Seniors bond over challenges on survival weekend

The Campion Academy senior class grew closer over the five days of Senior Survival, camping in the woods of Glacier View Ranch. 

Tristi Ramos, senior class sponsor, reflected, “Senior Survival created opportunities for the class to interact and build trust across social circles.”

Students brought sleeping bags, pads, or hammocks, but as a part of their survival experience, they couldn’t use tents. Each pair of students were given two tarps and rope to build a shelter to stay dry. They used their creativity to design their unique shelter to live in. 

“Building our own shelter and living in it was a very interesting experience,” reflected Jack Jordan. “We had to search the forest for lots of logs and haul them back to our camp for our makeshift log cabin. It was tall enough that we could stand up in it; however, during the night we had a little bit of a draft flowing through our cabin.”

Groups were given a bucket of food and necessities to create their own meals. Janey Padilla-Reyes recalled, “I enjoyed making my food because it reminded me of when I camped as a child; my favorite meal that we made was the stew after a very cold day.”

During the days, students were divided into groups to complete team-building activities, including a trust fall. Aaron Oster, senior, commented, “I learned that most of the activities you couldn't do alone; you needed support from fellow friends. It was hard at first but once we came together as a group, it worked.”  

On Friday evening, students sat around the campfire and shared their testimonies, “I felt more connected with my class as we all shared about our experiences when we first came to Campion. I was able to express how I first felt at Campion and how I ended up enjoying the company of my class and making lots of new friends,” commented Yolanda Han.

Michael Fresse, a new senior, said his favorite part was “getting to talk to everyone in the class and developing relationships with them.”

Brayden Marroquin, Student News Team

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