Category: Student Learning

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 […]

The Hour of Code at DVGS

Klare Hu (Class of 2017) On the week of December 5, 2016, hundreds of thousands of students worldwide have engaged in the global initiative to increase digital literacy known as the “Hour of Code.” Technology is changing the world. As 80% of jobs created in the next decade […]

You Matter

By Cindy Han (Class of 2019) The power and influence of words are enormous. Word is a necessary tool we use everyday to communicate, but sometimes we ignored or forgot how unique and powerful they are. Fortunately, by doing a project called “You Matter Marathon,” students in Developing […]

Karma Kitchen Is Back!

By Alexis Yap (Class of 2017), Brandy Quach and Jasmine Chen (Class of 2018) Continuing the gift of sharing from last school year, this fall semester, the school held two sessions of “karma kitchen”—on October 7th and November 22nd. Karma kitchen is the brainchild of Service Space[1] and […]

The Compassion of Art

By Jocelyn He (Class of 2020) On November 4, 2016, students of Developing Virtue Girls Secondary School gathered at  Corner Gallery in Ukiah to see their own artwork hung on the walls. The Teenage Art Show is open to all teens in the city. It helps teenagers who […]

VegFest SF 2016

by Anna (Class of  2020) and Iris (Class of 2021) A celebration was held by San Francisco Veg Society on October 8th and 9th as part of the World Veg Festival. This celebration brought a great opportunity for people who were passionate about the “health” of our Earth […]

Halloween 2016

WARNING Video contains graphic content that some may find disturbing Even the heavy downpour was not enough to stop our annual Halloween party. Hosted by the Class of 2018, this year’s fright night was quite the scary one. While there was delicious food and an awesome dance performed by […]