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The Ram Page
November 1, 2024
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Bi-Monthly Newsletter for Garces Families, Students, Alumni & Friends | |
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November 1st
All Saints Day Mass
November 5th
Election Day
Shadow Day
November 8th
Vocation Awareness
November 13th
Prayer & Pizza hosted by FFA
November 14th
Hall of Honor
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November 13th
Application Night
November 15th
Ram for a Day
November 17th
Open House
November 18th
NO SCHOOL
November 20th
National Letter of Intent Signing Day
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Dual Enrollment Workshop
All students currently taking dual enrollment classes are required to attend an important Dual Enrollment Workshop on Wednesday, November 13, at 1:45 pm in MLH.
During this workshop, students will receive guidance and assistance with the enrollment process for Spring classes at Bakersfield College. This is a valuable opportunity for students to ensure they are registered for their upcoming classes.
College Advising Meetings for Juniors and Parents
Our counselors are excited to begin college advising meetings with juniors and their parents! These individual meetings are an essential part of the college planning process. Counselors will review each student’s transcript, assist with Naviance, help build a college list, go over admissions requirements, discuss college essays, and provide financial aid information.
To schedule a meeting, please email your student’s counselor:
- For last names A-L, contact Mrs. Fernandez at zfernandez@garces.org
- For last names M-Z, contact Mrs. Howlett at chowlett@garces.org
We look forward to supporting each junior on their college journey!
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Halloween spirit was alive at Garces! Link Crew hosted a fun-filled Freshmen Halloween Movie Night on Tuesday, and campus was buzzing with a school-wide costume contest and the ever-popular Door Wars. | |
Congratulations to Mrs. McCaffery’s homeroom for winning first place with their creatively spooky, math-themed Halloween door! | The Art Club shined at the 26th annual Via Arte Italian Street Painting Festival. | Latina Leaders had a wonderful time with St. Francis 8th graders, sharing our vibrant Spanish programs and presenting Apolonia Picazo as a beautiful Catrina, symbolizing the rich cultural heritage of Día de los Muertos. Meanwhile, BSU captivated everyone with their annual All Hallow's Eve event—always a crowd favorite! | |  |
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Earlier in the week, our ASB Co-Presidents proudly represented Garces at the First Responders Ceremony at the historic Union Cemetery, an event covered by 23ABC Bakersfield.
https://www.turnto23.com/news/in-your-neighborhood/bakersfield/bakersfield-community-honors-first-responders-at-historic-union-cemetery
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Join us for Pizza and Prayer Night on November 13th, from 5:00 to 6:30 PM! Enjoy an evening filled with prayer, activities, and, of course, pizza with friends. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to come together as a community.
Stay tuned for more exciting updates from our Garces co-curriculars!
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PLTW
Garces Project Lead the Way students created a Halloween Hallway for OLPH to trick or treat through again this year. The second-year class, Principles of Engineering, creates a design charrette and assigns stakeholder positions to each team. They must create a proposal for their area, and sketches to illustrate their vision. Then they do a cost analysis of the build, and finally create a Gantt chart or timeline to show what will be built and when. They journal each class and make a record of their work. It builds many real-world skills into an exciting design for ALL to see.
A Huge Garces thank you to all of the families who donated items and funds to help us this year. We couldn't do it without you continued support.
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FFA UPDATE
From Sophia Camou, Garces FFA President
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This year Garces Memorial took their very first group to the 97th National Convention. We went to conference sessions where award winners were recognized and saw our American Degree recipients walk across the national stage. We are so proud of Claire Banducci, Gabriella Camou, and Reese Turman for obtaining this degree. We spoke with FFA members from every state and many different industry professionals. We went to the Indianapolis Zoo, Churchill Downs, Notre Dame, Louisville Slugger, and Reproductive Specialty Group. The attendees and I had an amazing time and highly recommend this experience to all FFA members.
We are so incredibly grateful for Mrs. Rossi for organizing this amazing trip and want to shoutout Fr. David for attending as a chaperone.
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Sophomore Retreat
The Sophomore Retreats, held October 28th to 30th, 2024, were a resounding success for our students. This transformative experience allowed boys and girls to explore authentic masculinity and femininity within their faith.
Students were empowered through brotherhood and sisterhood as they worshipped Jesus, received the sacraments, and engaged in fellowship.
The retreat's focus on authentic gender identity, rooted in Catholic teachings, helped students deepen their relationship with Christ and each other. As they returned, the sophomores carried a renewed sense of purpose and strengthened faith, ready to face life's challenges with grace and confidence.
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Step Up Mass
Dear Juniors and Parents,
We would like to remind you about the upcoming Junior Step Up Mass, scheduled for Monday, November 4th, starting at 8:30 AM in the chapel. This special event is dedicated to our juniors as they transition into upperclassmen.
During the Mass, Father David will bless the class rings, and each junior will receive a school pin to commemorate this important milestone. If you have personal or family jewelry that you would like blessed, please arrive by 8:00 AM to drop off the items.
Juniors,please remember to wear your formal mass attire for the event.
Following the Mass, a reception hosted by the Parent Club will take place. We hope to see everyone there to celebrate this significant occasion!
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Presidential Scholarship Available for the Class of 2029
This year Garces Memorial is offering incoming freshman who submit their application for admission by the December 1st early commitment deadline the opportunity to apply for the Presidential Scholarship. We will award three (3) $3,500 merit based scholarships to deserving students from the Class of 2029. The scholarship will be applied to their 2025-26 Garces tuition, and will be awarded for all four years while attending Garces Memorial. The deadline for the scholarship application is December 1st. Recipients of the award will be announced December 15th. Remember you must have your student's application for admission submitted by the December 1st deadline to be considered for the Presidential Scholarship.
Click on the link below to complete the application.
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Remember to sign register your 8th grader for our upcoming Ram for a Day! | | |
Garces has added an Open House to our list of admissions events. This is a great opportunity to come with the family and see what Garces has to offer. Meet our students, teachers, staff, and coaches. | | |
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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.
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This Week in Garces Athletics | |
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Honoring our Senior Student Athletes
This week we celebrated Senior Night for Boys and Girls Water Polo.
Congratulations Sophia Aldrete, Myley Mendiburu, Olivia Galanski, and Jace Wimbish.
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Good Luck Athletes!
Good luck to our Cross Country Team! They will compete at the John Seaman’s Invitational in Kingsburg today!
Good luck to the following athletes/teams competing in the Fall Sports CIFCS Playoffs:
Malia Giumarra- Girls’ Golf
Girls Volleyball Team
Girls Tennis Team
Girls Water Polo
Boys Water Polo
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National Letter of Intent Day - November 20th
Any Garces student-athlete interested in signing their National Letter of Intent, please see Mrs. Finch.
The entire Garces community is invited to attend the ceremony on Wednesday Nov 20th during lunch to celebrate the hard earned achievements of our student- athletes.
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Sports Broadcasting
Tonight's home football game against Bakersfield Christian High School on November 1st 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.
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
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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
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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.
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