmith and Paul Heller Kate Goldstein-Breyer Louise Goodwin Bradley Graham Tony and Caroline Grant Benjamin Graves Abhas Gupta Fahad Habib Hero Shop Stephanie Hess Jenny and Kevin Hill Kit and Linda Hinrichs Emily Holt Horner & Freddy Davis DAF David Hover Benjamin Howard Dean Huynh Hyun Chin Charitable Fund Gary Jackson William Jackson and Jacqueline Holen Rebecca Jacobs Shane Jarvie JD Transformation Fund
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Sally Randel Patrick Reeves Michelle Riconscente Lynne Roberts in memory of Patrick Thiessen Allison Robinson Clare Rojas and Barry McGee Julia Rothman Scott Rubin Melissa Ruhl and Chris Lentini Beth and Jonathan Rutchik Jim and Emily Scheinman Tish and Paul Scola Vaughn Shields Tiffany Shlain in honor of Leonard Shlain Clara Sieg Rebecca Sills Brian Smith Leef Smith Barbara Spicer Laura and Greg Spivy Shari Steiner in memory of Clyde Steiner Basia Suroz Connie Marie Swanson Mary Taugher and F. Martin Booth Jeff Thamkittikasem Mark Thomas Michael Tilson Thomas and Joshua Robison Jeffrey Thompson Chase Tingley Christine Tooby Daniel Tse Rob and Ellen Valletta Christopher Walker Donna Williamson Christopher H. and Cynthia G. Winship Anne Wintroub Marc Wise in memory of Miles O'Keefe McEldowney Hannah Wolf Kirsten Wolfe
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Angela Jane and Eric Wong Maggie and Tim Woodward Anissa Zientara Jon Zilber Kate Adler and Marcelo Ziperovich Eva and Asif Zlotnicka Arlyn Zones
Thomson Reuters United Way Visa, Inc. The Walt Disney Company Foundation Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
MATCHING GIFT SPONSORS
IN-KIND SUPPORT
Thank you to the companies and people who matched both gifts and volunteer hours!
Thank you to those who helped us celebrate our supporters and students with snacks and drinks, writing supplies, designs and illustrations within our student publications and collateral, and much more.
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Adobe Systems Incorporated Matching Gifts Airbnb, Inc. Amazon Smile Bank of America Charitable Foundation Benevity Community Impact Fund Blackrock, Inc. Causecast Foundation Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. CISCO Systems Foundation DocuSign Dolby Match Program Eaton Matching Gift eBay Foundation Equinix, Inc. Genentech Givingstation Google Matching Gifts Program Johnson and Johnson Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LinkedIn Corporation Microsoft Giving Program Netflix Network for Good Okta PG&E Corporation, Campaign for the Community Pledgeling Foundation Qualcomm Incorporated Salesforce.com Foundation Standard Insurance Company The Stocker Foundation
Aesop Tyler Anderson Lisa Beth Anderson Michelle Anderson David Andrews Andytown Coffee Roasters Adriana Bamber Bi-Rite Market Susan Birnbaum Blick Art Materials Terri Bogaards Bonterra Organic Vineyards Books Inc. Dan Bransfield Shawna and Dan Brotsky Cake Gallery NĂnive and Jean Claude Calegari Angel Chang The Chapel Jiajia Chen Justin Chotikul Kristin Cofer Julia Cone Erin Conger Credit Karma Dandelion Chocolate Natasha Dangond Adriana del Mar
We strive for accuracy in all things—including your name in print here. Please email development@826valencia.org if your information is incorrect and we’d be happy to help. This list reflects gifts of $250 or more from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
SUPPORTERS
Brehanna Ramierez Tim Ratanapreukskul Keely Reyes Christina Ruiz-Esparza Juan Jose San Mames Genevieve Santos Molly Schellenger Helaine Lasky Schweitzer SF Foursquare Church subject-object Reina Takahashi Michael and Margie Scott Tucker Upperquad Vanguard Concept Offices Karen Wagstaffe Shannon Weber Leigha Weinberg Allie Welch Whole Foods Conner Wishard Patrick Woolf Liz Worthy
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Cindy Derby Tin Dinh Malcolm Eaton Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida Joanna Ellis Enterprise for Youth Fetzer Vineyards Fort Point Beer Company Taylor Francis Will Georgantas Einat Gilboa Gundlach Bundschu Winery and Vineyard Christine Innes Jane the Bakery Cat Johnston Christopher Keilman Yina Kim Lucy Kirchner Little Star Pizza Tracy Liu Cindy Luu Kehau Lyons Alice Malia Miette Patisserie Millenium Cafe Mission Cheese Mission Minis Sonja Murphy Rik Myslewski Native Baking Co. Noe Valley Bakery Summer ParkerPerry Sneha Patel William Poole Pretty Please Bakeshop
VISIT US You can visit 826 Valencia, peruse our student-written publications, stock up on supplies for the working buccaneer or world adventurer, and interact with the wonders within. Sometimes the wonders will even interact with you. What are we talking about? Come visit our stores and you’ll see! Pirate Supply Store 826 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94 0
King Carl’s Emporium 180 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94 02
Daily, 12–6 p.m.
Mon–Fri, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Woodland Creature Outfitters, Ltd. Coming soon to Mission Bay!