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Football Game Tonight
Garces vs. Stockdale
 It's SENIOR Night at tonight's football game! The football players will be introduced between the Freshman and Varsity Game. Cheerleaders and Band will be introduced at half time.
Freshman - Kick off at 5:00 PM
Varisty - Kick off at 7:30 PM
ASB Tailgate - 5:30 PM in the Quad
8th graders and their parents are welcome to join us at the tailgate!
Come ready to be loud! Go Rams!
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Special Guest: Tiler Peck
On Wednesday, November 6th, Ms. Tiler Peck, sister of Myka Peck, was our special guest speaker. Tiler is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and gave an inspirational talk to the students about how hard work can make dreams come true. After her talk, the Garces Dance Room was dedicated to the Peck Family and blessed by Msgr. Stephen Frost.
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Habitat for Humanity
The Pope Francis Build
$20 "Free Dress" Pass
 Garces is going to help build a home for a local family as part of the Pope Francis Build project. The local family is the Salazar's who are members of Christ the King parish. To raise needed money to help fund the project, students are encouraged to pay $20 next week for a "Dress Pass" that will allow them to wear jeans, Uggs, and sweats to school. |
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Movember at Garces
$20 "No Shave" Pass
In support of bringing awareness to men's health issues, the boys will have the option of purchasing a "No Shave" pass for $20. The passes will be sold next week and will be good through November 20th. All proceeds will go towards the Habitat for Humanity build. The student deemed to have the "best facial hair" will win two tickets to the Sadie's Hawkins Dance. |
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Boys Water Polo - League Champs!
Congratulations to the Boys Water Polo team! They went undefeated in league play and are the EYL League Champions! Good luck in the Valley Play-Off Boys! Team members are:
Mason Smith, John Starkey, Patrick Burke, Carter Kerwin, Chaz Harker, Lee Begin, Andrew Martinez, Hutton Stewart, and William Cross.
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Teen Government Day
Congratulations to the Garces students who were selected to represent Garces at Teen Government Day on Wednesday, November 4th. Pictured with Mr. Geissel are: Cameron Aragon, Nina Tumulak, Danielle Etcheverria, and Nikki Jamison.
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Spanish National Honor Society
Submitted by Mrs. Gladys Gillam
Mrs. Gillam had the pleasure of inducting her first group of students, at Garces, who have been honorably selected to be a part of a club that recognizes academic achievement.
The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) is an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). The purpose of the society is to recognize high achievement of high school students in the Spanish language and to promote a continuing interest in Hispanic studies. Club members are:
Irene Cruz, Thomas Demler, Adrienne Ducato, Spencer Garza, Emma Goulart, Mariana Iturry, Danielle Lacayo, Claudia Millar, Ali McCullum, Emily McMurtrey, Jack Minor, Sabrina Ortiz, Megan Puget, Esperanza Rivera, Jessica Taylor, Tommy Toretta, Emily Urner, Kristen Vibal, Blaire Williams, and Damian Wimberly
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Jockey Club Honorees
The Bakersfield Jockey Club honored three Garces Rams on Monday, November 2nd, for being outstanding student athletes in their sport. They were Jordyn Pavletich for Girls Water Polo, Chaz Harker for Boys Water Polo, and Anastasia Drulias for Girls Tennis.
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Congratulations Garrett Andrew
Ford Dimension Representative
Garces senior, Garrett Andrew, was selected as a Ford Dimension student. He will serve on the Ford Dimension Board this school year and work on a community based service project.
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Good Luck Anastasia!
Garces GirlsTennis player, Anastasia Drulias, qualified for Singles in Girls Tennis for the CIF Central Section. She will play her first match Friday, November 6th. Finals are Saturday, November 7th.
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Good Luck Braden Rogers
On Saturday, November 7th, Garces freshman Braden Rogers will be racing car #29 in the Veteran's Day Classic at the Kern County Race Park. |
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Senior Night - Volleyball
Before the volleyball game on Tuesday, November 3rd, the senior girls on the volleyball team were honored. They are pictured left to right: Madison Demos, Alyssa Hernandez, Kelly Cole, Maci Petrini and Nikki Jamison.
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Congratulations Garces Musician Johann Palo
Garces Senior Johann Palo has been selected to perform a clarinet solo for the Bakersfield Youth Symphony Concert. The concert will be on Sunday, November 15th at 4 PM at Highland High School.
