PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

In the past year, so much has been accomplished at Campion through a wonderful demonstration of caring, commitment and a spirit of collaboration. Bold leadership from our Vision 2020 Campaign Chairman, Andrew Mahfood, aggressive fundraising by our Home School Association, generous responses from alumni and other benefactors, as well as creative partnerships with business interests forged by our tireless Development Office, have allowed us to significantly upgrade areas of our campus in dire need of repair.

Students and staff are still marvelling at the dramatic improvements in the canteen and tennis courts, the new student seating area and multi-purpose court, as well as the quantum transformation of three of our four 50-year-old junior labs: the DB&G Integrated Science Lab, the Avinash Potluri Biology Lab and the Hendrickson Family Physics Lab & Lecture Room. As the “holder of the purse,” and therefore perhaps the person most acutely aware of how impossible all of this would have been without your financial support, I pause to personally thank each donor for his/her contribution to this tremendous movement in Mission Advancement at Campion College

In the year ahead, our focus turns to the task of creating an information commons or “Laboratory of Ideas”—a space which will welcome, nourish and inspire our 21st century learners. This is the vision for our new Jonathan Stewart Library Media Centre: a place, yes, for the preservation of information, but more importantly a space for experimenting with ideas and for unleashing the power of the amazing creativity and imagination of our exceptional staff and students.

At the time of our groundbreaking in June 2011, we were still euphoric at having met our target of raising US$700,000 to match the challenge amount of US$350,000 set by our Visionary Donor, Hon, Gordon “Butch” Stewart OJ, to whom we are so very grateful.

Since then, our euphoria has been tempered, however, by the need to focus on the second phase of our Campaign, which will raise funds for the furnishing and equipping of our “Laboratory of Ideas” as well as the renovation of the final junior lab, Chemistry, and the upgrade of the 6th Form Lab.

But our spirits are not dampened. Our zeal is renewed each day by the astounding giftedness of our students and the tremendous collective promise which Campion holds for this nation. We remain steadfast in the work of exercising good stewardship over our school, and equally steadfast in our faith that you, our friends and benefactors, will help us see this most worthy project to completion.

With best wishes and appreciation,
Grace Baston
Principal