Garces Newsletter

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December 16, 2022

Weekly Newsletter for Garces Families, Students, Alumni, & Friends.

Important Dates

December 19th - January 6th

Christmas Break

January 9th

All School Mass

January 12th

Eligibility Declared

Janaury 17th & 18th

Sophomore Retreat

January 21st

Winter Formal

January 26th

Winter Rally

Merry Christmas from Garces!

Merry Christmas from all of us at Garces Memorial High School. Please enjoy the video below of our Garces Rams performing some Christmas classics.

Garces Memorial 75th Anniversary

2021-2022 Annual Report

Garces Memorial Annual Report

Garces has recently completed the Annual Report for the last school year. The report includes an overview of the school year along with our Donor Honor Roll. A copy of the report is available on the Garces website. A limited amount of copies have been printed. If you would like a printed copy, please contact Lou Ann Durrett, Garces Director of Communications. Please click on the link below to view the report.

2021-2022 Annual Report

Student News

Christmas Week at Garces

This year's Christmas on Campus Week was a big hit! Our students spent a lot of time putting together their looks each day and our campus was so festive all week long! Monday was Ugly Sweater Day, Tuesday was Two Turtle Doves (Twin Day), Wednesday was Santa's Workshop, and Friday was Pajama Day. We loved seeing our students get into the holiday spirit.

Christmas Concert

The Garces Memorial Concert band held their annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 8th. The band exceeded expectations and the concert ended way too soon as everyone could have stayed longer to listen to them perform. Thank you to our Garces Band Director, Mr. Chili Ortega for all his hard work and dedication to our music program. And thank you to all the parents who brought treats for the dessert table. It was a magical night on our campus. You can hear part of their performance in the Christmas Concert video above.

Members of the band pictured below are:

Flute: Yovanni Nguyen & Carolyn James

Clarinet: Mariah Campista, Aydan Carballo, Thomas Cheng, Diego Ruiz, & Megan Miller

Bass Clarinet: Cynthia Ramirez & Noah Tsang

Alto Sax: Mark Ayllon, Josephine Macias, & Nolan Lopez

Tenor Sax: Benjamin Jimenez, Cohen Clark, & Santiago Gil

Baritone Sax: Tyler Opie

Trumpet: Julien Rodriguez, Jack Kim, Joonho Lee, Camila Jimenez, Olivia Garcia, Jagger Renteria, &

Ein Cantor

Baritone: Pablo Ibarra & Jose Rodriguez

Keyboard: Quetzal Garcia & Ariel Gamino

Bass Guitar: Guenneviere Gumboc & Erin Castillo

Guitar: Bennet Michaud & Hector Cota

Percussion: Jessica Hernandez, Mackenzie Aralar, Madison Aralar, Kevin Cabingan, Gemma Cruz,

Caleb Flores, Madilyn Garica, Brooke Hunter, Troy Lake, Thomas Lake, Diana Loreto, Samantha Mojarro, Apolonia Picazo, Erin Rowley, Minnie Song, & Auroa Velazquez

Scholar-Athletes

On Monday, Garces recognized our 2021-2022 Scholar-Athletes. To qualify, students must be a junior or a senior with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and played at least one sport last year. The program is sponsored by the Hail Mary Club and the law firm of Belden Blaine Raytis, LLP. Thank you to the sponsors for honoring our students for their accomplishments and providing them with backpacks that they carry with great pride.

List of Scholar-Athletes

NHS Officers for 2022-2023

Congratulations to the students selected to be the 2022-2023 officers for the Garces chapter of the National Honor Society. They are pictured left to right:

Aidan Sorci: Treasurer
Alyssa Hurtado: President
Brooke Barnes: Vice President
Aviana Borba: Secretary and Outreach
Allison Barker: Historian

Red Cross Club

The Red Cross Club is making spirits bright! The club used the money it earned from our first Food-a-Palooza to buy fleece and make blankets for those in need! We love to give back to our community in any way we can!

Interact Club Adopt a Family Project

The Garces Memorial Interact Club provided Christmas for a family in need this year. With the help of Mrs. Michaud, principal at McKinley School, the perfect family was selected for this special Christmas project. Below is the message from Mrs. Michaud.

Thank you so much for sponsoring a McKinley family. The Interact Club has blessed this family with a Christmas that would not have been possible without their support. We are so grateful!

