Congratulations to Garces Seniors Marisa Edmonston and Megan Puget. They are among four area high school students selected by the Kern Community Foundation's Women's & Girls' Fund to serve as community members on the organization's Philanthropy award selection committee. The pair were chosen based on their community service work. Marisa founded a community service project, Pennies From Heaven, four years ago, to gather loose change to help the needy. Megan helps run the Kern Autism Network's sibling support groups. Each year the Women's & Girls' Fund selects several high school students to sit on its grants allocation and scholarship selection committees.

Mrs. Sierra wanted to bring a piece of curriculum to life and enhance the discussion in her class so she enlisted the assistance of Garces art teacher, Mark Brown, and had the students make beautiful stained art projects that now hang in the window of her classroom.  How does stained glass fit with a theology lesson? Juniors were learning about the iconoclast controversy between the West and the East. The dispute was over whether it was wrong to make any images that illustrate God and/or human beings. Emperor Leo III wanted to get rid of icons but Pope Gregory II opposed him arguing that art helps people understand and remember the story of Christ. At the end, both West and East agreed that the use of icons are actually beneficial for the worshiper. 

Mrs. Ashleigh Rossi's "Introduction to Agriculture" class is off to a great start. The students have built garden beds on campus and planted "crops". This week they spent time smashing walnuts and making walnut butter.  Mrs. Rossi is incorporating activities to help make learning about agriculture more engaging for the students. The students completed the activity during the class discussion on California commodities. 

The students in the photos are Sean Hatten, Joseph Tobias, Maddie Reyes, Gino Franconi, Nick Goyeneche, Matt Renzi, and Michael Barnett.