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A New Tradition Begins
Campus Minister, Brian Cobb, has begun a new tradition at Garces - an "intentions cross". Before every football game, the cross will be available for students to write "intentions" and the student body will pray for the intentions written on the cross. Before every home game, the cross will be painted - but the intentions will always be there - under a fresh coat of paint. So every home game, we will pray for the new intentions along with the old. The cross will be present at Sam Tobias Field at every home football game for parents and fans to add their intentions to the cross. As time and logistics permit, it is our hope to have the intentions cross present at least once for all of our sports teams who play on campus.
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Congratulations Dream Builders
Tommy Toretta & John Abrams
Congratulations to Garces seniors Tommy Toretta and John Abrams! Both have been selected to be part of the Jim Burke Ford Dream Builders 2016-2017 Youth Leadership Program. Tommy is in the back center of the photo on the left and John is in the back center of the photo on the right. Tommy's team is sponsored by Dignity Health Mercy & Memorial Hospitals and John's team is sponsored by Bank of the Sierra.
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Congratulations Kyra Sales
Congratulations to Garces senior Kyra Sales on her selection to the 42nd class of Ford Dimension Youth Leadership Program.
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Girls Golf Wins!
Congratulations to the Lady Rams Golf Team! They took first place at the Lemoore High School 6th annual golf tournament. There were 10 teams competing with 60 girls out on the course. Garces Ram Grace Cornejo shots her lowest round of 77 and took 2nd place. Grace also won the longest drive competition. Allie Crawley finished 4th and Claire Cornejo finished 5th. Overall the team won by 26 shots shooting a combine score of 435. Great job Lady Rams! Members of the girls golf team are:
Claire Cornejo, Grace Cornejo, Shannon Burdick, Allie Crawley, Sydney Crawley, Kristin Everett, Lauren Grijalza, Catherine Macias, Megan Nagel, and Melissa Taylor. They are coached by Joan Reedy.
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Boys JV Water Polo Wins
Congratulations to our JV Boys Water Polo Team. They took first place at the Lemoore JV Boys Water Polo Tournament. Members of the team are:
Evan Berry, John Dulcich, Ryan Kammerad, Patrick Lee, Logan Lortz, Gary Lyles, Alejandro Ramirez, Jordan Reyes, Robert Williams, Charlie Wong & Ostin Woodfin
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Varsity Boys Water Polo Wins Mini-Tournament
Congratulations to the Varsity Boys Water Polo Team on winning the Garces Water Polo Tournament. The boys went undefeated beating BCHS, Taft, and Lemoore. Members of the team are:
Lee Begin, Patrick Burke, William Cross, Eric Klang, Cael Osborn, Oliver Oxley, Kenneth Russo, Mason Smith, John Starkey, and Hutton Stewart.
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Garces Wins Mission Bowl vs. BCHS
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team on their victory Friday night against Bakersfield Christian High School. Garces won the Mission Bowl Trophy and will proudly display it for the next year.
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Senior Sunrise
The senior class celebrated "Senior Sunrise" on Tuesday, August 30th. They came together as a class and reflected on the role and responsibility as a senior and as a Catholic on our campus. Campus Minister, Brian Cobb, gave an impassioned talk about living one's faith on a daily basis.
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Senior Parking Spaces
After Senior Sunrise, the seniors decorated their parking spots. We have some very talented students!
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Hail Mary Club
Congratulations to the board members of the Hail Mary Club. Through their efforts, they increased revenue by
60%
over last year's Kick-Off Dinner and Auction. Thank you Hail Mary Club for all you do in support of Garces Memorial.
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Allie Crawley
Congratulations to Allie Crawley. Allie was named by the Kern County Junior Golf Association as their Player of the Year. Nice job Allie!
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Josh Gonzales & Damian Wimberly
Congratulations to Joshua Gonzales and Damian Wimberly on being selected to represent Garces this past summer at the Pepperdine Youth Citizenship Seminar.
Each year, approximately 1,200 Youth Citizenship Seminar applications are received from public and independent high schools throughout Southern California. 250 students are selected based on a variety of strengths in the fields of scholastic, athletic, musical and theatrical accomplishments.
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Weekly Dinners To-Go from Luigi's Restaurant
Every Wednesday throughout the school year, the Garces Aquatics Programs are offering weekly dinners "to go" You will need to order and pay for your dinner no later than the Friday before. All dinners must be picked up by the pool between 4:00 and 6:00 PM. Each dinner feeds a family of four (4). Dinners are limited to 120 orders.
All proceeds will be used to support our aquatics programs and PE classes taught in the Garces pool.
September Menu:
September 6th - Baby Back Ribs (order by 9/2)
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)
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Garces Fall BBQ
Interested in becoming a sponsor of this great event?
Click here to check out the benefits you will receive for supporting our annual fall BBQ.
Interested in becoming an event volunteer?Contact Tonya Abbott to learn more.
