Greetings, Santiago High School Cavaliers! My name is Brian Khieu, and I hope that all of you are having a great start so far into the 2022-2023 school year! Today, I’ll be re-introducing the class of 2023, the class of 2024, and the class of 2025 to your class advisors, and I’ll also be introducing the newest freshmen class of this school, the class of 2026 to their class advisor, who is also a new teacher in our school. My article will be sharing about your class advisor’s background, academic background, educator background, and class advisor background. I hope you enjoy my article Cavaliers, and I hope this is useful for knowing your class advisor.

The class of 2023 advisor is Mrs. Garcia. Mrs. Garcia’s part of a caucasian ethnicity and is part of a family that consists of her husband, her two daughters, and her two dogs. Her academic background comes from attending schools like Jefferson Elementary School, and McFadden Middle School, graduating from Santa Ana Valley High School and Long Beach State University, and for loving science. As a background of being teacher, Mrs. Garcia first came to Santiago High School in 1988 and feels that this place is her second home, and she has loved the challenges of being a teacher here. As of this school year, Mrs. Garcia is currently teaching biology and advanced placement biology, and she advises the class of 2023, the swim club, the advanced biology club, and the cheer team. As a background of being a class advisor, Mrs. Garcia helps with the class of 2023 officers who are Guadalupe Villegas, Lizbet Gomez-Valero, Oscar Villegas, and Brandon Nestor, in order to make the 2022-2023 school year the greatest final moment for the class of 2023. She has felt that the role requires a lot of work but she is very gratified to work with nice groups of seniors, and she has enjoyed watching them grow since their freshmen year. Overall, to conclude a final moment with the class of 2023 in the 2022-2023 school year, Mrs. Garcia’s final thoughts on her role is that she felt like she would’ve done a good job at the role as she wanted it to be back in the 2019-2020 school year.

The class of 2024 advisor is Ms. Dvir. Ms. Dvir is part of a Jewish ethnicity and is part of a family that consists of her husband, and two daughters. Her academic background comes from attending school in Israel and going to colleges in America such as Pierce Community College, UCLA, and Cal State Long Beach, and for loving chemistry. As a background of being a teacher, Ms. Dvir started teaching here in 2015 and she has loved being here ever since she came to this school. She has loved the people she worked with, and the students in this school. She, however, doesn’t love the fights and the anger that rarely happens. As of this school year, Mrs. Dvir is currently teaching biology, anatomy, and physiology, and she advises the class of 2024 and the science club. As a background of being a class advisor, it is a lot of work but it’s also rewarding for Ms. Dvir, even if being a class advisor can sometimes be stressful to Mrs. Dvir, she is glad to be helping the juniors representing their class especially the class officers who are Sara Espinoza, D’Angelo Huschka, Jefferson Xitamul, Daliah Marquez. In order to make the 2022-2023 school year a great school year for the class of 2024, Mrs. Dvir wants to be more responsible, more involved in activities, more proactive, and more participative.

The class of 2025 advisor is Mrs. Heiland. Mrs. Heiland is part of a Greek and Scottish ethnicity and is part of a family consisting of two daughters, two step-sons, two dogs, one cat, two granddaughters, one son-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. Her academic background comes from attending the University of California, Irvine and her favorite school subject is art and music. As a background of a teacher, Mrs. Heiland enjoys being a teacher here at Santiago for 22 years since 2001, and she feels like the staff and students care about each other, and that Santiago is a warm place to work. She loves that we’re a big family and that we’re also creative and spirited people. As of this school year, Mrs. Heiland currently teaches uc art of digital photography 1&2, uc art of graphic design 1, 2 & 3, journalism, film 1,2,& 3, yearbook, advanced art projects, art, animation, and advises the yearbook club, young filmmakers society, purple press, and the class of 2025.  As the background of a class advisor, she feels that the role makes her dedicated as she gets to work with an amazing group of students for four years like the class officers who are Veronika Garcia, Breana Lai, Helen Vega, Amy Gray, Jessica Barriga, and Mercedes Nguyen. In order to make the 2022-2023 school year a great school year for the class of 2025, Mrs. Heiland will keep being a role model for the class she advises, she will keep being supportive, she will be keeping up on all the things that happen, she will be responsible, and will balance responsibility with fun.

Finally, the new freshmen class also known as the class of 2026’s advisor is Mr. Le. Mr. Le is part of a Vietnamese and Chinese ethnicity and is part of a family consisting of his mother, father, and younger brother. Mr. Le’s academic background comes from attending Excelsior Elementary School, Peters 4-6 Elementary, Ralston Intermediate School, and graduating from La Quinta High School and the University of California, Irvine, and Mr. Le loves all of the school’s subjects. As a new teacher in this school, he has so far loved being a teacher and liked working with other teachers and thinks that the students here are awesome and fun. As a background of a teacher, Mr. Le teaches world history and english 4P erwc, and advises the class of 2026. As the background of a class advisor, he basically enjoys it, and even is glad that homecoming is over, he loves helping students with their leadership and fun projects, however, he doesn’t like staying up late at school for it. Finally, to make the 2022-2023 school year a great school year, and also a great first year in high school for the Santiago High School Class of 2026, he will encourage the new freshmen class officers who are Hoang Nguyen, Daisy Galan, Karina Soto, Brisa Alvarado, and Fatima Salgado, to show school spirit, he will plan school events, however, most of the work will be up to the students.

I wish Mrs. Garcia, Mrs. Dvir, and Mrs. Heiland well in the 2022-2023 school year, and I especially wish Mr. Le well, and I hope he becomes a great class advisor. Thankyou, for reading my article Cavaliers, and I hope you have a great 2022-2023 school year!

Article Written and Collage Created By: Brian Khieu