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October 18, 2024

Bi-Monthly Newsletter for Garces Families, Students, Alumni & Friends

Important Dates

October 22nd

Mass Day

October 24th

Late Start - 10:00

October 28th-29th

Sophomore Retreat (Girls)

October 29th-30th

Sophomore Retreat (Boys)

October 31st

Halloween

November 1st

All Saints Day Mass

November 5th

Election Day

November 8th

Vocation Awareness

Parent News

Parent Hours Opportunity

Remember to check for additional parent hour opportunities in MobileServe. Here are a few areas where we need our parents help.

Admissions Parent Ambassadors

Because our students and families are our best ambassadors, we are looking for parents to assist with some of our admissions events. If you are able to help at any of the events below, contact Ms. Abbott.

Delta Youth Football game days - Saturday, October 19th - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, November 2nd (playoff games tentative, times TBD), November 9th - (playoff games tentative, times TBD)
Garces Community Open House - Sunday, November 17th 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Parish visits - Contact Ms. Abbott for dates and times for different parishes

Student News

Activities Update

A huge thank you to our ASB class, class advisors, parent donors, and everyone who helped make Homecoming a success! Your hard work and dedication made it a memorable event for our students and staff.

Congratulations to Homecoming King Jack Sakowski and Homecoming Queen Malia Giumarra! Also, congratulations to our seniors for winning this year's Homecoming skits!

Upcoming Events:

10/22: ASB/Student Council Meeting – 6:30 PM
10/21-10/29: Boograms ASB Fundraiser – Send a festive treat to a friend! Available for purchase in the quad for $2. Purchase a Boogram for a friend or staff member to show them you care!
10/31: Schoolwide Halloween Costume Contest & Door Wars – Get creative and show your Halloween spirit! Plus, OLPH will be holding their Halloween Parade.
11/1: Mission Bowl Football Game – Don’t forget to grab your t-shirts, available for purchase the week of the game.

We are also asking for parent donations of candy for the OLPH Halloween Parade. In exchange, you can earn parent service hours! For more information, please contact Ms. Abbott.

Stay tuned for more exciting activities throughout the year!

Black Student Union All Hallows Eve Celebration

BSU will host its 3^rd annual Garces All Hallows Eve Celebration! The event will take place on Friday, October 25^th from 7pm-9pm on campus. Part of the Garces campus is transformed into an unforgetable experience for all those that attend. For this event, we are looking for some donations on materials. If you would like to make any donation of the following items or donate any of your time, please reach out to club moderator, Mrs. Edwards at sedwards@garces.org. We are also looking for actors/actresses for the event who could dress up and want to be a part of this Garces tradition. The students are looking forward to this event and continue to make it a Garces tradition. Either way, SAVE THE DATE AND ATTEND THIS EVENT! Entrance is $10 per person with free re-entry.

Donation List

Black tarp like materials

Spider webs

Spooky decor

Staple guns and staples

Boxes of any size (We will take those Amazon boxes!)

Pallets

Duct tape

Easy Ups/Canopies

Rope

Extension cords

Admissions

St. Francis HighSEE Days

The HighSEE days are back for our St. Francis 8th graders. The first of three scheduled HighSEE days took place on the same day as the Homecoming Rally. Thank you to the Garces ASB and Mrs Thompson for including the St. Francis students in the rally festivities.

We look forward to having them back on campus in February.

Online Application is Now Available

The application for admission for the Class of 2029 is now open! This year Garces will offer incentives for students who submit their application by December 1, 2024.

Click Here to Start Application

Advancement Department

Holy Smoke Fall BBQ

We raised over $111,000!

Thank you to everyone who helped to make the 2024 Holy Smoke Fall BBQ a success! A huge shout out to our committee: Bill Potter ‘97, Co-Chair; Joe Etcheverry ‘94, Co-Chair; Molly Antongiovanni ‘12; Lexi Clerou ‘06; Jeff Etcheverry ‘02; Santos Gutierrez, Dan Hoekstra; Jared Lane ‘96; Tom McCarthy; Philip McDermott ‘04; Jenny Asaro; and Lou Ann Durrett. They worked tirelessly to ensure we hit our revenue goal and that our guests had a great night. Thank you to our VIP Sponsors for their generosity. We could not hit our revenue goal without them. We are especially grateful to our alumni who donated from their businesses to make the night a success - JoRonco (Tobias Family), Casa Munoz (Munoz Family), Wool Growers (Camou Family), Grimmway (Grimm Family), Moo Creamery (Pounds Family), Pyrenees Bakery (Laxague Family), Sunview Vineyard (Zaninovich Family), Dewar's Ice Cream (Dewar Family), Knight's Site Services (Napier & Lince Families), Sausages by Jon (Barnes Family), and Balloons by Hilary (Cauzza Family). And thank you to Sarah Price, former volleyball coach and advisory board member, for Jake's Tex-Mex chocolate cake. And we couldn't do it without all our parent volunteers. They were amazing! They helped us set up, worked during the BBQ, and helped us clean up. And a huge shout out to the BBQ crew - the steaks were delicious! Thank you to the FFA Floral Design Class for the beautiful centerpieces. Thank you to all our guests. We hope everyone had a great time. We look forward to having everyone back next year.

