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THANKSGIVING ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS SD 24
November 22, 2016
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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 Anderw J. Lanza
77 Marsh Avenue
Academy of St. Dorothy
- Alexander Abbruzzese
- Michael Arcuri
- Chelsea Arqueta
- Jack Barnett
- Blake Benfante
- Colin Chu
- Emily Encarnacion
- Leila Gjenashaj
- Leila Gjenashaj
- Sophia Gorbea
- Sophia Gorbea
- Robert Guidice
- Arianna Molic
- Thomas Morri
- Gaetano Nicchitta
- Farbah Nyagua
- Jason Quattrache
- Mia Romano
- Marc Theurer
- Sabrina Velovic
- Sabrina Velovic
- Aniela Campisi
Eltingville lutheran School
- Carl .
- Deigo .
- Charles Balducci
- Ms. Deborah Cortez
- Dlyan DelPriore
- Carlo DiGennero
- Colin Dubeau
- Elisabeth Hynes
- Philip Kuna
- Ben Lamicella
- Demetria Lamicella
- Steven Pagan
- Raquel Polizzi
- Roman Polizzi
- Veroniza Polowczyk
- Jessica Reedy
- Samantha Remi
- Ryan Salen
- Jason Salvione
- Rianna Sparandero
- Sean Sparandero
- Gabriel Zandler
- Ethan Zayats
Gateway Academy
- Julianna Baratta
- Julianna Baratta
- Andrew Bisso
- Gianna Crispi
- Ethan Katz
- Olivia Lemansky-Ekberg
- Julia Min
- Anthony Perrotta
- Gabriella Perrotta
- Salvatore Perrotta
- Mia Saia
- Sophia Turpin
Gateway Academy Staten Island
Louis DeSario
- Carly Ajami
- Krisina Crivello
- Alexa D'Agosta
- Luke DeBellas
- Gianna Fuda
- Alyse Kelly
- Lia Levin
- Haley Marks
- Matthew Mavricos
- Elizabeth Neville
- Lillian Romhen
- Giulianna Saliceti
- Giovanni Scaglia
- Valentino Scaglia
- Daniel Sena
- Jiana Venditti
- Lola Wilton
P.S. 373 R @ P.S. 58
P.S. 38
P.S. 53
- anthony esposito
- Barbara Meinero
- Paul Giardina
- julian gueorguiev
- Gabriella Haws
- aidan kirk
- Madison Lind
- ashley lodispoto
- John Marcus Mantione
- michael prescott
- melina quiles
- Julaina Romeo
- Justin Rosa
- Mateo Visone
P.S. 53 The Barbara Esselborn School
PS 53 (31R053)
PS 58
PS 58 SS
PS 58 SS Columbia
- Faylin Brodsky
- NATALIA Chrapusta
- MATILDA Metallic
- MATILDA Metlliu
- MASSIMO PALERMO
- MIKAYLA Reyes
- MIKAYLA Reyes
- Julia Sniadowski
- Maya Woloch
PS 58 SS Columbia School
- Sammuel Caballero
- Sammuel Caballero
- JAYDEN CARD
- Joseph Cargo
- Kyle carter
- Kyle Carter
- Natalia Chrapusta
- Ethan Chung
- Victoria Corulla
- ANNABELLA DARBONE
- Justin FAZIO
- LUCAS Figueroa
- Lucas Figueroa
- ALexis GALKOVSKIY
- Justin HAGG
- Edwin Isidro
- Ava Kermee
- Emily Kwan
- JACQUELINE LYSENKO
- JACQUELINE LYSENKO
- Victoria madziar
- Victoria MADZIAR
- NOAM MALKA
- NOAM MALKA
- jENNA MASCUZZIO
- GABRIELLA MATEO
- Matilda Metlliu
- Jacqueyn Ortiz
- MADISON PICCIALLO
- MAYA Rafalo
- Jillian RICHARME
- MADISON ROBLES
- Giovanni Rodriguez
- JULLIETTE RODRIGUEZ
- JOSEPH ROZEIK
- David Rutenberg
- Anthony Saporito
- Anthony Saporito
- James Sciannamea Sciannamea
- Sarah Shapiro Shapiro
- Brendan Silver
- Jayden Steers
- RIVER SY
- Joanna Tang
- JULISSA TRIPP
- Julia Tumkaea
- VICTORIA VOLCOTRUB
- HAILEY WEBER
- JAYDON WIJESINGHE
- HAILLEY Williams
- HAILLEY Williams
- Sabrina Wong
- Sabrina Wong
- Eva Wu
- Aleksandra Zaystev
- Aleksandra Zaystev
PS 8
- Arianna Amaya
- Isabella D'Agnese
- Grace Darcy
- Justin Holmes
- Magdiel Neri
- Anthony Visciano
- Habiba Yehia
- Mona Abdelaziz
- Thomas Abdinoor
- Jordan Adamo
- Gabby Ambelas
- Alissa Beltron
- Alissa Beltron
- Pavly Benjamin
- Keira Bertan
- Gina Biscotti
- Del Michael Bobish
- Sean Brower
- Isabella Burmaster
- Samantha Calandrella
- Victoria Carroll
- Tyler D' Avino
- Edward DePaola
- Jadd Dolah
- Julia Duffy
- Joseph Falvey
- Julia Falvey
- David Fanshteyn
- Brianna Fernandez
- Roman Fili
- Gabriella Gabriella Winkworth
- Nicholas Gvomowski
- Victoria Kadar
- Amelia Kay
- John Kay
- Anna Kopachevsky
- Maxim Kremerov
- Emily Liu
- Patrick Luca
- Gianna Masseria
