By Haley Enochs –Loveland, Colorado … Even with the pandemic changing and canceling events, one event coronavirus couldn’t cancel at Campion Academy was the annual welcome back competition “Class Scramble”.
The Scramble is a chance for classes to compete in various games and have fun getting to know their classmates. Students bring an assortment of random items to the event and when Don Reeder, principal of Campion Academy, calls out an item (such as a cardboard box), students race to be first to drop the item at the designated center for their class. Between rounds, other activities are incorporated into the competition.
With social distancing guidelines in place, the Student Association (SA) developed new games and rules for the event to keep participants safe.
“Being on SA this year, we faced the challenge of creating new ways to social distance yet still have fun with our classes,” Kylie Wehling, SA Spiritual Vice President, said. “Even though usual Class Scramble games like man-overboard and men-in-a-boat had to change, I think everyone still had tons of fun and enjoyed (the) bonding time with their classes.”
Everyone wore masks at this outdoor event, embracing safety by decorating their masks and finding creative ways to take pictures.
For the second year in a row, the senior class of 2021 claimed victory.
Milka Mendoza, Campion Academy senior, stated, “I was super glad we were even able to still hold the event, and thankful for the SA officers and staff who set everything up. It felt so good to win for a second time in a row! I’m super excited to see how our class can continue to make memories despite everything else going on. We did get a little scared of losing, but we pulled it off! It all worked out because we came together as a class.”
The other classes didn’t make it an easy win as it was a tight race between the seniors and the sophomores, who came in second.
Class Scramble is normally followed by a campus-wide picnic. This year, the low air quality from fires ravaging mountains in the area caused the picnic to be postponed.
–Haley Enochs is a senior at Campion Academy; photos by Jill Harlow
