Writers: Ashley Walker, Chantelle Dallas & Alexis Smith
We all have a purpose on this beautiful earth, the thing we are destined to do which will be our own contribution to mankind. Spared the inclement weather which had threatened the event for a week, the Club Expo of 2010 implored Campionites to “Make Your Mark” and the ingenuity which flowed from this theme was vibrant ...
Continue Reading →By Peta-Gaye Phillips
The new school year is now in full swing but not without some glitches along the way. From September 29th to September 30th, schools experienced a halt in activities due to the dangerous behaviour of Tropical Storm Nicole. For most Campion students, Tropical Storm Nicole, with her hammering rains and terrific lightning, brought with her “freedom”. Many students rejoiced as Nicole spontaneously bestowed upon them two whole days of holiday. While some students were thanking Nicole for ...
By Monique Arnold
Every year several steps are taken to try to integrate incumbent lower and upper sixth forms. This year was no exception. On Wednesday, September 15th, one of the first calendar events of the year was held: the 6A/6B Games Day.
Games Day was truly not one to miss. A concerted effort by the senior prefects, it saw the flooding of the auditorium by upper and lower sixers alike. The turnout was splendid: even the most standoffish of ...
By Mikhail Grant, Assistant Chief Editor
On Thursday October 21, 2010, five 6A students and Caribbean Studies teacher Mrs. V. Taylor Smellie served as representatives of Campion College at the 2010 Caribbean Child Research Conference. Held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown Kingston, the conference highlighted and investigated the rights of Caribbean children through the presentation of research conducted and essays written by Jamaica’s children. The conference was hosted by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and ...
By: Brian Kazaara & Renee King
The bell rang to signal the end of the school day on Friday September 24, 2010. On a normal evening, this would scream the end of a full day and a tiring week for the Campion College school community. Students would be seen stampeding from class to the (temporary) freedom that awaited them ...
Campion graduate David Walcott was yesterday (November 18) awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, making him the eighth Campionite in eight years to receive the award and the fourteenth since the inception of the school some 50 years ago. This week it was also announced that five out of the seven annual Jamaica Scholarships have been awarded to Campion graduates. They are: Andre Bascoe (Jamaica Male); Sharlayne Waller (Jamaica Female); Shenae Cunningham (Jamaica Independence Open); Roxanne Ffrench (Jamaica Independence Female); and ...
Continue Reading →November 7, 2010 (Kingston, Jamaica): There was much to give thanks for when Campionites and well-wishers came together to honour the Jesuit founders of the school at a Mass and Reception held yesterday (Saturday November 6, 2010). Campion parent and Chairman of Mayberry Investments Ltd, Chris Berry, announced that he and his family would donate US$25,000 to the school’s Vision 2020 Campaign to build Jamaica’s first modern library media centre, bringing the total donations and pledges to the Campaign to ...
Continue Reading →Manning Cup has begun and the boys are depending on your support…(Home team named first, all matches 3.30pm)
Bunting, Dehring & Golding Pledge US$45,000 to Alma Mater
Kingston, Jamaica; July 8, 2010–Campion alumni and founding partners of the groundbreaking investment firm DB&G, Peter Bunting, M.P., Christopher Dehring and Senator Mark Golding, are once more leading the way, this time in the field of education. The trio, represented by Mr. Dehring at Campion’s graduation ceremony held last week, announced that they will donate ...