- Luke Montalvo
- Antonio Morello
- Nicholas Napolitano
- Taylor Neenan
- Christopher Ochoa
- Clacsio Sacchen
- Jordan Sesny
- Nicolette Smolka
- Joseph Soliman
- Nicholas Souffrin
- Anthony Templemen
- Tyler Tricarico
- Joseph Villamagna
- Nicole Visciano
"PS053, Barbara Easselborn"
PS36
- Evelyn Alvarez
- Evelyn Alvarez
- Emily Caccavo
- Allison Greenberg
- Donato Herman
- Jason Milgram
- Michael Moudatsos
- Paula Moudatsos
- Isabella Roman
SS Columbia
St Christopher School
- Chloe Aseng
- Ryan Cambria
- Riley Cammarano
- Peter Ceci
- Marissa Cera
- Daniella Clement
- Madison Cummings
- Vincent D'Ovidio
- Mia Dennis
- Phoenix Diana
- Caitlin Dietsch
- Danielle Durando
- Chloe Epstein
- Nikolas Felski
- Alessia Ferrante
- Miacamille Garcia
- Nicole Kindja
- Summer Lowry
- sara macchia
- Jenna Mannino
- Nela Pol-Wnuk
- Tara Porthouse
- Ava Quigley
- Ryan Schnur
- Michelina Styka
- Anthony Todaro
- Sophia Wright
St Clare
St. Joseph Hill Academy
Staten Island
The SS Columbia
- Vincenzo Abbruzzese
- Luca Ameni
- Abiram Anantharajah
- Maiah Angel-Arboleda
- Ava Anselmo
- Agabi Atietalla
- Ava Attardo
- Matthew Attardo
- Keira Bacci
- Adam Baker
- Abigail Blinder
- Vincent Bonefede
- Emma Boteju
- Michael Brass
- Sienna Brown
- Insha Bukhari
- Sameen Bukhari
- Michelle Bukshan
- Angel Caballero
- Giovanni Cafferata
- Batuhan Caglar
- Annie Mae Caldwell
- Kari Caldwell
- Amauri Canelo
- GianLuca Carbajal
- Matthew Cassar
- Armando Catania
- Joseph Cavuoti
- Jacob Cheung
- Gabriella Christian
- Madison Chung
- Brian Chzranowski
- Jacob Collado
- Madison Collazo
- Santino Corulla
- Jason Cugini
- Michael Cybulski
- Philip Dalgin
- Olivia Dellaratta
- Clover Demas
- Sophia DiMicelli
- Bakhtawar Din
- Pratima Eisengrein
- Michael Ennis
- Jack Ercolano
- Leslie Evangelista
- Audrey Fernandez
- Gaetano Fiallo
- Olivia Figueroa
- Johnluca Filetto
- Aaron Fiorentino
- Jason Frani
- Judy Gaber
- Reagan Galati
- Kathryn Gallo
- Shayne Gallo
- Kaylin Garcia
- Michael Gebbia
- Joseph Giamportone
- Arianna Gomez
- Frank Gosk
- Frank Gosk
- Joseph Guastamacchia
- Layan Hamdallah
- Mohamed Hamdallah
- Bryan Harrison
- Laurie Harrison
- Danica Ierardi
- Brittany Inserro
- Safari Jackson
- Tanille Janvier
- Elissa Karam
- Thomas Karem
- Chloe Kim
- James Kim
- Matthew Kim
- Taylor Kourkoumelis
- Madison Kravitz
- Michael Langan
- Isabella Lee
- Nicolette Lisojo-Polimeni
- Giselle Loscalzo
- Francess Louis
- Asadullah Loukzadeh
- Isabella Ma
- Christian Manteria
- Mayson Marino-Deluca
- Ivanna Martinez
- Makiaya Mashore
- James McAuliffe
- Arthur McCarthy
- Unique McMullen
- Justin Mena
- Amra Mersimovska
- Andy Mieles
- Stephanie Mikhael
- Alex Milashevich
- Noah Mirto
- Matthew Molfetto
- Yousef Moselhi
- Olivia Moss
- Alfredo Munoz
- Erica Munoz
- Grace Murray
- Anjali Nair
- Isaiah Narvaez
- Noah Nidhan
- Salma Nikocevic
- Marcus Nuamah
- Jaden Ortiz
- David Ozuna
- Yonlee Park
- Ashley Peretz
- Luke Petito
- Alexis Rabinowitz
- Alessandra Ramson
- Mohammad Raza
- Zahra Raza
- Alim Reginald
- Michael Reyes
- Dylan Robles
- Dylan Robles
- Joaquin Rodriguez
- Dominick Rodriquez
- Joseph Romhen
- Gianna Ruperto
- Sierra Russell
- Stephanie S
- Victor Sage
- Aeris Sahalon
- Juan Sanchez
- Maria Sanchez
- Aniya Santiago
- Nijma Sarsor
- Sadika Sarsor
- Joseph Sciarrone
- Hannah Shaarawy
- Shiva Shahid
- Sophie Shapiro
- Samuel Shteyman
- Gabriela Siminson
- Elizabeth Smith
- Jalyssa Sonera
- Alexander Sullivan
- Amine Taousse
- Mercy Tawadrous
- Dominick Torchio
- Isabella Torchio
- Makayla Tyson
- Edwin Vasquez
- Ava Velasquez
- Paige Werner
- Carter Williams
- Carter Williams
- Mya Williams
- Ethan Wu
- Charles Wubnig
- Ricky Wubnig
- David Zahavi
- Jorge Zapata
- Marwah Zaynoune
- Matthew Zerega
- Michael Zhan
- Meagan Zhang
- Joshua Zhuravskiy
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