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Meet Mr. Gorge
Santiago
 The 2008-2009 school year represented the fourth year that Mr. Gorge
Santiago has been Principal at Oleander Elementary. Prior to that,
Mr. Santiago was Assistant Principal at Juniper Elementary for three
years, and a teacher at Redwood Elementary.
Mr. Santiago’s connections to Fontana Unified extend beyond the 13
years he has taught and been an administrator. Mr. Santiago is a
byproduct of the Fontana Unified School District. He attended
elementary at Redwood Elementary (where he would later teach), then
Sequoia Junior High (before it became a middle School), and
graduated in 1986 from Fontana High (Go Steelers!).
Upon graduating from Fohi, Mr. Santiago began attending Cal Poly
Pomona where he was majoring in accounting. He soon realized numbers
were not his strengths, and transferred to Cal State San Bernardino,
where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management.
Later he would attend National University and receive his teaching
credential, and a Masters in Cross-cultural Education. He would
follow this Master with another Masters from Azusa-Pacific in School
Administration.
Mr. Santiago is passionate about students receiving a quality
education. He believes the key to seeing students succeed is
developing a relationship with each student, and making each student
feel that they are important. He endeavors every year to learn the
name of every student, and makes it a point to greet each student by
name. Mr. Santiago is a life long baseball fan, and a life long
Dodger fan. One of his greatest moments was in 1994 when a baseball
team he was coaching, the Fontana Force, one the Gold Medal in the
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 14 and under tournament. Mr. Santiago
attends Inland Lighthouse Church in Rialto, and is engaged to be
married in July. His fiancé is Kimberly and his son to be is
Matthew.
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