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Garces Players to perform FLIP
This year's fall play will be FLIP and will be performed Wednesday, November 18th at 4 PM and & PM and on Thursday, November 19th at 4 PM and 7 PM. All performances will be in Monsignor Leddy Hall.
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Big Week for Football
Last week, the football team recorded the school's first football victory in the Power League by defeating Frontier and three of the players were nominated for three different awards: Brandon Villalobos for KGET's FFX Player of the Week, Matt Sanders for Hometown Sports U.S. Army All-Star Arena Bowl, and Isaiah Martin for Central Valley Football Player of the Week.
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Admin Corner
Message from
Debra Sakowski
Assistant Principal
Academic Affairs
Welcome to Fall! Despite the term, "fall back," we, at Garces, are continuing to move forward with the following exciting dates and deadlines.
November 7th - SAT
Students must bring their Admission Tickets. They can print them by logging in to
My SAT
and clicking Print Admission Ticket
3RD PROGRESS REPORT
Student grades will be posted and ready for viewing on Monday, November 16, 2015. To view your student's grades, log into Net Classroom, click on your (students Name) grades in the green menu bar. Click Report Cards. GPA's are not calculated for Progress Reports. They are available on first and second semester grade reports. Please contact your student's instructor for questions and concerns regarding their progress.
1ST SEMESTER SENIOR FINALS
Seniors who have a grade of 93% or above in their classes, by Dec.7, 2015, may choose to opt out of their final exam. AP instructors may require the final exam. Also, if a student has recently transferred into a class, the teacher may elect to have the student sit for the final.
COLLABORATION
Collaboration is available to all our students on White Days, following the final bell at 1:30 PM. CSF Peer Tutoring is available on Green Days, in rooms 7 and 72, following the final bell at 3:00 PM. If your student is having difficulty in any of their classes, please ask that they attend collaboration. We make every effort to provide additional support to our students so that they may continue to be academically successful.
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Next Week at Garces
Friday, November 6
Football vs. Stockdale
Freshman at 5 PM
Varsity at 7:30 PM
SENIOR NIGHT FOOTBALL, BAND & CHEERLEADING
Girls Tennis - CIF Valley Individuals
8th Grade Tailgate
Saturday, November 7
Girls Tennis - CIF Valley Individuals
X Country - KC Championships
Monday, November 9
"Dress Pass" week begins
"No-Shave Movember" pass begins
Wrestler Parent Meeting at PM in Wrestling Room
Tuesday, November 10
Veteran's Day Celebration
Wednesday, November 11
SCHOOL CLOSED
VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY
Thursday, November 12
X Country - SWYL Championships
Water Polo - 1st Round Valley Playoffs
Friday, November 13
Football - 1st Round Valley Playoffs
Saturday, November 14
Water Polo - Valley Quarter Finals
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Attentions Parents of Garces Wrestling Team
Parent Meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9th at 6 PM in the Wrestling Room - rooms 23 and 24.
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In Our Prayers
Josh Thai
Please continue to pray for Garces sophomore Joshua Thai and his family. We pray he has a full and complete recovery and is back at Garces soon.
Ben Hakimi
Please continue to pray for Ben as he recovers from surgery due to an injury he sustained in the football game against Frontier.
Dees Family
Mr. Dees' father, who is also Ms. Dees' grandfather, is recovering from surgery. Please keep the Dees family in your prayers.
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School Photo Make Up Day - November 10
Christian Hall Photography has scheduled a make up day for students who still need to get their photo taken for their Garces Student ID Card and Yearbook photo.
Students can go to Christian Hall's studio on Tuesday, November 10 between 3:30 and 5:30.
The studio is located
at 12717 Rosedale Hwy. The telephone number is (661) 589-8214
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Girls Golf Update
Congratulations to our Girls Golfers who represented Garces at the CIF Central Section Girls Golf Championship. While their scores did not qualify them to move onto the state championship - we are very proud of them and how well they represented Garces and themselves at the Valley tournament. The girls scores were: Allie Crawley 92, Sydney Crawley 92, Claire Cornejo 93 and Grace Cornejo 104.
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Parent Satisfaction Survey
Garces would like to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete the Parent Satisfaction Survey in the link below. Your feedback is important to us as we want to offer the best high school education and overall high school experience in our community.
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Coaches Needed
Garces is seeking two coaches for our Spring Sports:
Please contact Garces Athlectic Director,
Joan Finch
if you are interested.
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