Ocer Campion Jesuit College
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Feast of St Campion, and Christmas Celebrations, at Ocer Campion.
2011-12-08 |
1st December 2011 was a very special day at Ocer Campion due to our celebrating several happenings at once. First, there was the feast of Saint Edmond Campion SJ, the patron of our school. Second, nine of our students got baptised, and third, a further 15 students received Holy Communion for the first time. Therefore students, staff members and representatives of workers came together for a 2 hours mass at 11 am. Afterwards all participants had lunch. This day was the last day before the students left school for their Christmas break, hence we celebrated Christmas, too. We continued our program with some Christmas Carols excellently sung by students. Next we shared a sweet and delicious cake which looked like a wedding cake. Since the day was also the official end of the school year with the last general assembly, some of the prefects and teachers raised their voices to send some messages and wishes to the students. At night celebrations went on. After students had packed their belongings they danced until 10.30 pm.
All members of Ocer Campion are full of thanks for this wonderful day, the past school year, and the progress in the development of the campus and of our students. Finally we send best wishes to all friends, donors and the whole Ocer Campion Family. Have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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OCJC students stock fishpond with 2,000 talapia
Students worked with Fr. Jim and a local fish hatchery to introduce 2,000 Nile talapia fingerlings into the school pond.
After contracting a local fish nursery to hatch and grow Nile talapia to finger size, 2,000 talia were introduced into our three-acre fish pond Oct. 13. The pond was created several months ago by daming the headwaters of eight perenial springs flowing through our property. Two control valves and an overflow maintain the water at a desired level. This will allow the fingerlings to grow to hand-size in six months and arms length in the following years.
Bring your fishing tackle the next time you visit OCJC.
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OCJC students stock fishpond with 2,000 talapia
Students worked with Fr. Jim and a local fish hatchery to introduce 2,000 Nile talapia fingerlings into the school pond.
After contracting a local fish nursery to hatch and grow Nile talapia to finger size, 2,000 talia were introduced into our three-acre fish pond Oct. 13. The pond was created several months ago by daming the headwaters of eight perenial springs flowing through our property. Two control valves and an overflow maintain the water at a desired level. This will allow the fingerlings to grow to hand-size in six months and arms length in the following years.
Bring your fishing tackle the next time you visit OCJC.
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The Classroom and IT building nears completion
The new classroom and IT/library building are nearing completion at OCJC. The images show the building in early September, 2011. The building will contain eleven standard classrooms, three science labs, and a library.
The whole complex is powered by solar energy. The enterior courtyard contains a very large, 60 cubic meter cistern, which harvests the rainwater for bathroom and cleaning purposes.
The science classrooms will be state-of-the art, allowing students to excel in basic sciences like chemistry, physics and biology and environmental sciences, forestry, animal husbandry.
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The girl's dorm and new classroom block turned over
The Girl's dormitory and the new classroom block are being turned over to OCJC by the contractors this month.
The boy's dorm is next. The contract for constructing the new boy's dorm was signed July 23rd with construciton beginning July 25th. The dorm it to be finished Jan 2. 2012.
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Project Status #1
Construction of the girl's dorm is nearing completion. What remains is rain guttering, three large external water storage tanks and the constuction of a large 60 cubic meter cistern to harvest rainwater during the two rainy seasons for student. We are looking for funds, about $10,000USD to comlete the cistern and purchase the larege plastic external tanks.
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Project Status #2
The backbone for the campus sewerage system is now in place thanks to a generous donation from James O'Kane, Campion Class of '57. The entire underground system of pipes, manholes, septic tanks and three eco ponds that digest raw sewerage from the dormitory, classrom and future developments extends almost one mile along the south side of the campus. While mostly hidden from sight, it ensures that there will be no future contamination of the local water table from foul sewerage.
Since OCJC is located on one of the headwater streams of the Nile River, runoff and management of sewerage is carefully managed by the Uganda Enironmental Protection rules. These have been followed carefully in designing the system by Wagner Associates, Kampala.
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Project Status #3
Jim Strzok, S.J., President of the Building Committee for the Eastern Africa Province just returned from three weeks at OCJC. He posts these images and this progress:
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Solar powered street lighting is now being placed along the long 200 meter campus road connecting the girl's dorm to the upper classrooms. Since the entire campus is solar powered, the automatic switching for the light posts had to be developed locally. It is not available on local markets.
But thanks to Fr. John Legge, SJ, who teaches electronics at Gulu University, Fr. Jim Strzok, SJ, was able to develop and enstall a light sensor and main solar collector for a system that will soon light the path during the night.
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