The Beijing Olympics message of peace and unity was the last lesson students of Juyuan Middle School took, moments before the earthquake killed most of their schoolmates. About 900 students from the Juyuan Middle School in the city of Dujiangyan were believed to have been buried as the school building collapsed, with a large number of fatalities expected.
The torch pictures and Games slogans - One World, One Dream - still remained etched on the blackboard of one of the very few classrooms that remained standing. A hand-drawn picture of a man running with the torch was displayed on the blackboard, next to the Olympic countdown. On Monday, May 12, there was "88 days to go" written on the blackboard.
School backpacks, drinks cartons, ice-cream wrappers and teachers' notes were scattered among the debris of bricks and concrete. One English textbook was opened to the passage: "Go for it" and "How was your day?".