Congratulations to the Garces Players and Mrs. Bethany Lahammer, Theatre Director, on another outstanding production!  The students put on a fabulous show and all of their hard work and dedication was evident.   There were some stand out performances that really shined, but it takes a strong group effort to make everyone in the production have a moment - and everyone did. Members of the cast were: Nichole Acosta, John Dulcich, Anna Rinaldi, Angel Abu, Olivia Wooner, Alfred Agbayani, Jenysa Patterson, James Castanares, Daniella Vargas, Ellie Tovar, Allyson Dunlavey, Monica Uriaz, Andrew Orozco, Mikaella Estoque, Gariel Beltran, Kristen Vibal, & Michaelted Acosta. Members of the crew were: Ashley Ruiz, Jordan Inocentes, Michaelted Acosta, Gabriel Beltran, Evan Smith & Nick Oh.  

At the Tri County Track Meet at Moorpark College on Saturday, Cameron Roberson broke the meet record in the 200m with a time of 22.19 seconds!  That time currently ranks Cam 10th in the State! Way to go Cam!

The Garces Key Club combined celebrating Pi Day with a fundraising opportunity for Relay for Life.  Pie tins were placed in several teacher's classrooms and the teacher with the most money in the pie tin - won - a pie in the face!  Students pooled their money and decided to donate more money into Ms. Church's pie tin than any other. Then Key Club auctioned off the right to "pie" Ms. Church and Lauryn Lock was the winner! It was all for a great cause and the students raised over $300 for a great cause. 

Garces Memorial will celebrate Spring Fling Week the week of March 27th.  We will kick off the week with the Iron Man Volleyball Game Friday, March 24th in the Garces gym at 7:00 PM.  The game will pit the senior boys against the junior boys and bragging rights are on the line!  Students will be encouraged to dress up all week around various circus themes.  Please encourage your student to take advantage of coming to school in a creative outfit. Spirit Dress Attire guidelines listed in the Student Parent Handbook will apply. Wednesday will be Formal Dress as we will have an All-School Mass. Thursday will be the Spring Rally at 11:05 AM in the gym.  That evening will be a classic powder puff flag football game with the senior girls battling the junior girls on Sam Tobias Field at 7:00 PM. The Prom will be on Saturday, April 1st, and will be held on the Garces Tennis Courts under the Big Top! Bids are on sale in the quad during lunch. 

The Intramural Badminton Tournament is well underway and we have a few undefeated teams, but we have one undefeated team that everyone wants to beat - the team of Coach Justin Finch and Coach Caitlin Witwer. Will a student team be able to beat them or will two of our faculty members dominate? We will soon know as we move into the final brackets next week during lunch. 

COLLEGE VISITS

An admissions counselor from Cal Baptist will be on campus next Wednesday, March 22nd at 12:20 pm. studens must sign-up to attend on Family Connection. California Baptist University (CBU) is one of the top private Christian colleges and universities in Southern California. CBU offers bachelor's, master's and credential programs in Riverside and San Bernardino.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

The University of Alabama offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Professions, Nursing and Public Health. Their professional schools are Dentistry, Medicine and Optometry. An admissions representative will be on Campus next Tuesday March 21st at 8:30 am. Students must sign-up to attend on Family Connection.

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

THE THERESA CORTI AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP  

Students must have an Ag or Ag-related major specifically interested in farming, stock raising or soil conservation at a two or four-year university.Application materials are available at www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/wellsfargotrust. Applications must be received in the Minnesota office by April 3, 2017.

RIGHT TO LIFE KERN COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP

To encourage and recognize pro-life advocacy among Kern County youth, Right to Life of Kern County will award $350 scholarships to two college-bound high school seniors. Applicants for 2017 must carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 from sophomore through senior years and must attend Garces High School, Bakersfield Christian High School, or a high school in the Kern High School District with a student-led, pro-life club. Applicants must submit a 500-word essay response to the attached pro-choice article "You can be pro-life and pro-choice at the same time." Winning essays will go beyond stating the student's pro-life opinion to respond directly to the article's pro-choice arguments. Essays will be judged on clarity and persuasiveness of argument by the RTLKC Board of Directors. The Board reserves the right to withhold the award in the event no student meets criteria or deadline. Awardees will be notified by mail. All essays become the property of RTLKC. Entry deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, April 21.

RTLKC Application

HOWARD AND MAMIE NICHOLS SCHOLARSHIP

Students must have achieved at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA and will be attending a two or four- year college full-time. Application materials are available at www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/wellsfargotrust

Applications must be received in the Minnesota office by April 2, 2017.

The Garces Memorial Alumni Board and Garces Principal Ms. Myka Peck are pleased to announce the inductees for the 2017 Hall of Honor. 

The legacy family who will be honored with the Garces Alumni Award is The Mac and Stella McMurtrey Family.

We hope you will join us at the Hall of Honor to celebrate this year's inductees and all that they represent to the past, present, and future of Garces Memorial.

2017 Hall of Honor Awards Banquet

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Monsignor Leddy Hall

5:00 PM - Social

6:30 PM - Dinner

7:30 PM - Awards Ceremony

To reserve a seat or purchase a table, please contact Lou Ann Durrett at (661) 327-2578 ext. 129.