Sandy Kornheiser:  

I have such great memories of High School and all the years before, all the way back from the very beginning in Kindergarten. I was very fortunate to always have extremely nice friends that were always kind, intelligent and an inspiration. We received a great education by excellent teachers and it was fun reading books at the old library, and then later doing research at the new library. We grew up during an awakening of awareness of nature and conservation, of people and cultures, of struggles and war, all around the world. Just walking to and from school together were wonderful times. Slay riding on the big hill behind Saddle Rock Elementary School was fantastic. Sailing in Little Neck Bay was phenomenal. I also very much enjoyed bike riding all the way around Great Neck though Kings Point. Does anyone remember the penny candy store on Steamboat Road? It was so great taking the train into the city together. Best of all were just play dates and sleep overs at each other's homes. We used to enjoy spending the day walking down Middle Neck Road through town. During our elementary school years we played soccer baseball on the cul-de-sac. I was asked by my brother, Monte, to convince my parents to move to Florida during junior year as he needed to be a resident of Florida to get accepted to medical school there, as he was 4 years older than me. I missed senior year and unfortunately I wasn't good at staying in contact with good friends. I apologize. I taught math, mostly geometry and algebra, for 37 years and retired in June, 2014. I am married to Gary Kornheiser from Farmingdale, Long Island, NY. He teaches art, is a photographer and we have enjoyed traveling together. We used to live in Boca Raton, FL where I graduated from Florida Atlantic University. I very much missed the small town feeling and friends in Great Neck, and was finally able to recreate this in Boca Raton, which beck in the 1970's was a small town. We have now moved to the top of a mountain in the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina where some of our neighbors are...Expand for more