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THANKSGIVING ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS SD 52
November 22, 2016
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Dear Participants,
Thank you all for your wonderful contributions to the Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration. I'm so proud to have received so many poems, essays, and artwork that exemplify the creativity of our community's young people.
These submissions show gratitude and respect for family, friends, our troops fighting overseas, and many other important subjects and activities. I'm humbled and honored to see such inspiring contributions in response to what might be a deceptively difficult question: “What are you thankful for?”
On behalf of the New York State Senate and our own 52nd Senate District, I would like to offer my wholehearted congratulations to all of the participants in this year’s Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration.
Sincerely,
Senator Fred Akshar
770 Chenango Street
C.R. Weeks
C.R. Weeks Elementary
Candor Elementary
Chenango Forks Middle School
- Kaleigh Amerman
- Mary Anderson
- Antony Arciolla
- Victoria Austin
- Olivia Baran
- Ryan Barkman
- Rowan Barrows
- Nicholas Beirut
- Morgan Belmore
- ty bender
- Shay Bernardini
- Mykayla Bloodgood
- Deena Boot
- Joseph Boot
- Aubrey Bough
- Ava Brown
- Avery Brown
- Tyler Bryce
- Andrew Bunker
- Emma Calisi
- John Camden
- kendelle carasea
- Owen Carlin
- Ella Carlson
- Liam Carnegie
- Michael Cash Jr.
- Cooper confer
- McKenna Cortright
- Chelsea Crowningshield
- Colin Darrow
- Daisy Dimatos
- Tyler Ferrara
- Tyler Ferrara
- Corbin Fetterman
- Marissa Figueroa
- Alanah Franks
- Ashley Franta
- Zachariah Gabriel
- landon goetz
- Evan Grace
- Carmine Gross
- Alaina Gumble
- tyler hamlin
- skyler harvey
- skyler harvey
- skyler harvey
- skyler harvey
- Zachary Hibbard
- David Hogan
- Aiden Hopkins
- Emma Howe
- Kaylynn Howey
- Kaylynn Howey
- Jonathan Hozempa
- Brooke Johnson
- Thomas Kapinus
- Cole Kelly
- Jaxon Krupp
- Catherine Kuhl
- Catherine Kuhl
- Elizabeth Kuhl
- Andrey Lavrinovich
- Madison lawton
- Rocco Leo
- Ryan Lorenz
- keirstan lynch
- Norah Mahar
- Alexander Maurer
- Taylor Maus
- Vlad Maystruk
- Morgan McGuigan
- Morgan McGuigan
- Shaylee Meier
- Noel Miller
- Elijah Miranda
- Rachel Molstead
- Emily Mugglin
- Cade Mulesky
- Ty Near
- Summer Neville
- Summer Neville
- Mariea Newman
- Mariea Newman
- Sarah Nickerson
- Jairyn O'Hern
- cameron obrien
- Dominick Panko
- Trinity Parks
- nykesa parliman
- gavyn robinson
- Hannah Roody
- Erin Root
- Summer Rutherford
- Katie Saunders
- Madison Schmitz
- Logan Sheer
- Eli Shephard
- Taylor Sinnett
- Quinn Sirgany
- Nathan Smith
- Nolan Smith
- Grady Stark
- Edward Stolarcyk
- hannah 0 stout
- Cheyenne Taylor
- Maddox Thornton
- Avery Thurston
- Jacob Trevorah
- Garrett Vail
- Ethan Vasina
- kelsey waffle
- Jasmin Walker
- Larry Welch
- Kathryn White
