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About UsFounded in 2005, the Aspire Education Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those children who have demonstrated the potential to excel but lack financial support needed to pursue junior high and high school education. Aspire is committed to establishing educational programs and scholarships that give these children a chance to pull themselves out of poverty, pursue their dreams, and better their lives as well as the lives of people around them in the future. Up until the summer of 2006, Aspire sponsors 45 high school students and 80 junior high students in Jiangxi and Yunnan provinces. The selection of the school sites and the students was made with the help from the local branch of the Jiangxi Women's Federation. We have local volunteers at the site to help us supervise and monitor the progress of the students. We conduct annual visit to our students and write to our students on regular basis. The operation and administrative work is done by volunteers. 100% of the donation are spent on the students. The school tuition and expense is around $100 per year for a junior high student and $300 per year for a high school student. Who Are We?Ji An Springbud Class Gruaduates Advanced to College (12/3/2010)All 50 springbud students form Ji An First High School graduated in the fall of 2010. 44 of them passed the college entrance examination and will continue their advaned education in local or national colleges. Congratulations to all the students and we wish them the best of luck in college. Here is a list of the students and the colleges they are attending.Dr. Kan Visisted Jian Xi Springbud Classes in November 2009 (12/18/2009)The president of the Aspire Education Foundation, Dr. Chen Chen Kan visited the Springbud classes in Jiu Jian, Wu, Ning, Shang Gao, and Fong Shin High Schools from November 9 to 11, 2009. With the company of the Directory of the Jianxi Province Women's Federation, Mrs. Chen Gu, they met the springbud students in four counties in three short days, held seminars with the students and visited the students' homes. Dr. Kan also had a reunion gathering with the graduates from the Xingze class.
Xingze Springbud Class is Finished Successfully (9/24/2009)The last nine students from Xingze Springbud class graduated from high school this summer. Seven of them passed the college entrance examination and will continue their college eduation this fall. This year marked the end of the six year sponsorship of the Xingze Springbug class. Best wishes to all our students and their families. We wish them success in their future endeaver and hope they will spread the seeds of love and give back to their home town and whoever may need help.2008 Aspire Graduates Are Going to College (8/28/2008)Four Aspire high school students, Chen Dong Mei, Cheng Mei Xia, Gong Li Ping, and Pong Mu) from Xingze Springbud class in Jianxi graduated this summer. Two of them passed the college entrance examination and will continue their education in college. Chen Dong Mei was admitted to Jianxi University of Science and Technology, one of the best colleges in Jianxi and Cheng Mei Xia was admitted to the Jianxi Normal School. Congratulations to all of graduates and wish them success in their future endeaver.The winners of the Chinese Essay Contest are Announced (4/14/2008)In order to encourge students to practice Chinese composition and study their own heritage, we asked students to write an essay during their 2007 winter break. The title of the essay is "My home town" for the middle school and "Jiangxi-born People and Chinese History" for the high school. The top three winners from each school are announced in the Chinese page. Their winning essays are also posted in the Chinese page.Two New Classes are added in Fall, 2007With your generous donation, the Foundation is able to open two new 10th grade Springbud classes in Jiangxi Province beginning from the fall semester of 2007. One is in The First High School of Ji An City, while the other is in The First High School of Wu Ning County. There are 50 and 40 students, respectively, in each class. Every time the Foundation start a new class, it commits three-year support for students to complete their high school education. Thank you to all our donors, let’s continue to work together to make a difference, one student at a time. Congratulations to Aspire Graduates - September, 2007Five Aspire high school students from Xingze Springbud class in Jianxi graduated this summer. Three of them passed the college entrance examination and will continue their education in college. The five graduates are Zhang Yan Hong , Zhang Feng Hua, Li Chuan Nan, Zhang Ya Jun, Wan Zhen Zhen (see picture below from left to right).
Li Chuan Nan -- Jiu Jiang Vocational and Technical College, Accounting Department Zhang Yan Hong -- Beijing University of Finance and Economics, English Education Department Zhang Ya Jun - Nanchang University, International Economics Department We give our whole hearted congratulations to all the five graduates and wish them success in their future endeaver. News - November, 2006The President of the Aspire Education Foundation, Dr. Chen-Chen Kan and Aspire donors and volunteers Ms. Connie Her, Ms. Stella Fu and Ms. Jane Moores visited three Springbud classes in Jianxi in October 23-26, 2006. They received warm welcome by the Jiangxi Province Women's Federation, the County Educational Department Officials, the principals, teachers and students of the three middle schools where the Springbud classes were located. During the visit, Dr. Kan also attended the opening ceremony of the two new springbud classes in Shang4 Gao1 Middle School and Gang3 Kou3 Middel School, visited student's homes, and had face-to-face communication with the students. Please see the local news about their visit: Springbud Class in Shang4 Gao1 Middle School | ||||||||
