Campion's international ELL program is designed for students to graduate with a college-preparatory diploma in four years.

Make Friends and Get Involved

Campion Academy encourages students to be involved in a variety of extracurricular activities and has excellent programs in music, sports, service, and an active Outdoor Club.

High-achieving Campion Academy students are selected to work as International Ambassadors with our international students. The Ambassadors meet with international students daily to provide tutoring, cultural lessons, conversation practice, and to help them integrate into student life and activities on campus.
I played on the soccer team. It was fun because I loved soccer and I made good friends who were really helpful to me. We took a trip to a soccer tournament and that really helped us bond together. --Aahwan
I am very happy to be at Campion Academy, where I have made a lot of new friends. When I first came to Campion my English was very bad, but after my ELL class my English improved. I really like ELL class to help me learn more English. --Leo

Learn English
Campion Academy offers four levels of support in the English Language Learner (ELL) program.  Each student receives the language instruction they need and support in their content area classes.  

Students are given a placement test (iTEP SLATE) at the beginning, middle, and end of the year to determine their level.

ELL Level 1: 
  • 2 classes of sheltered English instruction
  • 4-5 mainstream content-area classes
  • 1 ELL support class to help students in content-area classes

ELL Level 2:
  • 1 class of sheltered English instruction
  • 5-6 mainstream content-area classes
  • 1 ELL support class to help students in content-area classes

ELL Level 3:  
  • 7 mainstream content-area classes
  • 1 ELL support class to help students in content-area classes
  • College-prep ELL class

ELL Level 4:
  • Regular student schedule
  • Grades monitored by ELL teacher to determine if support is needed

Prepare for College and Your Future

Campion offers a College Preparatory Diploma, designed to prepare you for success at college or university, and an Advanced College Preparatory Diploma, designed to get you started on college courses before you graduate high school.
I'm a freshman ELL student at Campion Academy. It's been a year since I came here. Since ELL has been my favorite subject, and I study it very hard, I feel I'm getting better and better with my English.  --Kaname
 For information about our international program and related tuition costs, please contact:
For all Chinese inquiries:
    Contact Paul Niu, Director of Campion Academy's China office
    email:  paul.niu@campion.net.
For all other International inquiries:
    Contact Dean Helm, V.P. of Finance and International Director
    email:  dean.helm@campion.net

Staff

Jill Harlow has a Master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor's degree in Intercultural Communication from Southern Adventist University.  Over the past 10 years, she has been teaching English to students at a variety of levels and ages, including college ESL courses at Plymouth State University, New Hampshire.  She moved to Colorado in 2015 and is excited to be working with the ELL program at Campion.  In her free time, she enjoys outdoor adventures with her family. 
Patricia Velasquez-Torres has been the Learning Resource & English Language Learning Director at Campion Academy 11 years and has a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Colorado at Denver as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Speech/Language Development from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  She used this training to complete certification requirements of the Rocky Mountain Conference to teach English Language Learners.  When not on duty she enjoys being with family, and is currently learning to tailor and draw.