We're ringing in the New Year with a sale: most things in our store are 20 to 30 percent off. - - - -

8 2 6   V A L E N C I A N E W S . - - - - November 11 - - - - C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O   T H E   W I N N E R   O F T H E   O C T O B E R   8 2 6   T E A C H E R   O F T H E   M O N T H   A W A R D ! Mr. Joel Arquillos, a history teacher at San Francisco's Galileo Academy of Science & Technology, is the winner of the October 826 Teacher of the Month Award. Two of his students, Hai Guan and Victor Lim, conducted an interview with him on the topic of teaching, how he came to be a teacher, and what it is about his students that inspires him. Read it here. - - - - 8 2 6   V A L E N C I A I S   H O S T I N G   A H O L I D A Y   T R U N K   S H O W . Thursday, November 14, from 5 PM until 10 PM, we will host The Treasure Chest: Artists' Holiday Trunk Show, featuring things made with hand that are pleasing to the eye. Please join us. There will be fun, and drinks and handmade objects to tantalize you. - - - - Read previous 826 Valencia news: September 26, 2002 June 10, 2002 April 23, 2002

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