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 […]

Teachers’ Day 2016

By Annie Sun, class of 2018 On September 28th, 2016, the designated Confucius Day, the students and teachers of Developing Virtue Girls School gathered together in the Small Dining Hall to celebrate Teachers’ Day, an annual celebration dedicated to our beloved teachers. Students began the day by making […]

Walk to Feed the Hungry

The San Francisco “Walk to Feed the Hungry” took place on Saturday October 13, 2012 to support Buddhist Global Relief. Organized and leaded by Sister Santussika and Ajahn Guna, over a hundred people started from Norras Temple in historic Chinatown, visiting American Buddhist Cultural Society, Buddhist Church of […]

Peace Day

by Editorial Staff and students Every year on September 21, the world celebrates International Peace Day. On that morning at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the entire boys and girls divisions of Developing Virtue Secondary School gathered in the Wonderful Words Hall to listen to two special […]

PTO Welcome-back Picnic

Class essay by 7th Grade students On September 3, 2016, Saturday, many parents, teachers, and students attended the PTO welcome-back picnic at the Developing Virtue Girls Secondary School. As everyone gathered in the Chan Hall, there was an introduction by four women from Alliance Redwoods. They started off […]

2016 Sonoma County VegFest

By Vanessa Sun, Sophia Liu, Moniques Nguyen, Amy Liu, and Katherine Wang On August 20, 2016, some IGDVS students—along with teachers, parents, and volunteers—went to the 3rd annual Sonoma County VegFest in Santa Rosa, California. This celebration of compassion and healthy vegetarian lifestyle was held in Luther Burbank […]

Kindness and a Splash of Water-filled Fun: IGDVS Boys Summer Camp 2016

By Daron Fong The 2016 Instilling Goodness & Developing Virtue Boy’s Summer camp was packed with fun, creative, and educational activities for the kids, with focus on the core values of the school including kindness, the theme of this year’s camp. This year the boys school had about […]

Summer Camp 2016: Kindness

by Chris Ruan “Jie Jie, come push me on the swings!” Every day during recess, the kids from ages 3 to 8 would joyfully cry out to the counselors to push them higher on the swings. It was tiring work for us counselors, but we could see that […]