Next Week at Garces

Parent Thank You Video

Please enjoy the thank you video made by Garces senior, Stefanie Pandol.

Link to Parent Thank You Video

Grandparents Appreciation Day

On Wednesday we had over 100 grandparents on our campus for Mass and lunch. We set up a photo frame and will send out the photos to our grandparents. It was wonderful to see so many grandparents enjoying spending time with their grandchildren. Campus Ministry provided flowers for the grandparents and ASB provided lunch.

Student Appreciation Day

Student Appreciation began Monday after school with Mr. Mark Brown BBQing hot dogs for the kids. On Tuesday students had free dress and Mr. Blaine Geissel rented a giant inflatable obstacle course, decorated the campus with posters, had cookies at break, and waters and sodas at lunch - all to show our appreciation for our students.

Winter Sports Senior Nights

Come out and celebrate our seniors as they play their last regular league game on their home field or home court. Come early so you don't miss out on the pre-game ceremony honoring the senior and their parents:

Boys Soccer - Friday, February 5th - match starts at 5 PM
Girls Soccer- Friday, February 5th - match starts at at 7 PM
Boys Basketball - Friday, February 12th - game starts at 5:30 PM
Girls Basketball - Friday, February 12th - game starts at 7 PM

National Signing Day Ceremony at Garces

On Monday, Feb. 8th, during lunch, from 12:55 PM - 1:30 PM in the Garces Gym we will celebrate two of our seniors signing to play Women's Soccer in College! Sophie Freeman is signing with CSUB and Delaney Beck is signing with Campbell University. Please join us if you can.

Ram-Prov

Thursday the Garces Theater Department held its first ever improvisational performance! It was so much fun!

The students who participated were:Chase Smith, Mikey Vibal, Jake VanderPoel, Allyson Dunlavey, Alexandra Mendoza, Michael Acosta, James Castanares, Karly Clanton, Nick Oh, Jun Oh, Setareh Etseham, Shirleen Achieng, Monica Urias, Anthony Fajardo, Hopie Cruz, Angel Abu, Kennan Klingenberger, Johann Palo, Amaris Maestos, Gabrield Beltran. Andrew Orozco, and Anna Rianldi,

Fall Semester Honor Roll

Congratulations to the Garces Rams who achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher for the Fall Semester!

Class of 2016

Abdou, Paul

Abdou, Marc
Achieng , Shirleen
Andrew, Garrett
Antongiovanni, Aubrey
Antongiovanni, John Peter
Aragon, Cameron
Bankowski, Robert
Beck, Delaney
Borba, Nicolau
Carlson, Benedict
Carrigan, Roselie
Chipres, Crispin
Cinquemani, Ciera
Cruz, Victoria
Culbertson, Yasmine
Dailo, Alyssa Nicole
Demos, Madison
Dosanjh, Navneeth
Dulcich, Francesca
Echeverria, Danielle
Echeverria, Jenette
Elliott, Jared
English, Claire
Fanucchi, Julia
Finch, Julianne
Fox, Brandon
Freeman, Sophie
Gardella, Katerina
Gomez, Raquel
Gonzales, Nicholas
Gonzalez, Allison
Gorman, Jenna
Hakimi, Benjamin
Haley, Blake
Hallum, Juliann
Hawkins, Emma
Hedden, Joshua
Hernandez, Ashley
Jamieson, Nicole
Kahng, Minku
Kang, Jinmeng
Kerwin, Carter
Khieralla, Amber
Klingenberger, Kennan
Koenig, Kathryn
Lee, GoEun
Limcaoco, Jose Miguel
Lipco, Gabrielle
Maestas, Amaris
Males, Reece
Marks, Mikayla
Matalka, Olivia
McDermott, Robert
Melendrez, Marco
Ming, Luke
Mortel, Sarah
Munoz, Alberto
Munoz, Joseph
Oddo, Annamarie
Odell, Alexandra
Oesch, Addison
Oh, Yeongjun
Packebush, Thomas
Packebush, Scott
Palo, Johann Phillip
Pavletich, Jordyn
Petrini, Maci
Ramirez, Marissa
Rogers, Drew
Rosales, Paola
Rubio, Georgina
Saindon , John Paul
Sales, Ariana
Salmeron, Alex
Scatena, Dante
Scott, Kayla
Sladich, Laura
Slaton, Jordan
Tanuwijaya, Calista
Thein, Samantha
Tovar, Elsy
Traut, Brian
Tumulak, Nina Lyka
Turingan, Thom Christian
Ubay, Naizemarie
Vibal, Michaela
Visque, Giann
West, Celeste
Young, Emily
Zanoff, Zoe

