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,
Jose M. Serrano
Student Submissions
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| Bronx Charter School for the Arts, 1440 Story Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473 | 7th Grade | Dezrah Agyeman-Dua |
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| Bronx Charter School for the Arts, 1440 Story Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473 | 7th Grade | Dezrah Agyeman-Dua |
Dezrah Agyeman-Dua's 2025 submission.pdf
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| Bronx Charter School for the Arts, 1440 Story Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473 | 7th Grade | Emely Miranda Ramirez |
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| Bronx Charter School for the Arts, 1440 Story Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473 | 7th Grade | Emely Miranda Ramirez |
Emely Miranda Ramirez 's 2025 submission.pdf
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| Ms 224 Manhattan East School For Arts & Academics, Middle School, New York, 10029 | 8th Grade | haileigh rivera |
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| PS 1 Courtlandt School, Elementary, Bronx, 10451 | 4th Grade | Jadiel De Jesus |
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2024 Submissions
East Side Middle School, Middle School, New York, 10028
Manhattan Center For Science & Mathematics, Senior High, New York, 10029
11th Grade
PS 43 Jonas Bronck, Elementary, Bronx, 10454
4th Grade
- Zachary LeGrand (jpeg)
- Angel Espinoza (jpeg)
- Victor Santos (jpeg)
- Emily S (jpeg)
- Jeirelin Ramos (jpeg)
5th Grade
Tag Young Scholars, Elementary, New York, 10029
Kindergarten
2nd Grade
- Amir Bundor-Murray (jpeg)
- Anaika Malhotra (jpeg)
- Caleb Wang (jpeg)
- Colette Sperber (jpeg)
- Damian Avilez (jpeg)
- Elizabeth Hoffmann (jpeg)
- Ella Kim (jpeg)
- Felix Garcia-Franz (jpeg)
- Loha Lee (jpeg)
- Max Li (jpeg)
- Niam Somayaji (jpeg)
- Paul Tae (jpeg)
- Sylvia Leshnower (jpeg)
- Timothee Dennis (jpeg)
4th Grade
5th Grade
- Alex Higgins (jpeg)
- Beverly Chan (jpeg)
- Dylan Hung (jpeg)
- Lauren Zuo (jpeg)
- Lisa Bachan (jpeg)
- Luna Pineyro (jpeg)
- Maelyn Mattiace (jpeg)
- Maxwell Schmidtlein (jpeg)
- Roxana Rubenstein (jpeg)
- Simon Chang (jpeg)
- Tohma Noda (jpeg)
- Zachary Dennis (jpeg)
6th Grade
- Caitlyn Wang (jpeg)
- Jasmine Medina (jpeg)
- Johnny Shteyngart (jpeg)
- Katherine Wei (jpeg)
- Leo Kapur (jpeg)
- Ami Na (jpeg)
- Madison Buonasera (jpeg)
- Michael Shi (jpeg)
- Myra Baid (jpeg)
- Nataly Figueroa (jpeg)
- Prithviraj Bala (jpeg)
- Saira Khan (jpeg)
- Selin Boydak (jpeg)
- Nell Saltonstall (png)
- Riya Chugani (jpeg)
7th Grade
- Camila Pineyro (jpeg)
- Phineas Martens (jpeg)
- Sofiia Bisnovataia and Catherine Ouyang (jpeg)
- Somna Vajpayee (jpeg)
- Zoey Chau (jpeg)
