Mr. Steven Sanchez

Heidelberg District (Acting)

Mr. Steven L. Sanchez has 29 years of experience as an educator and 23 years with DODEA. Prior to his promotion to Heidelberg District superintendent, he served two years as the assistant superintendent in the same district. Mr. Sanchez was the Kubasaki High School principal in Okinawa, Japan from 2006-2010 before coming to Germany. As principal, Mr. Sanchez was the instructional leader for a staff of 55 educators with 700 students in grades 9-12. During his tenure as principal, he added Advanced Placement courses and Career and Technical Education courses to the Kubasaki curriculum while graduating 99% of its seniors from 2007-2010. Mr. Sanchez served on the Far East Activities Council and the Okinawa Activities Council as well as serving on the DODEA Guidance Counseling Task Force from 2007-2009.

In 2002 Mr. Sanchez was promoted to principal of Yokota Middle School in mainland Japan. Also in 2002, Mr. Sanchez received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service from the Department of the Army. While in Yokota, Mr. Sanchez was the coordinating principal of the Yokota schools, assisted in coordinating athletics and served as chairperson for the Kanto Plains Association of Middle School Principals.

In 1997 Mr. Sanchez was selected as the Assistant Principal of Vicenza American High School. In 1990 he joined DODEA and moved with his family to Italy where he began teaching Spanish and Social Studies at Vicenza American High School. In addition to Spanish, Mr. Sanchez is also fluent in Italian. Mr. Sanchez earned his Master’s Degree in Education from Framingham State College of Framingham, Massachusetts in 1996. That same year he entered the Aspiring Leader’s Academy in DODEA, which he completed the following year.

Mr. Sanchez began his high school teaching career in 1984 teaching Spanish and Physical Education in Vallejo, California. A native of Loomis, California, Mr. Sanchez graduated with Honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1984 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Spanish. As an undergraduate he studied during the 1982-1983 school year at the University of Madrid.

Steve and his wife Rosanna have three children.