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 Kathleen A. Marchione

Holy Spirit School

• Nikita Granich
• Renee Pascoe
• Renee Pascoe
• Renee Pascoe

Hoosick Falls Central School

• Ameera Armstrong
• Amiyah Armstrong
• Zekiel Becker
• Jackson Bedard
• Selena Bessette
• Eric Bounds
• Kelly Bouton
• Taylor Brillon
• Calvin Brock
• Adrianne Burdick
• Dylan Callahan
• Delilah Carey
• Tyler Chirasello
• Alexandrea Christensen
• Erin Conety
• Elizabeth Derosa
• Livia Doyle
• Caleb Driscoll
• Carter Driscoll
• Nevaeh Elwell
• Garrett Emerson
• Luke Giglio
• Wyatt Gilbert
• Carson Granger
• Emmaleigh Green
• Blake Grogan
• Wyatt Hall
• Thomas Herrington
• Thomas Herrington
• Tatum Hickey
• Kyle Hull
• Isaiah Johnson
• Jane Jones
• Emma-Mae Kinney
• Max Landry
• Olivia Lefebvre
• KellyAnn Lohnes
• Isabella Marpe
• Ethan McMahon
• Madison Meyer
• Justin Mulready
• Mattison Mulvihill
• Luke Nicholas
• Sydne Niles
• Sadie Rifenburg
• Karina Scheet
• Halley Sheldon
• Andrew Shiland
• Christopher St. Onge
• Izabella Stefanovich
• Bradley Thompson
• Brooke Tonneson
• Mackenzee Wallace
• Emma Waugh
• Emma Waugh
• Liam White
• Dylan Yarnal

Ichabod Crane Elementary School

• Ashley A
• Connor A
• Jasmine A
• Katelyn A
• Alexa B
• Ben B
• Bethany B
• Colin B
• Eli B
• Emma B
• Jeanne B
• Madison B
• matthew b
• Nathan B
• Quentin B
• Alexis C
• Cody C
• Dakota C
• Dylan C
• Jadyn C
• jeremiah c
• Liam C
• molly C
• Nikolas C
• Will C
• owen carpenter
• Bailee D
• Courtney D
• Courtney D
• Gabe D
• Holly E
• Paige E
• Catherine F
• Skiiler F
• Maggie G
• Nathan G
• Rebekah G
• Zoe G
• Kyle G.
• Olivia G.
• Angelina H
• Brianna H
• Elizabeth H
• Jacob H
• Jonathan H
• Kiara H
• colin herber
• Zach I
• Mitchell K
• Nathaniel K
• ashlee l
• Teddy L
• Abby M
• Brandon M
• Darren M
• Diana M
• Dylan M
• Elysia M
• Quinn M
• Ryan M
• Delaney M.
• Austin O
• Hannah O
• Katie O
• Ethan P
• Jason p
• Olivia P
• Sofia P
• Annabella R
• Austin R
• Alex S
• Alex S
• Alexandra S
• Alyssa S
• Caroline S
• Connor S
• Dayten S
• Emma S
• Gianna S
• Jack S
• Jeanne S
• Julia S
• Kyra S
• Lawrence S
• Riley S.
• D'Artagnan T
• Natalya T
• Ben V
• Daniel W
• Dwayne w
• mackenzie w
• Michael W
• Madisn z

M.C. Smith Intermediate School

• Savannah Webster

Red Mill Elementary

• Sophia Arduini
• Allison Beattie
• Mary Benson
• Kyle Blake
• Zachary Booth
• Logan Bradshaw
• Me'Challe Cancer
• Cayden Chapman
• Avry Charland
• Sean Paul Charland
• Hariharan Conji
• Harinisri Conji
• Aidan Coughlin
• Alyssa Cranknite
• Narayan Darjee
• Ian Davner
• Julianna Demers
• Emily Doherty
• Henry Dreisenstock
• Grace Dyer
• Austin Ernst
• Camdyn Erwell
• Aeva Gagnon
• Riley Goodall
• Aiden Goodwin
• Haley Harris
• Emma Hart
• Abigail Heeg
• Shane Hogan
• Drew Hook
• Lucas Kearbey
• Drake Kohler
• Natalie Litrell
• Andrew Lugo
• Emma Marchiony
• Alaina Marino
• Brendan McKenna
• Joshua McKinney
• Nathan Milem
• Lucy Nguyen
• Tory Patrissy
• Mark Poris
• Arricca Silliman
• Jacob Skarlis
• Camryn Stone
• XeShelle T.
• Leigha Thorpe
• Brian Tobin
• Justin Velez
• Yogi Vente
• Alyssa Ventura
• Jason Verdi
• Justin Verdi
• Peyton Walters
• katelyn Watts
• Adam Williams
• Ava Zeolla

Walter B. Howard Elementary

• Malina Woodbury