Next Week at Garces

College Signing Ceremony

Congratulations to Garces Rams Sophie Freeman and Delaney Beck. On Monday, both girls signed LOI's to play Women's Soccer in college. Sophie signed with CSUB and Delaney signed with Campbell University. A signing ceremony was held in the Garces gym during lunch.

Academic Decathlon

Congratulations to the Garces Academic Decathlon team who competed against 18 other schools in the Kern County Academic Decathlon on January 14th and February 6th, finishing 9th overall. All competing in the ten categories, seven students represented Garces: Anna Rinaldi, Evan Smith, Esperanza Rivera, Jose Miguel Limcaoco, Kennan Klingenberger, Natalie Greenleaf, and Mika Reclusado. Jose Miguel brought home two bronze medals - one in Language and Literature and the other in Economics - and finished in fifth place in Interview, as well as in the top ten in multiple categories. Mika, Kennan, and Anna all had top-ten finishes in one or more categories.

Wrestling - League Champions!

Congratulations to our Garces Rams Wrestlers as they are League Champions for the second year in a row!
Congratulations to our weight class League Champions: 126 Grant Thompson, 132 Anthony Sacchini, 160 Bryan Pantoja, 170 Scott Packebush, 182 Isaiah Martin, 220 Rafael Carvajal, 285 JP Saindon. Congratulations to League runner-up Joe Machado (138). Best of luck to all of these boys as they advance to divisionals (CIF Section Finals) in Shafter next Friday. Congratulations to Scott Packebush who was awarded the 2016 High Desert League Most Outstanding Varsity Wrestler, Upper Weight Division.

Boys Soccer Senior Night

On Friday, February 5th, the Boys Soccer Team celebrated Senior Night. The s enior players recognized that evening were: Crispin Chipres, Brandon Fox, Gabe Granillo, Josh Hedden, Minku Kahng, James Lelopoulos, Marco Melendrez, Alberto Munoz, & Thor Zhong.

Girls Soccer Senior Night

On Friday night before their game, the seniors on the Girls Soccer Team were honored. They were: Aubrey Antongiovanni, Kathy Avila, Delaney Beck, Samantha Brown, Victoria Espericueta, Sophie Freeman, Tess Freeman, Julian Hallum & Alyssa Hernandez

Basketball Senior Night Tonight

Come out tonight and celebrate our seniors as they play their last regular league game in the Garces Snow Dome! Come early so you don't miss out on the pre-game ceremony honoring the senior and their parents:

Boys Basketball - Friday, February 12th - game starts at 5:30 PM

The boys who will be recognized are: Ben Carlson, Nav Dhillon, Caleb Garza-Nieto, Miguel Limcaoco, Robert McDermott, Addison Oesch, Jordan Slaton, & Giann Visque.

Girls Basketball - Friday, February 12th - game starts at 7 PM.

The girls who will be recognized are: Gabby Avila, Victoria Cruz, Trisha Munoz, Marissa Ramirez, Kayla Scott, & CJ West.

Mr. Leheny's Food Fest

Every year, Garces Spanish instructor, Mr. Bill Leheny, brings the Spanish culture to his classroom by having his students bring in a variety of dishes from Spanish speaking countries. There is a lot on the line as students try to impress their classmates with their creative culinary capabilities.

Ash Wednesday

Garces celebrated Ash Wednesday in the Gym with Msgr. Perry Kavookjian. Msgr. Perry reminded all of us about the symbolic importance of placing ashes on one's forehead and why making sacrifices during Lent is an important part of our faith.

Daily Mass During Lent

Garces Vice-Rector, Msgr. Stephen Frost, has kindly committed to hold daily Mass for the Garces community during Lent. He will celebrate Mass each morning in the St. Dominic Chapel at 7:20 a.m.

Senior Retreat RSVP by 2/19

The Senior Retreat is scheduled for Thursday, March 3rd and Friday, March 4th. The seniors will travel by bus to the Circle V Ranch Camp in Santa Barbara. It is $30 per student and seniors need to RSVP by February 19th to their Theology teacher.

World Religions Totem Project

Garces teacher, Ms. Nubia Sierra, has each of her students in her World Religions class make a totem pole. It is part of her Native American curriculum. Her students are asked to create a totem pole that symbolizes where they come from, who they are now, and what so they want to be. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to reflect on their family history and their futures.

Stations of the Cross

On Wednesday, March 9th, Monsignor Craig Harrison will be here to pray the 14 Stations of the Cross with the student body.

Parents are welcome to join us.

