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THANKSGIVING ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
December 2, 2014
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 Andrew J. Lanza
Anning S Prall I.S. 27
- Julianna Carfora
- Armonie Casimir
- Elijah Croft-Lewis
- Brendan Ferguson Clifford
- Diego Garcia
- Michael Hall
- Melinda Hernandez
- Carl LaBollita
- Brandon Marin
- Brian Martinez
- Lester Martinez
- Abdalrazaq Meqbel
- Gehron Nesmith
- Sean Obryant
- Elias Rojas
- Andrew Tricardo
Intermediate School 7- Elias Bernstein
IS 24
IS 61 William A. Morris
IS 7
Notre Dame Academy
Our Lady of Good Counsel School
- Nicholas Ahlborn
- Matthew August
- Emily Blumenberg
- Alyssa Bringslid
- Paul D'Amborsio
- Meaghan Dicks
- Chloe Dugan
- Ryann Ellefsen
- Jack Ferrie
- Jill Gnerre
- Timothy Hayes
- Kenneth Murphy
- Aidan Schmitt
- Jack Tarantino
- Mario Thebuwanage
- Ava Vallese
- Sean Walsh
PS 1
PS 1R
- Nicholas Baillargeon
- Samantha Belzer
- Gavin Bereza
- Addison Brown
- Vincent Celentano
- Diana Chaparro
- Stanley Chen
- Taylar Chiacchio
- Julia Ciacciarelli
- Cindy Condor
- Thomas Cosentino
- Jake DiSomma
- Hailey Encinas
- Sydney Esposito
- Angelina Ferraioli
- Emma Fitzgerald
- Brian Fogarty
- Gabriella Fried
- Sabrina Gahn
- Francesca Gambale
- Isabella Gambale
- Givanna Geraghty
- Kate Gigliotti
- Keara Gonzalez
- Noor Gouda
- Matthew Grimaldi
- Matteo Guzzo
- Alexander Holden
- Paula Jackson
- Jada Janvier
- Leah Janvier
- Gianna Khatib
- Maxim Kochnev
- Yesmine Lalan
- Anthony LaRocca
- Matthew Loren
- Joseph Marks
- Reese Marquis
- Michael Mason
- Justin McCaffery
- Ariana Miceli
- Marcello Montemarano
- Stephanie Moyle
- Alexandria Nusser-Meany
- Braydi O'Donnell
- Ava Patti
- Willow Perrone
- Michael Picciano
- Andrew Potestivo
- Anna Rams
- Giovana Reparto
- Daniela Rivera
- Jessica Rojas
- Olivia Rosendo
- Alexis Sander
- Isabella SanFilippo
- John Sangiorgio
- Guiseppe Sciortino
- Jason Seminara
- Alysa Sevilla
- Breana Tagliaferro
- Isabella Tagliaferro
- Lilli Tagliaferro
- Katrina Trifaro
- Caleb VanManen
PS 200 Benson Elementary School
PS 23 - The Richmondtown School
PS 3
PS 35
PS 55
- Amanda Andreano
- Nadia Anwar
- Savaira Anwar
- Erin Fagen
- Nicholas Friscia
- Richard James Gainer
- nick grimaldi
- Elaina Pecora
PS 55 Henry M. Boehm
Saint John Villa Academy
Saint Joseph Hill Academy
- Sarah Afif
- Emily Atassi
- Taylor Baron
- Elizabeth Bentsianov
- Robert Birnbach
- Kristina Cangiano
- Julia Carney
- Julia Carney
- christie chahwan
- Mia Eremita
- Nicole Fracchiolla Fracchiolla
- Isabella Gaydos
- Danielle Giallanza
- Peter Girgis
- Taylor Hoffman
- Maria Masi
- Isabella Michell
- Lauren Minielli
- Giorgia Musselwhite
- Inessa Nicolo
- Julianna Pitera
- Anthony R
- Gianna Rao
- Lauren Regan
- Ashna Shah
- Michael Tigri
- Jeremy Valle
- Gianni Vigilante
- Madeline Vitale
- Olivia Vota
- Olivia Vota
St. Ann School Staten Island
St. Christopher School
- Isabella Acierno
- Isabella Acierno
- Chloe Aseng
- Ryanen Cambria
- riley cammarano
- michael canale
- peter ceci
- Alexandra Cordato
- Emma Cranston
- victoria d'ovidio
- vincent d'ovidio
- Emmi damico
- Giulianna DeVito
- Giulianna DeVito
- Alyssa Diana
- Phoenix Diana
- Amanda Ferrante
- Emily Gotiangco
- Kimberly Granda
- Rawya Hazin
- Jessica Karimova
- Nicole Kindja
- Gianna Macchia
- Sara Macchia
- Sophia Mannino
- Victoria Mazur
- Taylor O'Brien
- Alejandro Olmedo
- Sophia Pisani
- Nela Pol-Wnuk
- Lindsey porthouse
- Samuel Rivera
- Jaida Sahin
- Ryan schnur
- Hailey Tucciarelli
- Samantha Varricchio
- Alexandria Wong
- Samira Wood
St. Johns Villa Academy
St. Joseph Hill Academy
- Victoria Alonso
- Joseph Brogle
- Sofia Chierchio
- Caitlyn Cianci
- Nicholas Conte
- Isabella DiMaggio
- Vincent Eugenio
- Gabriella Farah
- Maria Genidy
- Ramya Gosike
- Vincent Lanzillo
- Salma Mokhtar
- Kristy Ortega
- Francesca Pascale
- Francesca Pascale
- Allie Paskowski
- Jacqueline Paskowski
- Nico Prestigiacomo
- Jack cooper Sargente
- Visnu Selvan
- Samantha Turner
- Mia Volpe
Staten Island Academy
Talented and Gifted School for Young Scholars
The Anderson School, P.S. 334
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