THANKSGIVING ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS SD 4

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 Phil Boyle

Babylon High School

• Chloe Bzdyk

Babylon Jr Sr High School

• Paige Bzdyk

Belmont Elementary School

• Jake Dassau

Brentwood West Middle School

• Jeanette Gonzalez

East Islip

• Christian Brabender

East Islip Middle School

• Cortney Adler
• Kate Alexander
• Christian Anatra
• Jack Baranek
• Jenna Borelli
• Jenna Borelli
• Kiera Bryan
• Ryan Buchan
• Michael Burnor
• Tiffany Bushey
• Eray canan
• Ella Centauro
• Stephen Coleman
• Gregory Corrado
• Gavin DeHaas
• Hailey DeHaas
• Christian Dietz
• Eamonn Dreyer
• Isabella Fantauzzi
• Jayson fox
• Robert Graziano
• Samantha Gut
• Robert Hilbert
• Olivia Hoffman
• Ryan Jacobsen
• Raymond LaRocca
• Hunter Lasiak
• Isabella Lemke
• Meghan Mandra
• Jayson Mckiernan
• Logan Muller
• michael murphy
• Nicole Palmer
• Julian Plotino
• Alanna Puzo
• Ryan Renganeschi
• Nicholas Sandler
• David Serino
• Daniel Seybert
• Sara Simonetti
• Satish Singh Jennings
• Gabriel Smester
• Gabriel Smester
• Michael Tehan
• Aiden Thompson
• Christopher Trahey
• Marisa Triolo
• james villano
• Jake Walendowski

Gardiner Manor School

• Cole Fesefeldt
• Krista Flynn
• Krista Flynn

John F. Kennedy

• Ronika Abraham
• Shubat Alam
• Sanya Archer
• Aiden Arfis
• Ilayoa Avcu
• Barry Baker
• Matthew Bien-Aise
• Marco Blasio
• Kaitlyn D
• Bryeanna Desringes
• Caitlyn F
• Jalen Francis
• Alexandra Geosita
• Sophia Giannini
• Nicholas Haas
• Keanne Hernandez
• Gabriella Hofacker
• Johnny Holland
• Katelyn Hotchkiss
• Matthew Luongo
• Melissa Majorana
• Tyler Maliszewski
• Amaiyah Martin
• Wade Metayer
• Valentina Munguia
• Victoria Nappo
• Kadyn Neale
• Aubrey Pottinger
• Bryan Ramlakan
• Ashleigh Rauch
• MacKenzie Rubinstein
• Ava Sacarin
• Katelyn Sanchez
• Arin Siegelwax
• Erin Sullivan
• Erika Sy
• Jeremy Theroux
• Nancy Tinoco
• Jason Turner
• Jason Turner
• Lissha Varghese
• Nicholas Velasco
• Jake Vivas
• Jordyn X
• Sophia X
• Sophia X
• Ariel Zhang

Marion G. Vedder Elementary School

• Liana Brooks
• Janessa Callaway
• James Catalano
• Amaryssa Cermot
• Nicolas Colucci
• Christian Creaven-Tintella
• Alec Dankenbrink
• Bianca DiGiulio
• Aaliyah Flythe
• Sergio Garcia
• Jane Glasser
• Sean Lanier
• Madison Lobosco
• Dylan Longwell
• Quinn Martin
• Maklyn Mejia-Ceballos
• Angelica Michel
• Ryan Ngo
• Christian Pena
• Daniyah Pierre
• Aariz Rab
• Arianna Rodriguez
• Audrianna Romano
• Jocelyn Ruane

Milton L. Olive Middle School

• Tonya McCarthy
• Rosa Melendez
• Rosa Melendez

Oakdale Bohemia Middle School

• Angelina Dell'Isola
• Aidan Friel
• Vittoria Marchetti
• Sara Sabatino
• Luke Thomson
• Yasmin Tinaz
• Thomas Valerioti
• Anna Zimmermann

OBMS

• Gianna Hughes

RCK Elementary School

• Angelina DeAmicis

Ruth C. Kenny elementary

• Emily Stannish
• Alexandra Totillo

South

• Angeli Rivas

South Middle

• Javon Greene
• david lara

South Middle School

• Jonathan Alvarado
• gabriela arevalo
• Ibis Avila
• Cara Bartlett
• Jaydah Belin
• Cristian Chaparro
• Jordy Contreras
• James Gordon
• Johanna Gutierrez
• Brooke Hill
• Thomas Idrobo
• Stacey Lazzo
• Irsan Maldonado
• Marco Matos
• Helenamarie Mckee
• Arianna Ortiz
• Serina Ortiz
• Anthony Pereira
• Aurelia Pineda
• Katherine Ramirez
• Andres Salazar
• Jonathan Salinad
• Christina Somar
• Jacob Valle
• Kristen Valle

South Middle Shcool

• Luis Martinez

Southwest

• Jeremiah Brewster
• Allison Dubon
• Joshua Singh

Southwest School

• Daphne Perez

Sylvan Avenue Elementary

• Alyssa Ayerle
• Christopher Esposito
• Vincent Fernandez
• Tyler Klein
• Meghan McDonald
• Amaya Monroe
• Madison Philipson
• Arthur Stankiewicz
• Joshua Tavilo
• Mia Zelenka

Udall Road Middle School

• Melanie Adamson
• Jake Brickman
• Jake Brickman
• Lianna Crisci
• Michael Crisci
• Jordan Perrone
• Isabella Tomeo