The North Shore School District would like to thank all of the Viking alumni for attending our Homecoming 2022 on Oct. 8.
From the Sea Cliff High School Class of 1943 to the recent North Shore High School Class of 2022, alumni of all years came out to support our Vikings and enjoy this outstanding Homecoming 2022! We also want to express thanks to our alumni including the gentlemen from the North Shore High School Classes of the late 1950s and the 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees for taking the field at halftime for group photos!
This year, a special alumna, Dr. Saunders, joined us from the Sea Cliff High School Class of 1943! She is a clinical psychopathologist and therapist, who previously was on staff at the Urban League, Addicts Rehabilitation Center and is currently in private practice in New York City. She received a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees at City College, CUNY and her doctorate in Urban Psychology from Fordham. She was formerly a faculty member of Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York as a Clinical Counselor.
Dr. Saunders said, “It was thrilling to be back!” She added, “No one is any more surprised than I am that I have lived this long and I am looking forward to living even longer! Someone or something in the universe must like me! I have always lived by a key phrase for my well-being: Having someone to love, something to do and something to look forward to.”
Dr. Saunders is the author of the book titled, “Marry Yes / Marry No”. She is also the author of numerous articles published in Essence, Mahogany and Horizon magazines and a former columnist for Carribeat newspaper. She has appeared on several radio and TV talk shows including Sally Jesse Rafael, Rolanda Watts, Jean Parr and she hosted her own Telecquest radio program on WMCA in 1983.
She is also the psychological mentor and co-founder of the Institute for Interracial Harmony and has lectured on the subjects of racism and intimate relationships at many colleges and universities throughout the United States through the Program Corporation of America. Additionally, she is a member of MENSA, Phi Delta Kappa and the Fordham Alumni Association. She was married to David Milton Saunders for 53 years and has two children and one granddaughter. Dr. Saunders currently resides in New York City. Many thanks to Cecily Halliburton (her niece) for bringing Dr. Saunders back to North Shore!
Dr. Andrea Macari, Vice President of the Board of Education, North Shore alumna and fellow psychologist stated, “I left homecoming inspired by Dr. Saunders’ visit. Not only was she an accomplished academic but she is also a practicing psychologist seeing patients at the age of 97! I can only imagine the ‘ripple effect’ her work has had on the world since leaving our alma mater! Her vitality and sense of purpose are what we all should strive to achieve in our own lives.”
Once again, thank you to all of the North Shore alumni including Dr. Saunders for joining us on Homecoming 2022!