Check out the Holy Smoke BBQ Video

Check out the Photos from the BBQ

BBQ Photos and Photo Booth Photos

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

2024 Hall of Honor

Please join us for the 15th annual Garces Memorial Hall of Honor. The Hall of Honor is an event hosted by the Garces Memorial Alumni Board of Directors. This year, they are honoring the following:

Mr. Don Lucas
Mrs. Janie (Clerou) Reiland ‘66
Mrs. Mary Trichell
Mr. Andrew Zaninovich
The Edith & Domenick Bianco Family

The awards banquet will be held at Luigi's Warehouse on Thursday, November 14th. Doors open at 5:30 PM, dinner begins at 6:30 PM, and the Awards Ceremony begins at 7:30 PM. Sponsorships are available, and tickets are $100 per person. We hope you will support the event as we honor a very special group of Garces supporters and ambassadors for our school.

The net proceeds go to the Garces Memorial Alumni Scholarship Fund. The Alumni Scholarship Fund was established to assist Garces alumni with the cost of Garces tuition. We want all our alumni to be able to afford to send their children to Garces Memorial.

Members of the 2024-2025 Garces Alumni Board: Gregg Gunner ’66, Chairman, Tom Swertfager ‘69, Jim Sakowski ‘70, Carolyn Antongiovanni ‘72, Melissa Fortune ‘72, Bruce Haupt ‘75, Mike Georgino ‘75, George Clerou ‘76, Katie (Anspach) Whittington ‘77, Bernadette (Eyherabide) Root ‘78, Raji Sanghera ‘87, Maria (Bernal) Toretta ‘88, Courtney (Kirschenmann) Tobias ‘92, Nicolette (Eyherabide) Thompson ‘02, Jenny Etcheverry ‘06, and Lexi (Antongiovanni) Clerou ‘06.

Hall of Honor Tickets

Hall of Honor Sponsors To Date

This Week in Garces Athletics

Bob Carroll Service Award

Barbara Johnston-Hill

Greg & Kathy McDermott

At the Holy Smoke BBQ, Garces President Steven Antongiovanni '76 and Athletic Director Joan Finch '87 presented Barbara Johnston-Hill and Greg and Kathy McDermott with the Bob Carroll Service Award.

Barb Johnson served as the Garces Girls' Tennis Coach for 20 years and the boys' coach for ten years. She guided her teams to eight valley championships and 18 league titles and coached numerous players to individual titles. In 2011, Barb coached the Girls' Tennis Team to the first Division 1 section championship at Garces.

Greg McDermott is a Garces alumnus. He and his wife Kathy sent their children to Garces, and for over a decade, they were fixtures at all things Garces. We are especially grateful for the stadium seating at Sam Tobias Field and the visitor-side seating in the gym. Greg, along with his brothers Pat and Mike, spearheaded both projects through their company. To this day, the improvements they made are enjoyed by Garces Rams fans.

Please join us in congratulating Coach Barb and the McDermotts!

Honoring our Senior Student Athletes

This week we celebrated 3 Senior Nights for Girls Golf, Girls Volleyball, and Girls Tennis. Congratulations on a great season ladies!! Senior Night for Boys and Girls Water Polo will be on Oct. 30th and Football, Cheer and Band Senior Night will be Nov. 1st.

