Congratulations to the Class of 2016 Valedictorian, Miss Danielle Echeverria!  Danielle came to Garces from St. Francis Parish School and has been a stellar student and a stand out Garces Ram.  She is graduating with a 4.97 GPA and will have completed seven AP courses - European History, Psychology, US History, English, Biology, Government & Economics, and Computer Science.  While at Garces, Danielle has been an active and involved student.  She was a member of the girls cross country team, Link Crew, CSF, Interact, the GMHS National Honor Society, and the Garces Book Club. She served as the President of both Link Crew and the National Honor Society.  She served as the secretary of the Interact Club.  She was selected to be the Vice President of Marketing and Sales of our new virtual business class, which has evolved into a real business, That T-Shirt Company.  Danielle's hobbies include Basque dancing, running, and drinking cappuccinos. Danielle was accepted into several prestigious colleges and universities and has decided to attend Stanford University this fall, where she will major in economics. Danielle leaves Garces with lots of great memories and says some of her favorites are laughing and sharing stories with all her friends during lunch; the time Mr. Geissel pulled a prank on the entire class and everyone fell for it; and all of Mr. Detloff's "ghetto stories" about his childhood adventures.  She says that the one thing she will take with her is that all of her teachers were so caring about all the students and she wants to be the same way as an adult.  Danielle shared that it has been nice to practice her faith every day and that it made her high school experience complete.  Her advice for incoming freshman is to get to know all the teachers because "they are the best" and to take part in all the school spirit activities and rallies because "they are so much fun".  We wish Danielle all the best at Stanford University where she is sure to be a stand out student there as well.