Xiaolin Elementary School

Xiaolin Elementary School was founded in 1937, during the Japanese colonial era, at the original Xiaolin village site in the Nanzixian River valley. On August 9, 2009, during Typhoon Morakot, a landslide dammed a nearby river; when the resulting dammed lake broke through, the flood destroyed the original Xiaolin village and school, and approximately 491 residents were reported missing or deceased. Survivors were relocated, and the school was rebuilt at a new site called Wuli-pu, reopening to students in 2012. The original village site is now preserved as the Xiaolin Village Memorial Park. The Xiaolin community identifies as Taivoan, a Plains Indigenous group related to the Siraya; as members of the community themselves describe it, "as long as the culture remains, Xiaolin will remain" — a conviction the rebuilt school continues to carry forward.

小林國小創校於昭和12年（1937年）日本統治時期，最初校址位於楠梓仙溪流域的小林舊部落。民國98年（2009年）8月9日莫拉克颱風期間，附近山區因土石崩塌形成堰塞湖，堰塞湖潰決後洪流摧毀了小林舊部落與學校，官方統計約491人失蹤或罹難。倖存的居民遷居，學校於新址「五里埔」重建，民國101年（2012年）復學。舊部落原址現闢為「小林村紀念公園」，供人緬懷追思。小林社區自我認同為與西拉雅相關的平埔族群——大武壠族；正如部落成員自己所說的：「只要文化還在，小林就還在」，這也是重建後的學校持續延續的信念。