- Zatrai Wilkerson
- Helena Willis
- Liam Wood
- Kaili Young
- Lucas Sickles
Floyd Bell Elementary - Windsor
Greene Central School
- Cora-Mae Bolster
- Jordan Carhart
- Kyrstan Cudney
- Kylie Griffin
- Noah Hanselman
- cerenity johndro
- Slavek Kovalev
- Natalie scofield
- Benjamin Taft
- Taylor Tynon
- Lainey DeForest
Greene Middle School
- Maeric Barrows
- Amber Sallai
- Mckenzie Scott
- Cassie Butler
- Ashlyn Button
- Logan Cloyd
- Hanna Collings
- Jaida Cook
- Lydia Duman
- Kyle Eldred
- Jacob Finnerty
- Liam Flanagan
- Peydon Fowler
- anna-lisse funnell
- Schuylar Graves
- Martin Guzman
- Molly Hubbard
- megan ireland
- Benjamin Kehl
- Shawna Kenyon
- Clayton Leonard
- Travis Lester
- Joclyn Lilley
- Camden Linger
- Matthew Lynch
- Sarah Markham
- Nicole Marks
- Maggie Marsheski
- Hunter Page
- Madison Pavlovich
- Aiden Pickard
- Emma Rice
- Sydney Rideout
- Bryson Salisbury
- Natalie Specht
- Paul Starliper
- Savanna Straniero
- Corey Swift
- Michael Swift
- Halia Tallet
- Anthony Thatcher
- Isabella Tierno
- Andrea Trifunovic
- Kadan Waltz
- garrett whitney
- Elizabeth Williamson
- Payton Yahner
- Payton Yahner
- Damien Zukowski
- Lillian Kemp
- Shawna Kenyon
- Garrett Whitney
- Anna-Lisse Funnell
- Kylie Griffin
- Penelope Antizzo
- Paige Roe
- Alexander Decker
- Noah Hanselman
Greene Middle School
Hancock Central School
- Lorraine Puzanskas
- Nicholas Leonard
- Ashton Aceves – Amaya
Maine Endwell Middle School
Owego Appalachian middle school
Port Dickinson
- Josiah Boel
- Kellen Charpinsky
- Anthony Clark
- Abby Durdon
- Carson Durkot
- Isaac Gaeds
- Nate Giammarino
- Katherine Gianisis
- Sophia Gianisis
- Callie Hamilton
- Camryn Howey
- Logan Kliment
- Sarah McLaughlin
- Jillian Melly
- Ava Murray
- Bella Rose Nelson
- Zoe Payne
Ross Corners Christian Academy
Spencer
Spencer-Van Etten Middle School
- Ethan Ashby
- Jakob Bell
- Julian Bennett
- Dustin Brooks
- Kira Brown
- Cecelia Churey
- Karsen Cooke
- Marah Cooper
- Eli Cornwell
- Alijiah Davis
- Ethan Ervay
- Tyler Fedenko
- Jacob Fitch
- Nathan Gillette
- Abigail Goodrich
- Ashlynd Goodrich
- Zachary Hammond
- Liam Heiman
- Brown Jacqueline
- Nicholas Kobre
- Bethany Lau
- Tess Maki
- Miranda Martin
- Rhyleigh McFall
- Demi Mouillesseaux
- Shane Neal
- Seanna Neiss
- Seth Neiss
- Alex Pompa
- Sarah Quinn
- Rachel Russell
- Derick Ryant
- Cody Sayre
- Allen Shoemaker
- Jeremy Slater
- Sydnee Smith
- Cameron Squier
- Jacek Stahl
- Ryan Swayze
- Ethan Tredeau
- Olivia Turke
- Amya VanDerpoel
- Thomas Wallace
- Annika Walle
- Michaela Wood
- Jonah Young
Stanford J. Gibson Primary School
TES
- Gavin Albrecht
- Aaron Belles
- Katie Jo Bleiler
- Isabelle Carter
- Lydiah Decker
- Sabrina Ellis
- Suzanne Evans
- RaeAnne Feeko
- Nate Guiles Vought
- Nathan Hulbert
- Anna Kithcart
- Lucius Mickley
- Lucius Mickley
- Connor Riegel
- Ethan Rodriguez
- Owen Rogers
- Isabelle Taylor
Tioga Central Elementary School
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