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 Kenneth P. LaValle
East Moriches Elementary
Edna Louise Spear Elementary
- Allie Blumenthal Blumenthal
- Sophie Blumenthal
- Nicholas Bruckner
- Luke Dickhuth
- Kenny Dixon-Lanza
- Teppei Fukuto
- Huda Jatoi
- Huda Jatoi
- Kasumi Layne-Stasik
- Hugo Onghai
- Andrew Patterson
- Ben Perez-Flesler
- Artemiy Polyanskiy
- Stefano Rabeno
- Jake Rohman
- Olivia Schlegel
- Clara Strehle
- Haruki Takeuchi
- Sophia Viens
- Amy Whitman
Fishers Island School
Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School
Hampton Bays Elementary School
- Yadhira Amado
- Merary Andrade Valle
- Joseph Arroyo
- Efren Barranocn
- Eddy Benenaula
- Gianna Betta
- Jane Brylewski
- Mia Camey
- Yuliana Carballo
- Joshua Cardenas
- Natalie Castano
- Anderson Chabla Morales
- Marco Cifuentes
- Patrick Collins
- Ryan Connolly
- Sophia Corredor
- Morgan Cowden
- Christian Cruz
- Brian Dejesus
- Emma Diaz
- Mathew Drake
- Raymond Drake
- Carly Dunn
- Carly Dunn
- Lauren Emiddio
- Zoey Engeeldrum
- Erick Farez- Leon
- April Feliciano
- Izack Fernandez
- Izack Fernandez
- Alexandra Flores
- Maya Francisco
- Pedro Franco
- Santiago Galvis
- Juan Garcia
- Noah Green
- Zitlalii Guevara
- Ben Halucha
- Mariajose Hemmings
- Jeffrey Hernandez
- Jorge Hernandez
- Charlie Kolb
- Evelyn Koziol
- Kenneth Lainez
- Ty Levine
- Emmanuel Lopez
- Madison Lopez Luna
- Danna Lopez Toapanta
- Nicole Lupercio
- Brady Madison
- Sarra Mall
- Anibal Martinez
- Adrian Mauricio
- James McCormack
- Riley Meyer
- Jaime Moore
- Ulises Munguia
- Jake Naclerio
- Stephanie Ochoa
- Ailyn Mariana Ortiz Mora
- Hiliary Pacheco
- Anthony Palacios
- David Palacios
- Yadith Paredas
- Yadith Paredes
- Lilly Patek
- Christina Pensa
- Jasmine Perez
- Keylin Perez
- Keylin Perez
- Angie Pesantez
- Angie Pesantez
- Alex Posada
- Nelly Potrero
- Maizie Poulakis
- Israel Pulla
- Joshua Pulla Valladares
- Brianna Quiros
- Tania Quiros
- Alexis Reeves
- Sarah Ren
- Emilio Rivera
- Andrea Rivera Velasquez
- Emily Robinson
- Joshua Robinson
- Joffer Rodrigo Proano
- Vanessa Ruiz
- Izabella Ruocco
- Sherlyn Saavedra Soledad
- Michael Santos
- Marcos Sarmiento
- Alexandra Schewire
- Joseph Schmidt
- Mia Schoerlin
- Allison Sequeira
- Andrew Sequeira
- Dominique Sharifi
- Sofia Solano
- Matthew Torres
- Chandler Tuttle
- Ruth Valdespino
- Haley Weissbard
- Jadzia Wilson Morales
- Dante Zangrillo
JAE Rocky Point SD
John M. Marshall Elementary School
Laddie A. Decker Sound Beach School
- Natalia Altebrando
- Anthony Andriano
- Averie Anthony
- Stephen Bielenda
- Patrick Brennan
- adam Cohen
- Ava Cosentino
- Abbey Danin
- Nathaly Garcia
- Iasbelle Giasi
- Emma Hart
- Rhiannon Higgins
- Jack Kiernan
- Nicholas Marcario
- Lucas McGuire
- Lucas McGuire
- Matthew Petrie
- Emmy Shattes
- Dayna Sherman
- Isabella Siciliano
- Tristan Stapleton
- Vasia Tassiopoulos
- Matthew Walker
- Matthew Walker
- Anna Wood
- Anna Wood
- Anna Wood
Miller Place High School
- Stephen Anglim
- David Argento
- Nicole Barreca
- Jackie Barreca
- Bobbimarie Battey
- Anthony Beck
- Jonathan Beers
- Alyssa Bonneville
- Shannon Brady
- Maximilian Braun
- conlin brennan
- Claudia Campanella
- Maria Campo
- Maria Campo