Girls Tennis:

Mariana Etchamendy

Aurora Valezquez

Amalia Ray

Lizzi Ansolabehere

Julia Maristany

Natalia Eddy

Girls Golf:

Malia Giumarra

Sophia Camou

Megan Miller

Emma Lane

Kyralisa Riel

Girls Volleyball:

Jayla Ward

Emma Machado

Reese Froehlich

Game Updates

Football:

Pre-Season (0-5)

8/23 - Loss, Garces 21 - Paraclete 42

8/30 - Loss, Garces 0 - Paso Robles 7

9/6 - Loss, Moorpark 45 - Garces 7

9/14 - Loss, San Joaquin Memorial 27 - Garces 10

9/28 - Loss, Righetti 41 - Garces 21

League (0-2)

10/4 - Loss, Centennial 56 - Garces 15

10/11 - Loss, Garces 14 - Stockdale 19

Boys Water Polo:

Pre-Season/Other (3-8)

8/23 - Win, Golden West 4 - Garces 18

8/23 - Loss, Garces 7 - Santa Barbara 8

8/24 - Loss, Garces 9 - Turlock 14

8/24 - Loss, San Luis Obispo 8 - Garces 7

9/5 - Loss, Clovis North 15 - Garces 7

9/11 - Loss, Sanger 5 - Garces 3

9/13 - Loss, Saint Francis 14 - Garces 8

9/14 - Loss, Garces 1 - Buchanan 14

9/14 - Loss, Arroyo Grande 13 - Garces 11

10/4 - Win, Garces 17 - Bullard 13

10/4 - Win, Garces 10 - Reedley 6

League (5-0)

9/30 - Win, Centennial 1 - Garces 26

10/2 - Win, Garces 20 - Stockdale 5

10/7 - Win, Frontier 4 - Garces 21

10/9 - Win, Garces 24 - Liberty 7

10/14 - Win, Garces 19 - BCHS 4 (Non-League)

10/16 - Win, Garces 23 - Centennial 1

Girls Water Polo (3-10):

Pre-Season/Other

8/30 - Loss, Garces 5 - Clovis North 17

8/30 - Loss, Clovis West 13 - Garces 6

8/31 - Loss, Reedley 12 - Garces 6

9/11 - Loss, Reedley 14 - Garces 12

9/20 - Win, Monterey 10 - Garces 12

9/20 - Loss, Garces 6 - Clovis 12

9/21 - Loss, Los Altos 15 - Garces 11

9/32 - Loss, Garces 9 - Archbishop Mitty - 21

10/3 - Loss, San Ramon Valley 18 - Garces 9

10/4 - Win, Garces 12 - Tulare Western 9

10/4 - Loss, San Luis Obispo 9 - Garces 8

10/5 - Win, Garces 15 - St. Mary’s 8

10/5 - Loss, Garces 6 - Reedley 10

League (5-0)

9/30 - Win, Garces 23 - Centennial 6

10/2 - Win, Garces 23 - Stockdale 1

10/7 - Win, Garces 32 - Frontier 11

10/9 - Win, Garces 16 - Liberty 8

10/14 - Win, Garces 16 - BCHS 4 (Non-League)

10/16 - Win, Garces 20 - Centennial 6

Girls Tennis:

Pre-Season/Other (3-4)

8/22 - Loss, Garces 4 - Clovis East 5

8/23 - Win, Garces 5 - Clovis North 4

8/23 - Loss, Garces 1 - Buchanan 8

Win, Garces 3 - Hart 3

Loss, Garces 2 - San Joaquin Memorial 4

Win, Garces 4 - Bishop O’Dowd 2

Loss, Garces 1 - Sanger 5

League (4-4)

9/17 - Win, Centennial 0 - Garces 9

9/19 - Loss, Garces 2 - Stockdale 7

9/26 - Loss, Garces 1 - Liberty 8

10/1 - Win, Garces 8 - BCHS 1 (Non-League)

10/3 - Win, Garces 8 - Centennial 1

10/8 - Loss, Garces 2 - Stockdale 7

10/9 - Win, Garces 9 - Frontier 0

10/10 - Win, Garces 8 - Frontier 1

10/15 - Loss, Garces 2 - Liberty 7

10/17 - Garces - BCHS (Non-League)

Volleyball:

Pre-Season (18-4-1)

