THANKSGIVING ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Dear Participant,

Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration. We received outstanding poems, essays, and artwork that exemplify the creativity of New York State’s young people.

The submissions received are remarkable in what they represent – showing gratitude and respect for family, friends, our troops fighting overseas, and many other important subjects and activities. I am humbled and honored to see such inspiring contributions in response to what is a deceptively difficult question: “What are you thankful for?”

On behalf of the New York State Senate, I would like to offer my wholehearted congratulations to all of the participants in this year’s Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration.

Sincerely,

Senator Simcha Felder

"Bay Academy, I.S. 98"

• Dawson Chak
• Rachel Li
• Joyce Lung
• Victoria Pokovba
• Julia Yaroslavsky

Herbert S. Eisenberg

• SHIRLEY LEI

I.S. 381

• Melisa Balidemic

I.S. 98 The Bay Academy

• Sophia Chen
• Daniel Shifrin

P.S. 160 William T. Sampson

• Alyssa Arangio
• Jonathan Arce
• Jiale Chen
• Jason Inga
• Annie Li
• Emily Lin
• Justin Liu
• Oscar Reyes
• Lesly Soriano
• Andy Wang
• Rachel Wu
• Ting Pei Zheng
• Peter Zheng

P.S. 217K

• Celina Jones
• Callie Lovekin
• Brooklyn Lugo
• Rosemary McCollum
• Nelson Reynoso
• Mary Rousakis
• Noor Siddique
• Noor Siddique

P.S./I.S. 192

• Sabeet Hossain
• zoya khan

Steinway Intermediate School 141

• karim zaraf

The Bay Academy for the Arts & Sciences

• Milena Abramova
• Zineb Tamnat

William T Sampson P.S.160

• Class 1-301 Mrs. Penello