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Welcome to The Nexus!

Welcome to The Nexus' online home. The Nexus is a student organization that was created in 2008 to help support rural elementary schools in China.

The Nexus partnered with The Library Project in 2008 to provide a library to the Song Shu Gou Elementary School, located in Lantian County, in the Shaanxi Province. Sense then The Nexus has raised enough books and funds for three elementary school library donations.

The Libraries: The Nexus has completed two library donations to date, with one more to be completed in May 2009. To learn more about these library donations, please click on the links below to see some amazing photos.

Song Shu Gou Elementary School
Lian Er Ping Elementary School

  

 

About the Nexus: The Nexus is a student organization that was established in 2008 at the Shanghai High School. The Nexus' mission is to be an extension of the Library Project, reaching out to people of Shanghai radiating from within the school. Our goal is to raise fund to support at least one library per year.

Contact Us: Please contact Stephany Phung via email at stephany@library-project.org if you have any questions regarding the Nexus or the book collection.

Other Links: The Nexus has been mentioned on these other links:

TLP Blog: Song Shu Gou Elementary School
TLP Blog: Lian Er Ping Elementary School

  
       
 
About The Library Project
 
About the Shanghai High School
 
 

The Library Project donates books and libraries to under financed elementary schools in China. They believe education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty that exists in the developing world. As they see it, education is change.

Their goal is to develop The Library Project into an organization that helps empower millions of children every year through the gift of education. This goal will take an enormous amount of dedication, planning, and hard work. They need your help.

To get involved, please check out their website at www.library-project.org.

  

Shanghai High School is located in the southwest corner of Shanghai. Established in 1865, the campus has an overall size of 340 MU (223,617 Square Meter), and is historically one of the most well known schools in China and around the world. On June 1, 1993 The Shanghai Education Committee approved the establishment of the Shanghai High School International Division (SHSID). In 1995, SHSID became a member of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).

Visit http://www.shsid.org/english/index.asp for more information.

  
       
 

 
       
The Nexus' Results
 
 

SONG SHU GOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The Library Project and The Nexus donated over 500 Chinese language children¡¯s books, two bookshelves, plants and a globe to the Song Shu Gou Elementary School. We also donated colorful paint for the old desks and stools, and white paint for the walls to brighten the classroom up. This library donation was made possible through the support of The Nexus, a student group at the Shanghai High School International Division.

Song Shu Gou Elementary School is located in rural Bayuan Town, Lantian County in the Shaanxi Province of China. There are 11 students that attend grades 1-2 that at Song Shu Gou Elementary School. Most of the student¡¯s parents work locally as farmers.

Song Shu Gou Elementary School is one of twenty ¡°Level 3¡± elementary schools in Bayuan Town. A Level 3 elementary school is the lowest level that a school can hold in China. This usually means that it is under-funded, remote, and has few educational resources found at the school.

Song Shu Gou Elementary School is in the Qin Ling Mountains, one of the largest mountain ranges in the Shaanxi Province. It is accessible via a winding paved road. The school construction is mud, brick, cement and wood.

Song Shu Gou Elementary School has an incredible school Principal who also acts as the only teacher. Mr. Yu teaches all three classes in one single classroom.

During our Pre Assessment we found that Song Shu Gou Elementary School did not have a library, or any books that could be used as a secondary curriculum.


The classroom at Song Shu Gou Elementary School before The Nexus and The Library Project donated a library.


Paint was provided and the parents and teacher painted the classroom over a weekend.


Over 500 Chinese language children's books.

LIAN ER PING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The Library Project, the Nexus, the Xi'an Foreign Business Forum and Web Wednesday Hong Kong all donated over 250 Chinese language children¡¯s books, one bookshelf, a plant and a globe to the Lian Er Ping Elementary School. We also donated colorful paint for the old desks and stools, and white paint for the walls to brighten the classroom up.

This library donation was made possible through the support of The Nexus, a student group at the Shanghai High School International Division.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School is located in rural Bayuan Town, Lantian County in the Shaanxi Province of China. There are 8 students that attend grades 1-2 that at Lian Er Ping Elementary School. Most of the student¡¯s parents work locally as farmers.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School is one of twenty ¡°Level 3¡± elementary schools in Bayuan Town. A Level 3 elementary school is the lowest level that a school can hold in China. This usually means that it is under-funded, remote, and has few educational resources found at the school.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School is in the Qin Ling Mountains, one of the largest mountain ranges in the Shaanxi Province. It is accessible via a winding paved road. The school construction is mud, brick, cement and wood.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School has an incredible school Principal who also acts as the only teacher. Mr. Wang teaches all both classes in one single classroom.

During our Pre Assessment we found that Lian Er Ping Elementary School did not have a library, or any books that could be used as a secondary curriculum.


The classroom at Lian Er Ping Elementary School before The Nexus and The Library Project donated a library.


Paint was provided and the parents and teacher painted the classroom over a weekend.


Happy kids.


Over 250 Chinese language children's books.

  
       
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