Congratulations to Patrick Burke, Blaire Williams, and Lee Begin.  All three have been named by USA Water Polo as Outstanding Academic All-Americans!  

Congratulations  to Sydney Wetzel who was selected to attend the HOBY program this summer.  HOBY programs provide students the opportunity to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences.Founded in 1958, HOBY's mission is to inspire and develop the global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation.

Congratulations to Perri Starkey who was selected All-Tournament at the Clovis Volleyball Challenge tournament last weekend.  

Congratulations to Garces Ram Conor Bruce who was named Athlete of the Week by Hometown Sports for his play against Arroyo Grande. 

Over the summer, Garces began working on one of the 33 mini-trucks for the Bakersfield Museum of Art's "Driven By Art" project. Garces Art Instructor, Mr. Mark Brown recruited some of our very best student artists and they have created a "Van Gogh Recycled" project utilizing items like plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and pull tabs.  In the photograph are students putting on some of the finishing touches before the truck is delivered to the BMOA.  They are Cherry Wang, Kimberly Mielke, and Desera Olmos with Mr. Brown.  Other students who worked on the project are:  Olivia Wooner, Belen Cazares, Vedant Vaidya, Kathryn Koenig, Francesca Shattuck, Maggie Waguespack, Lee Begin, and Kristen Vibal.  The truck will be unveiled to the public at the Exhibition Opening and Press Conference at the Bakersfield Museum of Art on Monday, September 19th at 10:00 AM. Our Garces artists are grateful to Garces alumnus and Alumni Board Member, Melissa Fortune '72, for sponsoring the truck. 

It's that time!  Josten's will be on campus next week to take your student's ring order. Please have your student go on-line to  www.jostens.com and design his or her class ring.  Have him, or her, print it out and bring it to school on Tuesday, September 13th, or Wednesday, September 14th. Josten's will on campus during lunch to accept orders. To make ordering easier, girls are encouraged to place their order on Tuesday and boys on Wednesday, but they can order either day.  The last day to order a class ring to have it here in time for the Junior Step-Up Mass and the blessing of the rings is Friday, September 23rd.  You are also welcome to visit the local Josten's store to design your ring. They are located at 1612 20th St.  To schedule an appointment, please call 661-324-8529. 

Congratulations to our Girls Tennis teams on their victories over the BHS Drillers yesterday.  Both the JV and Varsity squads won!

Photo is of the varsity team after the win.  Members of the Varsity Girls Tennis Team are:  Bianca Burkhart, Sierra Cole, Anastasia Drulias, Alexsia Drulias, Adrienne Ducato, Kaitlyn Fogarty, Katie Goode, Kelsey Haley, Danielle Lacayo, Lexi Lightner, Stephanie Mercado, Olivia Muller, Desera Olmos, Sabrina Ortiz, Taylor Riggins, Lauren Riggins, Giovanna Sacco, Lelani Strahan, and Emily Weber. 

The following colleges will be visiting Garces over the next several weeks. The visits will happen during the school day. Students have been informed that they must receive permission from the teacher whose class they will miss prior to attending. 

Monday, September 12th

University of Oregon

University of Southern California

Mount St. Mary's University (Chalon)

Vanguard University of Southern California

The University of Oklahoma

The University of Arizona

University of Redlands

William Jessup University

Westmont College

Texas Christian University

Whittier College

University of California, Los Angeles

 

Tuesday, September 13th

University of Richmond

University of San Francisco

The University of Iowa

Carroll College (Montana)

University of the Pacific

 

Tuesday, September 20th

Grand Canyon University

 

Wednesday, September 21st

Concordia University - Irvine

 

Thursday, September 22nd

California Baptist University

 

Friday, October 14th

The University of Alabama

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Wednesday's "Dinner to Go" from Luigi's is stuffed chicken breasts.  Please place your order with the front desk today.  You can order early for the following weeks as well. If you order dinner, please remember to pick it up at the pool between 4:00 and 6:00 PM on Wednesdays. Dinners are $45 and feed a family of four.   All proceeds will be used to support our aquatics programs and PE classes taught in the Garces pool. 

September Menu:

September 13th - Stuffed Chicken Breasts (order by 9/9)

September 20th - Spaghetti & Meatballs(order by 9/16)

September 27th - Pork Tenderloin (Order by 9/23) 

Luigi's Dinners To-Go September Order Form