Stations of the Cross

Wednesday, March 9th

11:30 AM in MLH

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!

Annual Fund Drive Total

(as of Feb. 12, 2016)

$199,000

Overall Goal: $400,000

Total Parent Giving:

50 Families

$78,636

Parent Goal: $120,000

Thank you to those families who have contributed to The Garces Fund.

Brock and Staci Allison

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff T. Andrew

Mr. Joseph B. Antongiovanni

Mr. Bradley and Dr. Lori Aragon

Jon and Tracey Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Berchtold

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Boylan

Joe and Mary Ann Briggs

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Burke

Christopher and Cathy Carlson

Mr. and Mrs. Damon L. Culbertson

Steve and Birdie Del Papa

Mrs. Mary K. Demler

Robert and Nicole Dobrzanski

Peter and Simona Dulcich

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dunlavey

Ramon and Kristine Echeverria

Mr. and Mrs. Terrence E. English

Dr. William and Christine (Seaton) Farr

Mr. Pete Fox

Pierre and Della Freeman

Steven and Tammy Garcia

Michael and Shelley Georgino

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Granillo

Mr. and Mrs. Ahron R. Hakimi

Kevin and Dana Hamilton

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Johnson

Malou T. Guerrero-Lee

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Lee

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Lubatti

Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Marquez

Mike and Sue McDermott

Roberto and Melissa Mendoza

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Meyers

Mr. and Mrs. David Millar

Tom and Amy Ming

Dr. Jaime and Dr. Pamela Ortiz

Mrs. Rosalita M. Placido

Michael and Tammy Renzi

Dr. and Mrs. Robin A. Matuk

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sacchini

Ivan and Claudia Sandoval

Ms. Raji Sanghera

Eric and Rosa Sill

Mr. and Mrs. Hendra Tanuwijaja

Jeremy and Susan Tobias

Mr. and Mrs. Jerold L. Turner

John and Kim Vander Poel

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Waguespack

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams

Please join these families in support of Garces Memorial through your gift to The Garces Fund.

Click here to make your gift online

Click here to download the gift form if you prefer to send payment.

School Wide Community Service Project

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Pope Francis Build

Salazar Family

Only six dates left to help build the Salazar Home!

Please have your student sign-up with Mr. Blaine Geissel. It is a great way to earn community service hours.

Feb 13: Millwork

Feb 20: Painting

Feb 27: Cabinets/countertops

Mar 5: Interior pickup

Mar 12: Landscape

Mar 19: Landscape and cleaning

Mar 26: House Dedication

Habitat Waiver for Minors (Ages 16 & 17)

Habitat Waiver for Adults

Senior Yearbook Ads

New Deadline - February 16

Click here to create your Senior Ad

Admin Corner

Message from

Tonya Abbott

Director of Advancement

Volunteers are the heart and soul of Garces Memorial.

The Garces Gala is a prime example of our community coming together, giving their time, talent and resources for a common goal...to support our great school.

On behalf of our Gala Co-Chairs Raji Sanghera and Maria Toretta, thank you to our students for all your wonderful donations during the Gala Student Basket Contest. Every home room participated which means the students will celebrate with a Gala day off on Monday April 23rd. Thank you to Kelly Price, Christina Blaine and Joan Starkey for volunteering so much of your time for the contest.

This year's Gala is going to be like no other. The Gala committee has been spending endless hours over the past few months to make it a great evening for their guests.

We have some amazing auction items up for bid next Saturday.

Here are a few items that will be on the auction block during the live auction:

Beautiful Ferragamo Handbag

Trips to Spain, Cuba and New Orleans

Reserved seating at 2016 Garces Graduation

Reserved parking space and seating for the 2016 Football Season

Garces Marketing Package

Lamb Feed for 30

Diamond drop earrings

Dodger Tickets

Laker/Clipper Tickets with a signed Kobe Bryant Jersey

Signature Buck Owens red, white and blue guitar signed by artists from Stagecoach 2012 (including Blake Shelton).

If you can't attend, and see something you would like to have, we offer "proxy" bidding. Contact me at [email protected] to make arrangements. Better yet, plan on attending the event and see first-hand the great items.

We still need volunteer help with set up on Friday the 19th starting at 9:00 a.m., workers for the Silent, Live and Wine auctions the night of the event on Saturday the 20th.

Please email me if you are available.

