Congratulations to the students voted as the 2016 Homecoming Court. The King and Queen will be announced at halftime at the Homecoming game next Friday. The court will be driven around the track and their bios read between the JV and Varsity games. 

Senior Princesses

Nevada Allison, Bianca Burkhart, and Jensen Williams

Senior Princes 

Conor Bruce, Sam Etchison, and Tommy Toretta

Junior Prince and Princess

Luke Champness and Emily Demler

Sophomore Prince and Princess

Nick Sill and Eleni Zaninovich

Freshman Prince & Princess

Hayden Pisano and Alexsia Drulias 

Congratulations to our JV Girls Tennis Team! They won the Burrell Open last weekend. The Burrell Open was held at BHS. Pictured are JV Players: Riley Pisano, Sydney Wetzel, Teresa Demler, Alexandra Mendoza, Stephanie Eguao, Jasmine Scott and Alexandra Goode with Coach Amadi Kagoma.

On Wednesday, October 5th, Campus Ministry had special guest speaker, Mr. Tyler Schilhabel, speak to the entire school about his faith journey. Tyler was the starting QB for the Independence football team and was in an ATV accident at Oceano Dunes over Labor Day Weekend in 2010.  The accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. Tyler shared with the students his incredible faith journey and that he would not change a thing as he has a happy life. He shared that immediately following the crash his best friend held his hand and they sang hymns until help arrived. He wished for all of our students to have a friend who would do that for them. He told them he looks at himself in the mirror every morning and tells himself to "be happy" and his faith, combined with making the choice to be happy and accepting God's plan, have led him to a college degree, a great relationship, and his dream job.  Tyler will begin his new job in January as the Recruiting Coordinator for the University of Utah's football team. In the meantime, he is helping coach football at Independence.  

Congratulations to our Girls Cross Country team and their victory last weekend.  The girls ran in the Blazer Invitational and won first place in the Small School Division! From left to right are Jessica Taylor, Kristen Vibal, Lauren Burson, Renee Rasmussen, Natalina Antongiovanni, Rebecca Millar, and Sheila Kolodji.

Congratulations to Cameron Roberson who was nominated by Central Valley Football for Defensive Player of the Week.  Cameron was up against players from all over the Central Valley and while he was not voted #1 in the valley - he was the top Bakersfield player in the vote! 

On Tuesday, October 4th, candidate for State Assembly, Mr. Vince Fong came and spoke with students at lunch and in Mr. Geissel's AP Government class.  He discussed the process for running for office. Vince took student's questions about issues facing California and discussed the rigors of running a campaign for political office. It was a good opportunity for our students to actively discuss the reality of complex politics in today's world.  

Congratulations to our new Freshman Officers! 

President - Peter Delis

Vice President - Olivia Holland

Class Representatives - Farah Abumeri, Catherine Bayne, Isabella Echeverria, Gabriella Jackson, Elaine Lee, and Allyse Naworski.

Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for the Garces Quilt Opportunity Drawing!  The proceeds will go to purchase a 5 foot tall crucifix for the gym  The crucifix has been ordered and we hope to have it up for the upcoming basketball season! 

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. 

The prices for the Senior Sentiment Ads goes up again on October 15th. Please go on-line, upload your photos, design your ad, and submit it through the Josten's site. 

Senior Sentiment Ads