Thanks again,

Kelli

Tamales for Sale!

The Hispanic & Latino Culture Club will be having a tamale sale at the beginning of next semester. They will be taking pre-orders during the Christmas break. See the menu for options available and click the link to fill out an order form. Once you place your order, you will receive an email with payment options. Please email ssalazar@garces.org if you have any questions.

Tamale Order Form

Admissions

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 from Travis Plugge, Class of 2022, about his experience as a Garces Ram. Travis transferred into Garces his junior year from a public school and had an amazing experience. Travis is a freshman at St. Thomas University and plays D-I Football for the Tomcats. 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.

Garces Athletics

Sports Update

Provided by Trevor Horn, Sports Information Director

As we head into the Christmas Break, let’s take a look ahead at when and where our winter sports team will be playing.

Boys Basketball

The Rams played in one of California's toughest and most prestigious tournaments last weekend at the Father Berry Christmas Classic at Jesuit High School in Sacramento. The Rams were one of eight Catholic high schools in the all-parochial tournament. Despite the 0-3 result, the Rams (5-4) have come out on top with two blowout wins on the opening nights of the Shafter Play With Honor Tournament. Led by a career-high 26 points from sophomore Elijah Wade, the Rams defeated Taft 75-38 last night and will play South at 6:30 p.m. tonight with a chance at the tournament title on Saturday. The Rams will be hosting the Elite Eight Challenge on Dec. 28-30 before hosting Tulare Western on Jan. 3 and Porterville the next night. The Rams will then play at Tehachapi on Jan. 5 before hosting San Joaquin Memorial on Jan. 7. Both JV and F/S teams are in competition this weekend.

Girls Basketball

The Rams were off this week and will prepare to play in the 12th annual Arvin Holiday Showcase Dec. 27-30 with games at Eastside Middle School, Golden Valley High School, and Arvin. The Rams will also host Highland on Jan. 4 and host Kerman on Jan. 5 before hosting SJM along with the boys on Saturday, Jan.7.

Boys Soccer

The Rams went undefeated in their two matches at the Garces Holiday Soccer Festival last weekend, beating SJM 1-0 and then defeating Mira Monte 5-4 in penalty kicks. The Rams are done with action until heading to Clovis North on Jan. 3 for a big match-up against one of the top teams in the Central Section.

Girls Soccer

The Rams are now 4-1 this season after going 1-1 in the Garces Holiday Soccer Festival last weekend. The Rams dropped a tough one to Southern Section power West Hills-Chaminade 2-1 before shutting out Visalia-Central Valley Christian 3-0. That’s four shutouts for freshman goalkeeper Bella Arias-Lasalde this season. The Rams are in action this weekend at the Liberty Tournament at Polo Park. All three matches will be played at Field No. 1 and they begin tonight at 6 p.m. vs. Bakersfield High. The Rams will play Ridgeview at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow and 3 p.m. vs. McFarland. Then the team will take a break until hosting Tehachapi on Friday, Jan. 6.

Wrestling

There are a handful of Rams at the prestigious Zinnia Classic in Clovis today while the Rams will also be competing in the North High Duals on Saturday. Last weekend, JJ Ward won the 28-5 pound title at the Coyote Classic at East High, leading the way for five Rams who earned top-7 finishes. The JV boys wrestling was impressive at Foothill High last weekend with Tristan Stevens, Cash Garnica, and Robby Lock all winning their weight class titles and will be back in action tomorrow at the Falcon Frenzy at Independence High. Girls wrestling will be in competition in Corona on Dec. 29 and in the Cali Girls Invite in Morro Bay on Jan. 7

Be sure to follow Garces Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @GarcesAthletics for updates and scores.

Giving to Garces

Garces Alumni News

In Our Prayers

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

May they rest in peace. Amen.

George Richaud '50

Husband of Donna (Bianco) Richaud '15

2023 Hall of Honor Nominations

The Garces Memorial Alumni Board is accepting nominations for the 2023 Hall of Honor. If you know a deserving individual, please nominate them. Nominations are open until March 31, 2023.

Click here for the 2023 Hall of Honor Nomination Form

Tom Zaninovich '20

Congratulations to Garces alum Tom Zaninovich on scoring his first goal for the UC Davis Lacrosse team! We love seeing our alumni living their dream in college!