The Holy Bowl was another great event on our campus. The Friday night rally was full of surprises with great team videos, dances, games, and a special "rap" performance by Asst. Principal of Student Affairs, Guy Dees and his back up dancers - Dean of Students, AJ Gass, and Boys Basketball Coach, Brian Dignan. On Saturday, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Volleyball, Boys Water Polo and Football all had wins against San Joaquin Memorial. The varsity football pre-game ceremony with the balloon rosary rising to the sky while the crowd sang the National Anthem served to remind us of our mission and what makes us stand apart from the other local high schools - our Catholic faith.  The student section was once again full of school spirit. Our Herd is fantastic! The half time show by the cheerleaders and the band was amazing. And the icing on the cake was the boys winning the football game and keeping the Holy Bowl trophy at Garces! Thank you to all our parents who helped to make the day extra-special -  signs at every venue, great food all day, great crowds at every event, and a smile everywhere on campus!  

Congratulations to Scott Boylan and Patrick Burke who were honored by the Bakersfield Jockey Club as Outstanding Student Athletes for their respective sports on Monday at a luncheon at Hodel's.  Scott was honored for Football and Patrick for Water Polo. They are true scholar-athletes. Scott has a 4.4 GPA and Patrick has a 4.5 GPA. Both young men are stand outs in the class room and on the playing field, or in Patrick's case, in the pool!

On Monday, the Garces student artists who worked on the Bakersfield Museum of Art's Driven by Art public art project accompanied Mr. Mark Brown to the Grand Opening of the exhibition. There are 33 fiberglass trucks that have been sponsored and painted by local artists. They will be on display throughout the Downtown area beginning in October.  The Garces truck will be on display in front of St. Mary's Catholic Store located at  2021 Chester Ave. A big thank you to our sponsor, Mrs. Melissa Fortune '72, for including our students in a wonderful community art project! 

On Tuesday, September 20th, we had Club Day during lunch. Our clubs set up tables, answered questions, and signed up club members.  It's great to see so much enthusiasm and support for the clubs the students have established. 

Congratulations to Isaiah Martin on being selected as Hometown Sport's Athlete of the Week after his five TD game on Friday night!  Isaiah tied a school record for the most TDs scored in one game.

Hall Photography will be back on campus to take make-up photos on Tuesday, October 4th.  Every student must have a photo taken for their student ID cards.  We will notify the students who still need to have their photos taken or need their photo re-taken. 

Hall Photography asks that all seniors have their portraits taken by Saturday, October 8th. They have to retouch the photos and then send them in to all the schools they work with for their yearbooks as well as ours.  So if you have yet to schedule your portrait session - please call them at (661) 589-8214.  Thank you. 

For the seniors who only want a senior portrait for the yearbook, they can bring their formal photo outfit and take their senior portrait on October 4th during the make-up day on campus.

The prices for the Senior Sentiment Ads goes up on October 1st. Please go on-line, upload your photos, design your ad, and submit it through the Josten's site. 

Senior Sentiment Ads