Category: Events

A Trip to Closure

By Yung Tzu (Vanessa) Sun (Class of 2017) On May 27, 2017 the senior class of Developing Virtue Girls Secondary School went on their final class trip together to Half Moon Bay. They stayed at the Montara Lighthouse hostel and enjoyed the beauty of the ocean and found […]

Mother’s Day Fruit Sticks

By Sophia Liu (Class of 2020) To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, the 9th graders of the girls division of Developing Virtue Secondary School made fruit sticks for the mothers of the elementary school students on Friday, May 12, 2017. To make the fruit sticks, the freshmen cut […]

Meet at the Carnival for Fun-/Fund-raising

By Katherine Wang (Class of 2023) On Friday, April 28, 2017, the 4th to 6th grade class of Instilling Goodness Girls School (IGGS) organized a carnival and bake sale to raise money for an animal shelter, a cancer foundation, and homeless children. It was held right next to […]

A Bouquet of Spring

by Iris (Class of 2021) Spring planted a kiss on winter’s pale cheeks as the students from the Developing Virtue Girls School shared their joy and celebration of this upcoming season to the Senior Center (Autumn Leaves) by sending them a bouquet of origami flowers, letters and granola […]

Easter Festival in Ukiah: Spreading Goodwill and Joy

By Sophia Liu (Class of 2020) On Saturday, April 15, 2017, eight 9th graders from the girls division of Developing Virtue Secondary School headed over to an Easter festival in a plaza in downtown Ukiah to promote Chinese culture and fundraise for Children of Uganda. The students also […]

Pomolita Middle School Visits DVGS

By Sophia Liu (Class of 2020) Three large, yellow school buses passed through the gate of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and parked in front of the Developing Virtue Girls Secondary School. The silence of the still morning air was broken by the chatter of 200 curious […]

Oakland Museum of California Lunar New Year

The whole crowd sat at the edge of their tiny seats, leaning forward and eagerly anticipating what the two young boys in their red and blue shirts would do. They looked at each other in confidence and draped a golden cloth lined with black fur across their backs. […]

Ukiah Lantern Festival welcomes the Year of the Rooster

By John Winters, for The Ukiah Daily Journal. Ukiah’s Sixth Annual Lantern Festival is a festive welcome to the Year of the Rooster Chinese New Year, the start of the Chinese lunar calendar year, is a two-week period filled with ceremonies and festivities. It is a time to […]

Cherishing Youth Day 2017

Location: City of 10,000 Buddhas 2001 Talmage Rd. Ukiah, CA 95482 Date/Time: March 31, 2017 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Hosted by: Developing Virtue Secondary School Instilling Goodness Elementary School (707) 468-3896 NOTE: The date of Cherishing Youth Day is changed to March 31 Cherishing Youth Day Flyer

City of 10,000 Buddhas hosts 25th Annual Honoring Elders Day

By Chris Pugh, Ukiah Daily Journal On Saturday morning, the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas invited local elders to a heartwarming celebration of the 25th Annual Honoring Elders Day. Held in the city’s Five Contemplations Dining Hall, students from the city’s Instilling Goodness Elementary School and Developing Virtue […]