Next Week at Garces

Friday, February 12

JV Boys, V Girls, & V Boys Basketball vs. Frontier (Senior Night)

Frosh Boys & JV Girls Basketball at Frontier

Saturday, February 13

Frosh/JV/Varsity Baseball Scrimmage at Buchanan

Monday, February 15

President's Day - No School

Wednesday, February 17

JV Boys, V Girls, & V Boys Basketball at Stockdale

Frosh Boys & JV Girls Basketball vs. Stockdale

Friday, February 19

Senior Retreat RSVPs Due

Night Rally - Garces Gym

Varsity & JV Baseball at Terrio Spring Classic

Saturday, February 20

Garces Gala

Varsity & JV Baseball at Terrio Spring Classic Boys Varsity Tennis @ Wasco

JV & Varsity Softball at Wasco

BASKETBALL CAMP

Easter Break

Grades 5th - 8th

Our boys basketball team will be hosting a basketball camp over Easter break. The camp will run run Monday through Thursday, March 21st - 24th. CAmp will be from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Registration deadline is March 14. The camp is for boys and girls in grades 5-8. Additional details and registration information are below:

Easter Basketball Camp

Basketball Camp Medical Release

Bakersfield Republican Women - Sara Takii Scholarship

The Bakersfield Republican Women Federated established the Sara Takii Scholarship in 2015. Two scholarships of $750 each are designed for female students who will graduate from a high school in Kern County and are registered Republican. Please see the link below for the application.

BRWF Sara Takii Scholarship

Contreras Family Scholarship

The Contreras Family Scholarship Foundation will grant scholarships in the sum of $1,000.00 each to graduating high school students. The Foundation's main objective continues as they provide a one-time award offering education assistance to graduating Seniors. Applicants will be considered with attention given to GPA, teacher and/or counselor recommendation and their written essay. Each applicant must demonstrate a high degree of motivation and the desire to achieve their academic goals. Please note the qualifications shown on the guidelines. They will not accept any application with a GPA higher than 3.5 and the student's financial need is of great importance to the Foundation. Attached are the Guidelines and Application. Applications are to be returned to your counselor no later than April 8.

Contreras Scholarship

Autism Society Scholarship

Applicant must be a Kern County resident attending high school or college, taking or planning to enroll in Special Education/Autism related courses, with plans to pursue a college degree in teaching or autism related field. Please see attachment for the application.

Autism Society Scholarship

Mini SAT Prep Classes

ENGLISH PREP

Mrs. Huddleston in room 7 February 22nd - March 4th 7:00am - 7:50am

MATH PREP

Mr. Garcia in room 54

March 7th - March 18th

7:00 am-7:50 am

Cost is $75 per course

Deadline to register is Feb 19

Class Description: 10 days each for Math and Evidence Based Reading/Writing. Students may take both the Math and Evidence Based Reading/Writing or choose between the two subject areas. The course will cover information for the redesigned SAT which will be released in March 2016.

Students need to sign up with Mrs. Rossi in the front office.

Payment must be made the day your student signs up.

Garces Tuition Assistance Deadline: February 15th

Tuition assistance applications for the 2016-2017 academic year are available in the Main Office and on the Garces website. Tuition assistance applications are due February 15, 2016. After February 15, applications will be evaluated on a first come-first served basis and there is no guarantee there will be funding available. If you currently receive tuition assistance at Garces, you must reapply for tuition assistance by February 15, 2016 . Contact Mrs. Laura Lee at 327-2578 ext. 124 if you have any questions or concerns.

Garces 2016 Hall of Honor Inductees

The Garces Alumni Board of Directors is pleased to announce that this year's inductees to the Garces Memorial Hall of Honor are:

Mrs. Mayie Maitia

Monsignor Michael Braun

The late Charles Anspach

The family who will be honored that evening is the Tom & Judy Franconi Family.

The Hall of Honor Awards Banquet is Saturday, April 16th at MLH. Tickets are $100 per person. For more information, please contact Lou Ann Durrett at 327-2578 ext. 129.

Tapas y Tango

Garces Gala

February 20, 2016

Thank you to our event Sponsors

Title Sponsor

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church

Running of the Bulls Sponsors

Mercedes Benz of Bakersfield

B & B Surplus

Four Star Fruit

Empire Eye & Laser Center

Barcelona Sponsors

A-C Electric Co.

John & Kathy Gargan, Class of '69

Jasmine Vineyards

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

Pavletich Electric

S.A. Camp Companies -

Jim & Bev Camp

St. Francis Parish

Jim Burke Lincoln

Don Quiote Sponsor

Mission Bank

Gypsy Sponsor

Sun Solar