The RamPage

January 13, 2022

January 17th & 18th

Sophomore Retreat

January 21st

Class of 2027 Placement Test

January 21st

Winter Formal

January 26th

Winter Rally

January 28th

Class of 2027 Placement Test

January 30th - February 3rd

Catholic Schools Week

January 30th

Grandparents' Mass

February 2nd

Parent Appreciation Day

February 7th

Junior Step Up Mass

Garces families,

Welcome Back! I pray that you had a restful Christmas and New Years with your loved ones. This week we got to welcome our students back, especially our seniors with their first day of their last semester at Garces with an all-school Mass. Senior parents, I can only imagine the immense emotions you are experiencing right now. Your child is about to graduate and go off to college and we at Garces could not be more excited for them. My hope for your senior is that they cherish this last semester as a Ram and make as many memories as they can experience. Parents, we also hope that you will come to our campus as often as we will be celebrating the class of 2023 in the next semester.

We have many exciting things coming up in the near future starting next week with our Sophomore retreat. We are blessed to have an amazing faculty and staff that are eager to take your children to what we hope will be a life changing retreat. This is our first retreat and we cannot wait for the other classes to experience their retreats in the upcoming months. Our mission is to walk with your child in their faith development and we are hopeful that our new retreat program will enhance their relationship with God.

At the end of the month, we have Catholic School’s week and we hope to see you, our parents on our campus as well as the much anticipated Grandparent's Mass and lunch. This week is special because we get to thank all of those people involved in making Garces Memorial such a special school.

There are many other celebrations and events on our campus in the second semester and we look forward to having you on our campus. I would also like to welcome our transfer parents and students to our family. We are blessed to have you become a part of the Ram family. Thank you for believing in Catholic education and most importantly letting us be a part of your child’s life.

Myka Chambers

Principal

Mock Trial

Our Mock Trial competed in Round Two this week and is getting ready for the upcoming final competition for the Kern County Championship on Saturday, January 21st, known as Super Saturday. Round Two included our prosecution team members Randall Giumarra, Kelsey Abraham, Alyssa Hurtado, Tristan Leija-Stevens, Andy Valdez, Thomas Buckley, Erin Rowley, Veronique Curutchague, Sophia Camou, and Campbell Houchin. A big shout out to the attorney coaches who selflessly give hours and hours of their valuable time to coach our team. Thank you to Mr. Sala, Mr. Raytis, and Mr. Hutchison.

Class of 2027 Applications

If you are considering being a Garces Ram and a member of the Garces Class of 2027, please go online and complete your application. Along with your application, please submit all required paperwork and video.

English & Math Placement Testing for Incoming Freshmen

For all our incoming freshmen, we are holding two placement testing dates to help us schedule our future Rams into the correct classes for English and Math. We will hold tests on Saturday, January 21st, and Saturday, January 28th. Please click on the button below and register for the test date that works best for your schedule. The placement exam is required for all incoming freshmen applicants.

Hear Garces senior and ASB Co-President, Aviana Borba '23 talk about what it means to be a Garces Ram. In addition to being active in ASB, Avi is a four-year cheerleader and the team captain this year. She is a CSF member, the secretary of the Garces chapter of the National Honor Society, and a member of the Garces Competitive Dance Team. She is also the co-president of the Helping Hands Club at Garces. Registration is now open for the Class of 2027. Please go online at garces.org and begin the application process.

Click on the video below.

Sports Update

Provided by Trevor Horn, Sports Information Director

What a night it was for Garces Athletics on Thursday. All eight soccer and basketball teams were victorious in River League action against Frontier.



Let’s get into where our winter sports teams are with just four weeks until the postseason.

Boys Basketball 

Led by a 17-point performance by senior Isaiah Perry and 13 points off the bench from sophomore Carson Acevedo, the Rams (11-9 overall, 1-1 River League) defeated Frontier 51-45 for the first league win of the season after losing to Liberty on Tuesday. JV and F/S also earned their first league wins on Thursday at Frontier. Be sure to come out on Wednesday against Bakersfield Christian. Our Ford Dream Builder members on campus will be doing a Sock Toss. The varsity game is slated for a 6:30 p.m. start and after the first quarter, we will have all in attendance toss the socks onto the court for the Open Door Network. If you forget, we will sell socks at the door for $5.