Click here to buy your tickets online
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Admin Corner
Message from
Lou Ann Durrett
Director of Campus Affairs
Almost every senior at Garces gives the same advice to incoming freshman - "Get involved. Do everything. Go outside your comfort zone. Make the most of your years at Garces." That is great advice for our students as well as our parents. Senior parents will attest that the first three years fly by! So we will do our best to keep our parents informed of all the activities we have planned. Please encourage your student to be involved and join us too when you can. The students who came to the ASB tailgate and joined The Herd for the Mission Bowl were amazing! We will do it again for the Tehachapi game on the 9th. We have Bishop Ochoa celebrating Mass of the Holy Spirit on Wednesday, September 14th. Our parents are always welcome to celebrate Mass with us. On Friday, September 16th is our Holy Bowl Night Rally and we encourage our parents to attend - students sit on one side of the gym and the parents sit on the other side. And there will be parents taking part in the rally - you won't want to miss it! We will have Holy Bowl T-shirts and we encourage all of our students to purchase one and wear it to the rally and to the games. Saturday, September 17th is the Holy Bowl and we will play our sister school, San Joaquin Memorial, in volleyball, girls tennis, girls golf, water polo and football. Please come to campus and watch some of the contests - you will be so proud of our Rams and how they conduct themselves while they compete and while they cheer for their fellow Rams. Club Day is September 20th. In the September 16th newsletter, we will list all the clubs that will have tables out during lunch. Clubs are student driven, so if your child has an idea for a club - have him or her see Ms. Witwer. And please come to the Fall BBQ on Friday, September 23rd. it is a great night on our campus and an opportunity to see other parents and alumni on our campus. Freshman Retreat is September 24th-25th and will be held at Garces. If you are a freshman parent, and have questions, please contact our Director of Campus Ministry,
Mr. Brian Cobb. And our Open House for Future Rams is on Sunday, September 25th. Please encourage families that have an 8th grader to come to our Open House to hear more about what it means to be part of the Garces Family.
Hope to see you a Garces event soon!
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Upcoming Events
Friday, September 2
JV Girls Tennis at Wasco
Varsity Volleyball at Clovis
JV & Varsity Football at Arroyo Grande
Saturday, September 3
Cross Country at UCSB Invitational
JV Girls Tennis at Wasco
Varsity Volleyball at Clovis
Monday, September 5
Labor Day - No School
Wednesday, September 7
Volleyball vs. BCHS
Thursday, September 8
Girls Golf at Sundale CC
JV Girls Tennis vs, BHS
Varsity Girls Tennis at BHS
Varsity Girls Water Polo vs. Golden West
Frosh Football vs. Tehachapi
Friday, September 9
CSF Applications Due
Cross Country at Seaside Invitational
Varsity Girls Water Polo at Clovis West
Varsity Girls Tennis at Cal Classic in Clovis
JV & Varsity Football vs. Tehachapi
Saturday, September 10
ACT at Garces
F/S Volleyball at East
JV Volleyball at Golden Valley
Varsity Girls Water Polo at Clovis West
Varsity Girls Tennis at Cal Classic in Clovis
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CSF Applications Due September 9th
CSF applications are available from Mrs. Kloock in Room 72. Completed applications are due on Friday, September 9th by 3:00 PM.
For full CSF honors at graduation, each student must apply and qualify for CSF membership 4 of their last six semesters of high school, at least one of which must be based on senior grades. In addition, students at Garces Memorial High School are required to fulfill 12 CSF service hours.
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Purchase Pre-Paid Cards from the Cafeteria
The Garces Cafeteria is now set-up to take credit cards and pre-paid payment cards are available for purchase. The pre-paid cards are only available through the cafeteria.
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Yearbook Senior Portrait Due Date
The yearbook staff will begin working on the senior pages in December, so please have your senior's formal portrait done by November 4th.
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Conor Bruce #7
Congratulations to Garces Ram Conor Bruce! He was named Hometown Sports Athlete of the Week.
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Cam Roberson #22
Congratulations to Garces Ram Cameron Roberson on his nomination to the Hometown All-Stars!
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Get Your Parent Student Directory by joining the Garces Parent Club
Please become a member of the Garces Parent Club and help to support the students and the faculty. It's $20 to join and you will receive a Garces travel mug and the 2016-2017 Parent Student Directory. You can join on-line or you can print out the form and mail it in, or drop it off at the front office.
Travel Mugs and Directories are available for pick up at the front office.
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Join the Garces Booster Club
Skip waiting in line to buy a ticket - it's time to get your season passes! Join the Garces Booster Club to get your yard sign, window decal, and your season passes. All proceeds from the membership drive directly benefit Garces Athletic programs.
If you prefer, fill out the form below and mail it in or drop it off to the front office.
Yard signs, season passes, and window decals are available to pick up at the front office.
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Follow Us on Instagram
Garces has several Instagram accounts you can follow. Don't forget to tag us in your posts.
@garcesrams
@gmhsministry
@garcesyearbook
@garcesasb
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Follow Us on Twitter
Garces has several Twitter accounts you can follow.
@GarcesMemorial
@gmhsministry
@GarcesFootball
@GarcesRamsVB
@GarcesHoops
@GarcesBaseball
@GarcesGolf
@ASBGarces
@GarcesYearbook
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We Can't Do It Without You!
Parent Service Involvement Program (PSI)
Volunteer Opportunities
In an effort to provide our families with ample opportunities to fulfill their 20 hour requirement, we will start to list activities
and services where your help is needed.
Please remember to complete your PSI form when you donate your time, talents and/or resources!
Upcoming opportunities:
Friday, September 23
Serve on the Planning Committee and receive all of your PSI hours!
Pre-event set up hours: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Night of event hours: 5:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Night at the Races
Friday, December 9
Serve on the Planning Committee and receive all of your PSI hours!
Pre event set-up hours: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Night of event hours:
5:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Garces Gala
Saturday, February 25
Serve on the Planning Committee and receive all of your PSI hours!
Pre-event set-up hours:
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Night of event hours:
5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
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