Class of 2017

Abrams, John

Allison, Nevada
Barnes, Justin
Berchtold, Joseph
Boylan, Scott
Bruce, Conor
Burke, Patrick
Burkhart, Bianca
Burson, Lauren
Campbell, Abigail
Castro, Benjamin
Chhem, Mongkol
Crawley, Allie
Demler, Thomas
Drulias, Anastasia
Ducato, Adrienne
Estoque, Mikaella
Etchison, Spencer
Etchison, Samuel
Evans, Giselle
Fanucchi, Antone
Faria, Jacqueline
Garza, Spencer
Georgino, Michael
Gonzales, Joshua
Goode, Katherine
Greenleaf, Natalie
Haley, Kelsey
Hamilton, Claire
Hoang, Lillyan
Inman, Eric
Johnson, Jeremiah
Koksteinova, Lucie
Kolodji, Swan
Lacayo, Danielle
Lee, Matthew
Lubatti, Jared
McCullum, Alexandra
Medina, Jocelyn
Merjil, Hannah
Minor, Jack
Moseley, Robert
Muller, Olivia
Munoz, Eduardo
Ortiz, Sabrina
Osborn, Cael
Park, David
Penner, Jamie
Puget, Megan
Riggan, Lauren
Riggan, Taylor
Rivera, Esperanza
Rodriguez, Deanna
Sacco, Giovanna
Sales, Kyra
Santerre, Isabella
Senining, Randolph
Taylor, Jessica
Toretta, Thomas
Turley, Zachary
Urner, Emily
Vibal, Kristen
Villalobos, Brandon
Weber, Emily
Williams, Blaire
Williams, Jensen
Wimberly, Damian
Wooner, Olivia
Yi, Yoojin
Zhao, Nan

Class of 2018

Abu, Angel

Acosta, Michaelted
Agbayani, Alfred
Antongiovanni, Emma
Arriola, Annalise
Begin, Lee
Beltran, Gabriel
Blaine, Margaret
Castanares, James-Perry
Champness, Luke
Cooper, Kaitlyn
Cornejo, Grace
Coughlin, Quinn
Cruz, Irene
Demler, Emily
Demos, Emily
Dunlavey, Allyson
Eguao, Stephanie
Etesham, Setareh
Farr, William
Galario, Donnalyn
Gonzalez, Moises
Hampton-Stevens, Thomas
Herrera , reanna
Hoffmann, Mia
Iturry, Mariana
Johnson, Kassidy
Kolodji, Sheila
Layton, Emily
Lee, Albert Jerome
Lee, Brian
Livesey, Sarai
Looker, Shaina
McCormick, Emmet
Millar, Claudia
Miller, McKenzie
Ming, Molly
Miranda, Priscilla
Morales, Victoria
Navarro, Rocio
Ornelas, Andres
Orozco, Andrew
Padilla, Aaron
Palla, Katelyn
Pineda, Leah Charlene
Porterfield, Sidney
Rinaldi, Julia Anna
Ritonga, Gahan
Scott, Jasmine
Smith, Evan
Smith, Claire
Soper, Molly
Thai, Joshua
Tovar, Ellie
Uzzle, Christa
Vargas, Daniella
Waguespack, Maggie
Wetzel, Sydney
Yi, Joanne