Girls Basketball 

The Rams (4-12, 1-1) opened up and early lead and defeated Frontier 61-53 for the first league win. Senior Reese Pasternik and junior Nevaeh Beserra both scored game-high 21 points in the victory as JV also defeated Frontier last night. The Rams are in a non-league showdown tonight at Wasco with JV at 4:30 p.m. and varsity at 6.

Boys Soccer 

Due to unplayable conditions, the league opener for boys and girls soccer on Tuesday was postponed on Tuesday and will be played Feb. 6 at Sam Tobias Field. That made last night’s match at Frontier the league opener, and the Rams won 4-0 to move to 4-1-1 overall and 1-0 in league. Abram Villanueva scored twice and while Nico Fanucchi and Matthew Mendoza both scored a goal and added an assist in the victory.The Rams will host BCHS on Wednesday.

Girls Soccer 

Like the boys, the girls game on Tuesday versus Liberty was postponed to Feb. 6. Last night, Caitlin Asaro and Indiana Chambers both scored as the Rams (8-1-1, 1-0) defeated Frontier 2-0. The Rams are currently ranked No. 6 in the Central Section with two league foes in Liberty (No. 1) and Stockdale (No. 5) just ahead of them in the rankings.

Boys Wrestling 

The boys wrestling team won the program’s first team tournament title on Saturday at the Battle At The Barn in Caruthers. The Rams are in competition today and tomorrow at the KC Invitational at Centennial.

Girls Wrestling

Kaydence Boyd has vaulted to the No. 5 ranking in California at 133 pounds after a dominating performance at the 23rd annual Napa Valley Girls Classic on Friday and Saturday. Boyd pinned two of her first three opponents before an overtime match in the semifinals. In the finals, she held a 3-0 lead over a top-20 nationally-ranked opponent from Colorado before losing by fall. Boyd and Olivia Landis will compete tomorrow at the Lady Apache Invitational in Sanger. 

You are cordially invited!

Invitations to this year's Gala are going in the mail next week! If you don't receive yours and would like to attend, please email tabbott@garces and she will drop one in the mail.

You can always purchase your tables, sponsorships, or tickets online.

Student Gala Contest

Since the early days of the Gala, we have always enlisted the support of our students through the Student Gala Contest. This year homerooms will raise money to support a business or businesses they have selected from a list of locally owned businesses with ties to Garces. In turn, the funds raised will be used to purchase services or merchandise that are then auctioned at the Gala. Nine times out of ten, the companies contribute additional services or products. A win-win for everyone!

This year's student contest will run from January 30th-February 10th. Families will receive more information next week.

How Can I Help?

• We always need fun and innovative auction items for our live and silent auctions.

• Event sponsorships are vital to the success of the Gala. Thank you to the following who have already made their sponsorship commitment:

Title Sponsor: Rodriguez & Associates

Diamond Sponsors: Tom and Terri Jamieson

Mission Bank

Emerald Sponsors: Jim Burke Ford Lincoln

Mazzei Franconi Inc.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

Gold Sponsors: B & B Surplus

Christ the King Catholic Church

Southern Valley Chemical

• Last but certainly not least...Grab your friends and join us for a great night celebrating our school's 75th anniversary. Remember you must make your reservations in advance.

In Our Prayers

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

Lorraine (Anchordoquy) Sprague '58

Sister of Yvonne (Anchordoquy) Tillman '60

Robert Lencioni '53

Husband of Irene (Boucher) Lencioni '56, and brother to Arlene (Lencioni) Linnenbrink '58, Loretta (Lencioni) Berry '63, Jerry Lencioni '59, the late Oreste "Rusty" Lencioni '51, and the

late Richard Lencioni '54

Joan (Papasergia) Wallace '56

Wife of the late Honorable Art Wallace '56 and sister of the late Yolanda (Papasergia )Griffiths '51

Leroy Sacchini

Garces Teacher, Coach, Parent, Grandparent, and Hall of Honor Inductee

Services are on January 19th at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Rosary at 9:30 AM

Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM

Husband of Norma Sacchini; Father of Jeff Sacchini '82, Liz (Sacchini) Haskell '84, Chris Sacchini '87; and grandfather of Andrew Sacchini '15, and Anthony Sacchini '17.