Qiaomei Elementary School

Qiaomei Elementary was founded in 1960 with donations from overseas Chinese communities (僑) after the catastrophic August 1959 flood — known as the "8/7 Flood" — devastated central and southern Taiwan, giving the school its name "僑美," which reflects that overseas charitable origin. Today it remains a small school, with roughly 49 students and 11 teachers, embodying a story of community resilience and rebuilding in the wake of one of Taiwan's worst 20th-century natural disasters.

僑美國小創立於民國49年（1960年），是在民國48年（1959年）8月造成中南部台灣重創的「八七水災」後，由海外僑胞捐款興學而成立，校名「僑美」正是紀念這段僑胞義助的緣起。如今學校規模不大，僅約49名學生與11位教師，卻承載著台灣二十世紀重大天災後社區重建與復原的故事。