Category: Student Learning

Celebrating Earth Day 2017!

By Leanna Duong (Class of 2018) The importance of maintaining a healthy environment is harder than ever with the creation of e-waste, non-recyclable materials, but as of last year, Developing Virtue Girls School has been actively trying to promote Earth Day, a day dedicated to celebrating and cherishing […]

Career Exploration: One-of-a-Kind

By Leanna Duong (class of 2018) Ever wondered what barium tasted like? Well, today the students at Developing Virtue Secondary Girls School discovered that the answer to that question was a definitive “not very good”. In the morning of March 21, 2017, the Ukiah Valley Rural Health Center […]

2016-2017 Dragons End a 25 Year Drought

  It was a tough day for both of the Dragons Basketball teams. Dragons B, already down one center, lost their starting point guard, Alan Troung, to an unfortunate rebound. He landed on his ankle halfway through the second quarter and had to sit out for the rest […]

Knit-a-Square: Together We Care

by Candie Dickinson Twenty-three 7th and 8th grade girls in the Instilling Goodness Girls School learn to knit a square.  The Knit-a-Square Project was part of their Life Skills class. They learned about the history of knitting, which began around 300-499 BC.  By joining others around the world […]

Learning a Dead Language

by Brandy Quach (Class of 2018) Carlos Ruiz Zafon once said, “There’s no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.” Language all across the world has the power to connect people and touch someone’s heart. However, some languages are considered “dead”, or a language no longer used […]

Visit to the Senior Center: Autumn Leaves

By Sophia Liu (Class of 2020) and QQ Hu (Class of 2020) On Friday, February 3, 2017, the 8th and 9th graders from the girls division of Developing Virtue Secondary School visited Ukiah Autumn Leaves, a local senior center. The students prepared various performances as well as baked […]

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. […]

Compassionate Chocolate Crew

by Alexis Yap (Class of 2017) On Saturday, February 4, 2017, four high schoolers went out to a shopping center in Ukiah to provide the community with homemade hot chocolate in the midst of the drizzling cold weather. The Compassionate Chocolate Crew, or otherwise known as “CCC”, was […]

Poetry Out Loud

By Sophia Liu (Class of 2020) On Tuesday, January 17, 2017, six students from the girls division of Developing Virtue Secondary School competed in the Poetry Out Loud school competition. Held in the Chan Hall of the girls high school, the competition included moving and exciting performances of […]

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 […]