Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration
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,
Steven D. Rhoads
2024 Submissions
Pasadena Elementary School, Elementary, Plainview, 11803
4th Grade
- Maira Maheshwari (resubmitted) (pdf)
- Juliette Banga (pdf)
- Elijah Lee (pdf)
- Aanvi Harjpal (pdf)
- Grace Alahverdian (pdf)
- Samuel Borowka (pdf)
- Oliver Brennan (pdf)
- Dylan DaSilva (pdf)
- Anna Maria Drossos (pdf)
- Matilda Edmundson (pdf)
- Pamela Friedman (pdf)
- Kasper Fung (pdf)
- Jacob Gomez (pdf)
- Emma Hwang (pdf)
- Shahzain Hashmi (pdf)
- Taeyang Im (pdf)
- Minaal Khalil (pdf)
- Meghana Kunam (pdf)
- Zachary Liss (pdf)
- Zachary Moodenbaugh (pdf)
- Julia Murray (pdf)
- Matthew Natel (pdf)
- Owen Navarino (pdf)
- Anderson Pak (pdf)
- Nikolett Reilly (pdf)
- Ella Sabatino (pdf)
- Sophia Shuleshov (pdf)
- Gabriella Sima (pdf)
- Shiv Trivedi (pdf)
- River Wang (pdf)
- Karl Zhang (pdf)
- Ayden Chen (pdf)
- Christopher Lee (pdf)
- Jeffrey Ok (pdf)
- Kaitlyn Orenzow (pdf)
- Kiara Alvarado (pdf)
- Maira Maheshwari (pdf)
- Sadie Kotler (pdf)
- Sara Singh (pdf)
- Sofia Phelan (pdf)