Class of 2019

Agabao, Myrren Dzoie

Alderete, Alexa
Antongiovanni, Carly
Arretche, Quintin
Berry, Evan
Bouldoukian, Sophie
Briggs, Kim
Briscoe, Dylan
Brooks, Jackson
Burr, Patrick
Camarillo, Sydney
Cazares , Belen
Chee, Samuel
Clanton-Maddox, Karly
Clarke-Curutchague, Ambroise
Cornejo , Claire
Demos, Zachary
Esparza, Nicholas
Flores Candela, David
Forrest, Tara
Forrest, Kelsi
Gray, Julia
Green, Lailah
Gruszka, Eric
Gutierrez, Amanda
Hallum, Garrison
Hasta, Faraaz
Inocentes, Jorden
Jackson, Lanie
Juarez, Moses
Lawson, Ethan
Lipco, Alexandra
Macia, Catherine
Martin, Haley
Mayen, Jazminne
Melendez, Jalyssa
Mendoza, Alexandra
Mielke, Kimberly
Moseley, Andrew
Oh, Nick (Yeongjae)
O'Reilly, Mary
Ortiz, Julieanna
Pandol, Mark
Patterson, Jenysa
Placido, Joseph Gerard
Porcella, Makenna
Price, Wesley
Rasmussen, Renee
Robles, Adam
Sakowski, Samuel
Sanchez-Acosta, Citlali
Sandoval, Lizbeth
Sandusky, Sierra
Sill, Ella
Sill, Nicolas
Strasser, Rebecca
Thai, Myra
Timpog, Beneth
Tobias, Daniel
Tobias, Catherine
Toretta, Ariana
Turner, Grace
Uribe, Kaden
Ventayen, Karl
Waguespack, Jack
Williams, Robert
Zaninovich, Eleni

Annual Fund Drive Total

(as of Feb. 5, 2016)

$193,000

Total Parent Giving:

49 Families

$78,036

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

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 seven 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 6: Pick up work day

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

Myka Peck

Principal

Dear Parents -

This week we celebrated Catholic schools Week at Garces and it has been a great week! We celebrated our community, our students, our grandparents, our teachers, and today, our parents. I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for entrusting your child's high school education to all of us at Garces. I appreciate all you sacrifice to send your child to Garces. For many of you, it's a trip across town and you make it every day, sometimes twice a day. For others, you take time away from your family to help us run the concession stand, man the ticket booth, or help with Bingo in order to provide your child with a Garces education. All of you give your time and your talents, especially at our special events. And no other school supports their students like all of you do at our Garces activities. It gives me so much pleasure to see so many of you at our games, concerts, night rallies, and theater productions. Thank you for all you do in support of our school, our students, and our teachers. Thank you for helping to make our school a special place.

May there always be a Garces.

Myka Peck

Next Week at Garces

Friday, February 5

Parent Appreciation Day

JV Boys, V Girls, & V Boys Basketball vs. Centennial

V Boys & V Girls Soccer vs. Centennial (Senior Night)

Frosh Boys & JV Girls Basketball at Centennial

JV Boys & JV Girls Soccer at Centennial

Saturday, February 6

KC Academic Decathlon

Softball Clean Up Day

JV Wrestling at Frontier

Monday, February 8

Signing Day Ceremony

Mandatory Prep for Theater Auditions

Tuesday, February 9

Mardi Gras Lunch in Quad

Theater Auditions

Wednesday, February 10

Ash Wednesday Mass

BC Assessment Test Deadline

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

V Boys & V Girls Soccer at Liberty

Frosh Boys & JV Girls Basketball vs. Liberty

JV Boys & JV Girls Soccer vs. Liberty

Thursday, Febraury 11

Wrestling at High Desert

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

Progress Reports

Student's First Progress Report for this second semester will be ready to view on Netclassroom on Monday, February 8th. These grades will not have an impact on Extracurricular Activities. If you have any questions regarding your student's progress, please contact Mrs. Debra Sakowski or your student's counselor.

Theater Department

Auditions for Next Production

Prep Day - Mon., Feb. 8th

Auditions - Tues., Feb. 9th

Auditions for the comedy The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) are Tues Feb 9 from 3-6 in MLH.

Please plan to come to the MANDATORY prep day on Monday the 8th, same time and place, for Shakespeare prep by the English Department and Assistant Directing information.