8/19 - Win, Garces 3 - Monache 0

8/23 - Win, McFarland 0 - Garces 2

8/23 - Win, Bakersfield 0 - Garces 2

8/23 - Tie, Shafter 1 - Garces 1

8/23 - Win, Garces 2 - West 0

8/24 - Win, Garces 2 - West 0

8/24 - Win, Garces 2 - Shafter 0

8/24 - Win, Ridgeview 0 - Garces 2

8/27 - Loss, San Joaquin Memorial 3 - Garces 0

8/29 - Win, Garces 3 - North 0

9/6 - Win, Garces 2 - Arvin 0

9/6 - Win, Garces 2 - East Bakersfield 0

9/6 - Win, Garces 2 - Chavez 0

9/7 - Win, Garces 2 - Independence 0

9/7 - Win, Garces 2 - West 0

9/10 - Win, Garces 3 - Tehachapi 1

9/20 - Win, Garces 2 - Mt. Whitney 0

9/20 - Loss, Garces 0 - Fresno Christian 2

9/20 - Win, Garces 2 - Kingsburg 0

9/21 - Win, Garces 2 - Lemoore 0

9/21 - Loss, Garces 0 - Redwood 2

9/21 - Win, Garces 2 - Yosemite 1

9/21 - Loss, Garces 1 - Stockdale 2

League (2-5)

9/23 - Loss, Garces 0 - Centennial 3

9/25 - Win, Garces 3 - Stockdale 1

9/30 - Loss, Frontier 3 - Garces 1

10/2 - Loss, Garces 0 - Liberty 3

10/7 - Loss, Garces 0 - BCHS 3 (Non-League)

10/9 - Loss, Centennial 3 - Garces 0

10/14 - Win, Stockdale 0 - Garces 3

10/16 - Loss, Garces 2 - Frontier 3

Upcoming Sports Events

Girls Tennis:

10/23 - Var Girls Tennis in SYC-River League Championships

10/24 - Var Girls Tennis in SYC-River League Championships

Girls Volleyball:

10/21 - All Levels at Liberty

F/S at 4pm

JV at 5pm

Var at 6:30pm

10/23 - All Levels at BCHS

F/S at 4pm

JV at 5pm

Var at 6:30pm

Boys Water Polo:

10/18 - Var at Steve Pal Tournament

10/18 - JV at Sierra Pacific High School

10/19 - Var at Steve Pal Tournament

10/19 - JV at Sierra Pacific High School

10/21 - vs Stockdale

JV at 4pm

Var at 6pm

10/23 - vs Frontier

JV at 4pm

Var at 6pm

10/28 - vs Liberty

JV at 4pm

Var at 6pm

10/30 - vs BCHS (Senior Night)

JV at 4pm

Var at 6pm

Girls Water Polo:

10/21 - vs Stockdale

JV at 3pm

Var at 5pm

10/23 - vs Frontier

JV at 3pm

Var at 5pm

10/25 - Var in Tri-Valley Water Polo Invitational

10/28 - vs Liberty

JV at 3pm

Var at 5pm

10/30 - vs BCHS (Senior Night)

JV at 3pm

Var at 5pm

Cross Country:

10/23 - Cross Country at SYRL Cluster Meet #2

11/1 - Cross Country at John Seaman's Invitational in Kingsburg

Football:

10/18 - at Frontier

JV at 5pm

Var at 7:30pm

10/24 - vs Liberty (Little Cheer Night)

JV at 5pm

Var at 7:30pm

11/1 - vs BCHS (Mission Bowl/Senior Night)

JV at 5pm

Var at 7:30pm

Garces Student Athletes Honored by K.C. Jockey Club

Congratulations to student athletes Eden Coughran (water polo), Sophia Moody (cross country), Malia Giumarra (golf) and Jack Froehlich (football) on being honored by the K.C. Jockey Club.

Sports Broadcasting

Garces Athletics is excited to share some exciting news coming for our sports programs. Starting with our next home football game against Liberty High School on October 24, All home football games will be live streamed to fan.hudl.com. With the action coming straight to your home or office, why not add the fun enthusiasm of students commentating the game. A rotation of students is established for each football game to keep you updated with play-by-play commentary.

We are currently able to broadcast football and soccer with live commentary, and Volleyball and Basketball will be livestreamed with no commentary. We hope that this year is successful, and an audience is met so that we can extend our program to cover more Garces sports.

Follow our channel: fan.hudl.com

If your student hasn’t signed up to participate, and you know they would like to, have them contact Brandon Antongiovanni, Head of Sports Media, antongiovannib2025@mygarces.org

All-American Flag Football will be organizing our annual youth flag football league at Garces Memorial High School beginning this January. The league has divisions for grades Kinder-7th grade. This league has been a big hit and great experience for our community. If you could please put this message out to your students and their parents via social media, e-mail, etc. it will help ensure that your students get registered before the rosters are full. Registration is open and can be completed via the link found below.

https://leagues.bluesombrero.com/allamericanflag

Alumni News

Class Reunions

In our Prayers

Ann Sill Hayes '53

James Montoya '61

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.