Student Shout Outs!  You guys are amazing!
CONGRATULATIONS JARED LUBATTI & JASMINE SCOTT

Congratulations to Jared Lubatti and Jasmine Scott who were honored by the Bakersfield Jockey Club as Outstanding Student Athletes in their respective sports - Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball.  They received thier awards at a special luncheon at Hodel's on Monday. 
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Basketball Team!  They won their bracket at the Shafter Basketball Tournament last weekend!  Way to go Rams! 
 
Members of the team are back row: Sam Sakowski, Coach Brian Dignan, Chris Coleman, Emmit McCormick, Jacen Roberson, Zach Hebbard, Michael Barnett, Josh Diaz, Isaiah Hughes, and LeBrevon Austin. Front row: Cameron Roberson, Jared Lubatti, and JohnPaul Sakwoski. Missing from photo is Jeremiah "J.J." Johnson.

PING PONG CHAMPION
DYLAN SIMONSEN

Garces teacher, Mark Brown, organized a Ping Pong Tournament on campus.  This was not any ordinary ping pong tournament. The tables were not official size and the nets were fashioned out of cardboard - which added to the fun of the event! There was a $5 entry fee and all of the proceeds went to the Salvation Army. Over two weeks, students played at lunch until we got down to the final two - Dylan Simonsen and Joseph Tobias. 
 
Dylan Simonsen came out on top and is the 2016 Garces Memorial Ping Pong Champion! 
JACQUELINE CLEROU
WATER POLO ALL-STAR

Congratulations to Garces Ram Jacqueline Clerou who was selected to play in the Girls Water Polo Seniors All-Star Game!  The game was Saturday, December 10th. 
WATER POLO ALL-STARS WIN

Garces Water Polo players John Starkey, Mason Smith, Patrick Burke, and Hutton Stewart played on the winning team in the Senior All-Star game last Saturday at Redwood High School. They played for the East Yosemite League (EYL) and beat the West Yosemite League (WYL) team.  It was the first time the EYL won since the All-Star game began nine years ago.  Way to go Rams! 


CHRISTMAS CONCERT WAS AMAZING!
 
Thursday night, the Garces band, under the direction of Scott Smith, put on a Chirstmas concert with all the favorite songs of the season! The audience was treated to Silent Night, Jingle Bells, On This Day the Earth Shall Ring,The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Oh Come Oh Ye Faithful, and others! RJ Senining played Let Their Be Peace on Earth and dedicated it to his violin teacher who recently passed away.  The students were amazing and those in attendance enjoyed another great night on our campus. The band performers were: Angel Abu, Farah Abumeri, Michaelted Acosta, Nichole Acosta, Myrren  Agabao, Alfred Agbayani, Traveion Bell, Gabriel Beltran, Joseph Berchtold, Kim Briggs, Hudson Byers, Mark Cao, James Castanares, Jacky Chen, Cory Chianello, Sarai Chocoteco, Hopie Cruz, Maria  Delgado, Connor Deming, Breanna  Dinh, Jana Dulcich, John Dulcich, Allyson Dunlavey, Anthony Fajardo, Jacqueline Faria, Fernanda Galindo, Moises Gonzalez, Ethan Greenleaf, Natalie Greenleaf, Jorden Inocentes, Sarai  Livesey, Catherine Macias, Alexandra Mendoza, Ariel Mora, Elizabeth Nevarez, Nick  Oh, Andrew Orozco, Sabrina Ortiz, Darius Picar, Leah Pineda, Joseph Placido, Christopher Ramos, Jordan Reyes, Anna  Rinaldi, Gahan Ritonga, Jacob Rivas, Esperanza  Rivera, Ashley Ruiz, Kenneth Russo, Citlali Sanchez-Acosta, RJ Senining, Evan Smith, Beneth Timpog, Ellie Tovar, Grace Turner, Monica Uriaz, Karl Ventayen, Kristen Vibal, Joanne Yi, Fancong Yu, and Oscar Zubrian.