Garces Welcomes Back Spanish Teacher Mrs. Acosta

We are happy to announce that Mrs. Elvira Acosta will be teaching at Garces through the end of the school year.She will be teaching our Spanish 3 prep and honors classes and the AP Spanish Language class. Mrs. Acosta retired after teaching Spanish at Garces for over 20 years and we are delighted she agreed to come back through the end of the school year.

Senior Retreat News

Mr. James Carrisalez and Mr. Chris Plance are planning the Senior Retreat. It's scheduled for March 3rd and 4th.

SAVE THE DATE

Garces Dinner Concert

March 10th

The Garces Music Department will hold its annual dinner concert, "The Garces Sound" on Thursday, March 10th in Monsignor Leddy Hall. Tickets will go on sale February 16th.
For more information, please contact Jamie Ortez at [email protected]

Attention Junior Parents: PSAT Test Scores

Y our student has received his or her PSAT score report. What are the next steps?

1) Visit studentscores.collegeboard.org to create a College Board account and get your full PSAT score report.
2) Create a Khan Academy account at satpractive.org and link it to your College Board account to get free, personalized practice for the SAT.
3) Register to take the SAT in March, May or June. Spring of the junior year is the perfect time to take the SAT-students can take advantage of the PSAT experience, and they will still have time to practice, increase their skills and test again if they want to improve their scores..

Got Financial Aid? How to compare awards.

As college decisions begin to arrive for the class of 2016, those who receive financial aid will also get their "award letter." Colleges know not to bury the lead, so you'll often see a bold line of text summarizing the total award package. Some colleges do a much better job of explaining this than others do, but that number doesn't necessarily mean you can just subtract it from the sticker price of the college. There are three types of financial aid, and they are not created equal:
(1) grants and scholarships (which are free money that doesn't have to be paid back),
(2) loans (which must be paid back), and
(3) work-study program.
That's why the awards are typically called "packages." The rest of the letter should explain the breakdown for the recipient. Also, if your student submitted the FAFSA, please don't forget to have them return the Cal Grant form to his or her counselor as soon as possible. The form is available in the Counseling Center.

Attn: Senior Parents Bakersfield College Assessment Test

The BC assessment test is being given at Garces on Tuesday, Feb. 16th and Thursday, Feb. 18th at 1:35 in room 31. Space will be limited to the first 50 students who sign up (25 students per day). If students do not take the assessment test at Garces, they will be required to take the test at Bakersfield College. Students must sign up in the Counseling Center to reserve their seat no later than Wednesday, Feb. 10th. Students should see their counselor if they have any questions.

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.

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

Student Basket Competition extended until Tuesday Feb. 9th

This will be the last day for class rooms to turn in their theme baskets

Click here to look over the contest information.

Here are the home room teachers and the class themes:

Bears

Tailgate Essentials

Boehning

Guy Fieri - Diners, Dives and Drive - Ins

Brown

Beach Blanket Blowout

Clarke

All Things Sweet

Cobb/Finch

Gala Chair's Choice

Detloff

Backyard

Dignan

Weekend Warrior Sports

Garcia

BBQ Bonanza

Geissel

Designer Handbag

Gillam

Zensational

Harper

Kitchen & Cooking

Kerr

Easter/Garden

Huddleston

Off to College

Kloock/Gordon

Dog Lovers

Lacava

As Seen on TV

Lahammer/Peck

A Red Carpet Workout

Leheny

Lakers/Clippers Basket

Limpias

Sports Parents Survival Basket

Rhodes

Coffee Basket

Rizo

Margarita Basket

Sierra

Redneck Piknik

Steiber

Gift Card Tree

Did You Receive Your Gala Invitation?

We hope you will join us for this year's event. Your invitation has been mailed. If you didn't receive your personal invitation, and would like to attend, please contact Tonya Abbott

Call for Volunteers!

We are always looking for volunteers to help plan this fun event. If you can only limit your volunteer time to help with set up, and/or helping the night of the event, we need you as well!

Please contact Tonya Abbott. We welcome your time, talent and resources to make this year's Gala a success.