Campion’s Asian international students hosted a party for the student body to celebrate Lunar New Year last Saturday night.
To start the evening, a traditional Chinese lion visited the chapel, giving the students a surprise. Then several students shared how and why they celebrate this important holiday in their home countries. Before heading to the gym, the students tasted dumplings, egg rolls, and Chinese rice crackers. The party continued in the gym with options to play badminton or learn traditional crafts from the Asian students such as paper cutting, writing Chinese characters, and origami. The evening ended with a blast of popping balloons in the gym and a colorful firework display outside. Campion Academy currently hosts four international students from China, three from Vietnam, one from Japan, and one from South Korea, as well as many Asian-American students. Jill Harlow, Communication Director
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Twenty-seven Campion Academy students in the select choir, Koinonia, traveled to Union Adventist University in Lincoln, Nebraska to participate in the 2025 Union Choral Music Festival, January 29 through February 1. They joined over 200 students from Adventist academies across the Midwest, working together to perform six songs as a mass choir.
From Wednesday through Friday, students dove into the rigorous rehearsals, some lasting nearly 13 hours a day. On Friday, students had the unique opportunity to record in Union’s new recording studio. The entire festival choir was recorded in groups, and one male and one female singer was chosen from each group to be the lead singer. The completed video was presented at the Saturday night concert, and students got to hear their voices edited together. On Friday night for vespers, each academy had the chance to showcase their songs. Campion was the last school to sing and received a standing ovation for their performance of “He Never Failed Me Yet” featuring multiple soloists including Michael Shannon and Natalie Bryant. Marc Winokan commented on how he felt after performing, saying, “After our performance it was really exciting to see everyone cheering and screaming for us. I’m glad that it went well and we were able to praise God through our music.” On Saturday morning, the schools joined together to sing six songs for the church service. Janey Padilla-Reyes reflected on the culmination of the rehearsals saying, “It was truly something that was prayed over and a message that the group brought to everyone.” One of these selections, “The Lord is My Shepherd,” was a new composition written specifically for this year's festival, and made its debut. On Saturday evening, the 200 member choir performed it’s final concert. Students celebrated their hard work and accomplishments Saturday night with pizza and got to hang out with friends, play sports, swim and have fun at the Reiner Wellness Center. During their free time, students also enjoyed exploring downtown Lincoln. “Music fest was a lot of fun. Although the practices were extremely long and tiring, the opportunity to sing a debut song and hear the final outcome at the concert was worth all the labor put into it,” Toby Quillin concluded. Alexandra Cordoba, Student News Team This past weekend parents, staff, and students celebrated the senior class with a recognition service Friday night and a student-led church service on Sabbath. In an annual tradition, each staff member spoke about the senior students, highlighting their unique characters and acknowledging how far they’ve come.
The next day, the seniors took charge of the church service. The senior praise team led out in worship. Toby Quillin, Keon Paez, and Alexandra Cordoba performed the song ”Redeemer” for special music. Brayden Marroquin gave the children’s story. Marcela Zuniga, Jack Jordan, Jack Ramos, and Damaris Lopez Morquecho delivered sermonettes based on the class theme of Faith over Fear. Each senior shared reasons on how faith can conquer fear. Jack Jordan concluded the sermons by giving out pieces of paper to the congregation and asking them to write down their biggest fear. Above the fear he asked participants to write: “I choose to put faith over fear”, as a reminder that Jesus conquers all. -Alexandra Cordoba Campion’s top students, parents, and teachers gathered together for the annual Scholar’s Brunch to celebrate academic success, award scholarships, and induct students into the National Honor Society.
Twenty-three students received scholarships from alumni and other endowments of up to $1000 each. Nineteen seniors were officially inducted into the National Honor Society. Four of these seniors gave speeches on the four pillars of NHS: leadership, character, service, and scholarship. Congratulations to all our outstanding students! Abigail Brown, Student News Team Campion fans were all smiles after both the girls and boys varsity teams won their games against Mile High Academy on the Denver Nuggets court at Ball Arena on Thursday. To top off the evening, the students got to watch the Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings.