- Jordan Ceccarini
- Samantha Ceccio
- Michael Chmiel
- Allison Cipriani
- Michael Cirrito
- Kathryn Contrelli
- Daniel Cronin
- James D'Eletto
- Kathleen Doherty
- Julianna Dolinski
- Molly Feinberg
- Joseph Filippetti
- Issabella Finamore
- Issabella Finamore
- Issabella Finamore
- Robert Godberson
- Jeffrey Humphreys
- Emma Jacobsen
- Marissa Jakahi
- Danielle Jimenez
- Alexandra Kastamonitis
- Gavin kelly
- Hailey Kibbel
- Raymond Klotz
- Kelsey Lane
- Rebecca Lauria
- Brianne Ledda
- Alexandra Leichter
- Raymond Lombardi
- Geraldine Luglio
- Hannah Maniuszko
- Kaitlyn McNulty
- Aditya Mehra
- Taylor Murray
- Kristin Nappi
- Justin O'Connor
- Danielle Plunkett
- Natalie Rash
- Sean Reagan
- Isabella Rodriguez Cardenas
- Ashley Russo
- Julia Ruzek
- Emily Sammartino
- Arthur Sarkissyan
- Daniel Sexton
- James Sottilo
- Cassandra Sperl
- Jillian Spreckels
- Ryan Sultan
- William Sussman
- Emily Taylor
- Kirsten Taylor
- Kirsten Taylor
- Sophia Tsenes
- Jessica Vasturino
- Nicholas Walerstein
- Treicy Wan
Miller Place School District
- Gavin Bailey
- McCormick Brooke
- Tanyon Cloke
- Angelina Danchalski
- Scarlett Denton
- Mason Donnelly-Pliakis
- Brooke Godberson
- Kylie Hoffmann
- Kelly Holownia
- Christopher Knodel
- Krishna Kumar
- Maura Luby
- Jared Mackin
- Lacie Nugent
- Michael Schleider
- Grace Steele
- Renee Stocken
- Renee Stocken
- Christian Tarsia
- Breenaphan Weber
- Shanna Wolfe
- Brandon Zou
Nicholas Follo
North Country Road Middle School
- Kiera Agic
- liam anderson
- Julina Bellezza
- Shane Beseler
- Annie Boisseau
- Andrew Bova
- Kyla Bruno
- Isabella Buonovolonta
- Tiffany Cantela
- vincent cavalcante
- Elizabeth Cerato
- Jillian Chamberlin
- tony chang
- Rivers Cunningham
- Leif Dalberg
- michael davis
- Thomas DeGiorgio-Liguori
- jonathan flannery
- Alexis Franzoni
- kristin french
- Paulina Gasparis
- Lauren Grady
- Angelina Harris
- Angelina Harris
- Angelina Harris
- Angelina Harris
- Marianna Kalin
- Matthew Kearns
- Ian kibbel
- Amelia Lamberson
- jadalyn leach
- Natalie Lehmann
- Gabriel Liquori
- kevin mai
- Jose Mancero
- Dawn manoussos
- Hope Mari
- Antonio Mascarella
- Brodie McGuire
- Haley Menihan
- Kylie Mistretta
- Alexander Niedzielski
- bridget nielsen
- Mollie O'Hanlon
- Jake pallas
- Rebecca Piecora
- Arianna Portigiano
- Avery Purrier
- sarah qaderi
- shannon reagan
- gregory renna
- gregory renna
- Abby Rock
- Isabella romanski
- Sean Rowburrey
- timothy samonas
- madelyn shapiro
- Chloe Siena
- Chloe Siena
- sydney stocken
- Isabel Themann
- Isabel Themann
- Zachary Themann
- Skylar Torres
- Nicole White
- Aidan Wightman
- keith winslow
Ridge Elementary School
Riley Avenue Elementary
Rocky Point Middle School
Southampton Montessori School
St. Demetrios Astoria School
Tuckahoe Common School
- Maxwell Aquino
- Josue Benitez Reyes
- Hailey Cameron
- Giulia Campiaola
- Daniela Gonzalez
- Cadie Hancock
- Luz Henandez
- Charley LaMere
- Emma Malandrino
- Kevin Morales
- Gustavo Ramirez
- John Brian Reyes
- Joshua Taraku
- Emily Zukosky
West Middle Island Elementary School
- Jacob Berkley
- Zion Dlugolonski
- Stephen Dugolonski
- Aliza Greenberg
- Angelia Lucia
- William Scapaticci
- Charlize Wolf
- Luke Wolf
