The Art of Glassblowing
－DVBS Archive Team－
It was chilly and rainy as the high school students of DVBS strolled down to the big tent in front of the Buddha Hall. Today we will spectate Mr. Chris Gifford demonstrate the art of glassblowing.
Nuoyan Wang
Boys Division: School Song
－DVBS Archive Team－
The idea of a new school song, composed by the students and for the students, was introduced last May. Seated in the 9-10 classroom with notebooks in hand, four students, namely Chee Hee Seng, San Hong Lew, Marco He, and Nuoyan Wang, pondered upon their given assignment…
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge
－DVBS Archive Team－
On a cloudy March morning, a group of four Honors Discrete Math Boys School Students gathered inside the Odyssey II Building at 7:00 am to participate in the M3 Mathematical Modelling Challenge. The challenge, spanning 14 consecutive hours, exhausted the wits and the patience of the four students.
Celebrating the New Year in Oakland
－DVBS Archive Team－
The in-school Chinese New Year Celebration, an integral tradition of the boys school, occurred on February 5th, 2019, and, just as the ambiance of festivity began to falter, the boys school revived the spirit of the New Year in the bay area later that week.
Boys Residence Hall: Snow Day!
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A clear sky spelled the end of a gloomy and downcast week. The Boy
School Residence Hall students eagerly packed the van for a trip to Cow Mountain. From the bottom, the apex seemed only slightly dotted with specks of leftover snow, yet a whole new world manifested before their eyes upon arrival.
Boys Sophomore Class Retreat
－DVBS Archive Team－
Friday evening marked the beginning of our journey. It was pouring when we set out into the darkness of Lake County; by the time the drive ended, we found ourselves facing an elevated mountain home situated in the clouds. With two class members missing, we six sophomores had agreed to partake on a two-day retreat, with little indication of what would occur.
Karma Kitchen－February
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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly,” － that was the mindset embodied by the boy school students as they prepared for the monthly Karma Kitchen. Having offered oatmeal as the main course for three consecutive months, organizer Mr. Hu proposed an ambitious challenge: Shamrock breakfast sandwiches with sides of spinach tofu scramble and sautéed kale.