It has been two years since Campion played at Ball Arena, so it was thrilling for the players to have a chance to compete on a professional court. "I felt pretty excited to play on an NBA court,” recalled Izuchi Nwankwo, a junior starter on the team who was playing there for the first time. “That was really cool!” he concluded. Players on both teams demonstrated good sportsmanship and camaraderie despite the competitive feeling between schools. Sarah Rushold, starting point guard for the girls varsity, shared, "I feel like we played well as a team! We never got down on each other for any mistakes we made. I'm so glad we got to play at the Ball Arena!" Recalling the boys game, EJ Woy, starting senior on the team, said "I was so excited! I felt like I was on fire at first. Although our team could be better on some things, we did well on keeping our composure. Whenever the other team started catching up, we kept our cool and stayed calm and finished the game strong." The students look forward to this big event each year. “It's a bittersweet moment knowing it was my last time playing there,” said Damaris Lopez Morquecho, senior. Josh Makizimana commented, "I felt good and a little emotional as I am a senior and this is my last time playing at Ball Arena. However, Campion played an excellent game and we finished with the win." Jill Harlow with Olivia Uphold, Student News Team The JV and Varsity boys, and Varsity girls basketball team won their most recent games against Ascent Classical Academy and Weldon Valley. The JV boys won against Ascent Classical 28-18, and also won against Weldon Valley 16-10 The Varsity girls won against Ascent Classical 38-32, and won against Weldon Valley 49-30 The Varsity boys won against Ascent Classical 55-20, and won against Weldon Valley 63-36 Olivia Uphold, Student News Team This past Sabbath, students led out in seven different churches in school-wide Students with a Testimony (SWAT) trip. Overseen by Chaplain Lindsey Santana, the theme for the weekend was being a disciple of Jesus. Students traveled as far as Grand Junction and Colorado Springs, and even conducted a service at a Spanish-speaking congregation. Students were in charge of running the entire church service, including song service, children’s story, special music, and the sermon. Evie Lange, a junior, was a part of a saxophone duet with Quiana Davis at the Grand Junction SDA Church. “I was excited to do special music,” Lange shared, “It was fun to play with another saxophonist because I have never done it before.” “The church was very welcoming,” Lange furthered; “Their arms were always open to us and they fed us a delicious lunch. We even stayed Friday night in some church members' homes; they were very kind.” Jasmine Smittick, a senior, was among the students that were selected to give a sermon. Smittick reflected, “I was very worried at first and overwhelmed, but as I continued to work on it, I was able to not only reach other people, but I resonated with what I was writing.” After church service the church members open their doors with potluck for the students. “It was really good and the food was really amazing.” Abigail Brown said. This was the second annual school-wide SWAT trip, helping students become leaders and more involved in church. Next year, students and staff look forward to reaching out to even more area churches. Damaris Lopez-Morquecho, Student News Team The Varsity Girl's Basketball team won their most recent game against Rocky Mountain Lutheran High School by a score of 32-12.
Damaris Lopez was the top scorer of the game with 10 points, closely followed by Sarah Rushold with 9 points and Liz Beth Lopez with 8 points. The game was the girl's third consecutive win this month bringing their season total to 3-1. The boys didn't have a game this week, but they've also started their season with 3 straight wins and no loses. While the teams will be taking a break for Christmas vacation, you won't want to miss the chance to see them play in January and February! Game Schedule (subject to changes) January 13 - Away - Girls and Boys Varsity vs. Ascent Classical Academy at 4 PM January 14 - Home - Girls and Boys Varsity vs. Weldon Valley at 6 PM January 20 - Away - Boys Varsity vs. Loveland Protestant Reformed at 6:30 PM January 21 - Away - JV Boys, Girls and Boys Varsity vs. Lotus School at 6 PM January 23 - BALL ARENA Girls and Boys Varsity vs. Mile High Academy at 1 PM January 28 - Home - Girls and Boys Varsity vs. Dawson School at 6 PM February 3 - Away - Boys Varsity vs. Denver Jewish Day at 7 PM February 4 - Away - JV Boys, Girls and Boys Varsity vs. Front Range Baptist at 7 PM February 11 - 15 - Union Adventist University Basketball Tournament The Campion Academy Chorale and the HMS Richards Adventist School's choir joined together to perform for the Campion Church service. The focus of the entire service was sacred Christmas music, featuring ensembles from both schools. Watch the church service performances at Campion.Church The Music Department presented a Christmas concert on Saturday evening to celebrate the holiday season. All the ensembles including Cantores Chorale, Koinonia, Symphony, Jazz Band, Beginner Band, and Handbells played the music at the concert.
Music Director, Naomi Fernandez commented on the concert, “I am proud of all seven groups that performed, including the debut of our new beginner band. All the music students worked hard, progressed and each group brought a unique sound and flavor to our Christmas concert! It was great fun to see the students in their Christmas costumes. The whole evening was a lot of fun, from top to bottom.” One song that was loved by the audience was “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” featuring soloists, Justin Ticonuwu, Marc Winokan, and Phoebe Wullur. Ticonuwu said, “The concert was really fun, but having two concerts on the same day really tested our endurance. Being a soloist was really scary, but the experience was great.” The Jazz band played a variety of Christmas favorites including “Deck The Rockin' Halls” in which Michael Shannon had a trumpet solo. “I was very nervous at first,” Shannon recalled; “but once I started playing, I had fun.” Fernandez furthered, “I'm looking forward to our spring programs, the music tour and the Union Music Festival!” To watch the livestream of the performance go to: https://www.youtube.com/live/e7Q2uZkALLs?si=ACKthcXaZzc8ZNeN Gabriel Costa, Student News Team Campion church members introduced themselves to their adopted academy girls over this past Sabbath. They anonymously set out encouraging cards, tasty treats, and nice gifts to encourage and support the girls throughout the fall semester.
Each week, the girls would pick up their gifts after church and smile as they peeked inside. Hannah Manase, a freshman at Campion stated, “I really enjoyed the letters they gave me, especially the Bible verses they put in them and how they mentioned that they were always praying for me. It really comforted me.” During potluck last Sabbath, the Campion girls filed into the fellowship hall to meet their adopted family for the first time. They ate a variety of homemade food as they got to know one another. Alexa Pinontoan, a junior at Campion, expressed, “The best part was the reveal, when I finally got to meet the people who have blessed me this school year.” Abigail Brown, Student News Team |
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