THANKSGIVING ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS SD 6

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 Kemp Hannon

California Avenue School

• Daniel Herhandez
• Myla Lopez
• Jennifer Montalvan
• Veron Wright

Central Boulevard

• Brooke Galletti
• Jairo Garcia
• Jake Kelly
• Vincenzo Melisi
• Madison Traversa

Charles Campagne School

• Kyle Gensinger

Church of God Christian Academy

• Brielle Banks

Franklin

• Ashley Pena

Franklin School

• Juan Aguinada
• Antoni Ardon
• Emily Cartagena
• Josue Henriquez
• Estefany Ramirez
• Athena Stilley
• Cheyenne Washington

John Street School

• Allison Neville

Lee Avenue Elementary

• Alyssa Garger
• Emil Pacic
• Aalana Walia
• Jake Hughes
• Krisvir Singh

Pat-Kam School and Early Childhood Center

• Zymear Alexander
• Jamie Bennett
• Melissa Bruce
• Bianca Charles
• Nevaeh Corley
• Amerrai Denny
• Ethan Dorsainvil
• Jayden Duverneau
• Moses Elliott
• Vanity Gaither
• Virtue Gaither
• Jada Hansley
• Zaden Hopkins
• Micah Joseph
• Youshmere Joseph
• Madison Lambert
• Jeremiah Latty
• David Lewis
• Anaika Mathieu
• Dezstany McCullough
• Gianna McNichols
• Jahseek McNichols
• Tristan Mighty
• Kaylia Nicely
• Aydrien Parkes
• Christal Walton
• Kylah Young

Roosevelt Children's Academy

• Jada Allen
• Xavier Barney
• Ahmid Barrie
• Jaylin Edwards
• Daren Hernandez
• Noach Moore
• Jermaine Perkins
• Ashley Romero
• Kevin Swearing

St. Edward the Confessor School

• Elaina Bartone
• gianna bartone
• SHALINI DANIEL

St. Joseph School

• Jonathan Alia
• William Arendt
• Samantha Babula
• George Bennett
• Ava Bianco
• John Boccio
• Christopher Bracht
• Frederick Cifuentes
• Christain Collins
• Liam Collins
• Maris Delmas
• Jonathan Desravines
• Kyle Finnell
• Stephen Finnell
• Julia Forelli
• Sebastian Forte
• Andrew Galligan
• Alani Gebon
• Arcangela Haffner
• Kaitlyn Harney
• Kaitlyn Harney
• Hugo Hernandez
• Sydney Kokiadis
• Sienna Laderoute
• John Maher
• Kathleen Maher
• Madelyn Maldonado
• Matthew Maldonado
• William Mandaro
• William Mandaro
• Michael McAndrews
• Greyson Miller
• Mack Miller
• Irene Molina
• Mia Moran
• Henry Noonan
• Ryan O'Toole
• Jack Pawlowski
• Maya Persaud
• Jack Peters
• Luke Randazzo
• Erica Revill
• Julia Revill
• Siu-Lin Sampson
• Daniel Santos
• Maria Santos
• Thomas Santos
• Tommy Scaturro
• Devon Serkes
• Camilo Serrano
• Elizabeth Sullivan
• Christain Tavera
• Katherine Torre
• Cody Wehrum
• Mackenzie Wehrum
• Luke Forde
• Keira Grogan
• Brian Kouumdjiev

St. Mary's Elementary School Manhasset

• Noah Febres

Stratford

• Madeline Mitchell

Stratford School

• Lauryn Holzkamp
• Breckin Kammerer
• Whittaker Kammerer
• Juliana Mitchell

Walnut Street Elementary School

• Shamarka Banton
• Rose-Ashley Briseus
• Roxanne Chen
• Karen Flores
• Kevin Flores
• Omar Grant
• Madison Martin
• Ricardo Torres

West Hempstead Middle School

• Xandria Crosland

Woodland Middle School

• Betsabe Argueta
• Kayleigh Assif
• Adriana Barbieri
• Ashley Berger
• Abdullah Bukhari
• James Cartier
• Julia Curet
• Bisma Hussain
• Salerno Jack
• Katie Levin
• Nolen Lieu
• Brianna Mohammed
• Anjali Ramsaroop
• Bahaar Said
• Jack Salerno
• Isabella Stein
• Brandon Wanatick
• Ashlee Sjoholm