Campion welcomes home past generations

This past weekend over 500 alumni reconnected at Campion Academy, sharing old memories here on campus. The homecoming event included a worship service, musical performances, time to catch up with classmates, and sports games.

Many alumni arrived on campus Friday afternoon to tour around the ad building and view their class photos. After sundown, vespers was held at the Campion Church and featured the International Student Program with Jill Harlow, where choir and Koinonia performed.

After vespers, alumni and students gathered at the firepit for an afterglow with s’mores and hot drinks. 
On Sabbath, during the church service, the honor classes (ending in 5 or 0) stood for roll call. Alumni of the year Awards were presented to Reggie Leach and Joe and Eva Martin. 

Reggie Leach received the award for his work in Adventist education and his support of Campion. 
Joe and Eva Martin were honored for starting the Literature Evangelism program and leading it for many years. 
After the church service, honor classes visited with each other across campus. Teddy Manase, class of 2015, reflected on his weekend. “Alumni weekend was awesome. It was great catching up with my fellow classmates and seeing how far everyone has come in life (career wise, having families, etc..) and reminiscing about the good old times that we had. I also missed some of the people that weren't able to make it.”

The events ended with friendly competitions between the alumni and current students in volleyball and soccer. The alumni dominated both the volleyball and the soccer games again this year. 

Blet Htoo, class of 2023, stated, “I didn’t plan on going up to alumni but I'm happy I did. I enjoyed getting to see staff and friends. It hasn't been long since I've graduated but I miss everyone so much. Getting to talk and hear about how everyone’s doing is great, especially since it's hard to stay in contact when we are all busy. Campion will always be special and important to me.” 
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Hannah Manase and Gerrad Vat, Student News Team