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Stratford Teen Wins Google Art Contest

... with the Doodle team at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., and Bunnell High will also receive a $50,000 grant to advance STEM education. less. Bunnell student Sarah Harrison is with her parents, Keith and Lisa Harrison at a recent ceremony announcing her as winner of the state Google art competition. In addition to having her art on the Google home. more. Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo. Image 3 of 5. Bunnell student Sarah Harrison at a recent ceremony at Bunnell High School in Stratford, Conn., announcing her as winner of the state Google art competition. In addition to having her art on the Google home page, she’ll receive as the national winner of the Doodle 4 Google competition $30,000 toward a college scholarship, a chance to work with the Doodle team at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., and Bunnell High will also receive a $50,000 grant to advance STEM education. less. Bunnell student Sarah Harrison at a recent ceremony at Bunnell High School in Stratford, Conn., ...

Sioux Falls Girl Wins 'doodle 4 Google' Award

... endangered animals. More:  'You are clever': Students #Spread The Love with kind words. Doodle 4 Google chooses 53 state and territory winners, whose pieces then go on to a vote and are narrowed to five finalists and ultimately one winner. Neff didn't know Thursday evening when she went to play rehearsal at the Washington Pavilion that in another room, Google employees had set up a colorful balloon arch around a large print of her doodle. Bria Neff's winning submission for the Doodle 4 Google contest. (Photo: Submitted photo). She sat among about four dozen of her fellow performers listening to Google presenters share exciting projects the company is working on, including a video sharing the history of Google Doodles. It wasn't until the last few minutes of the assembly that Neff realized the whole event was in her honor. The sheet covering the large doodle print was removed, revealing Neff's drawing. The moment left her surprised, but showing all smiles. The inspiration for the drawing was to raise awareness of endangered animals, Neff said. Her paintings are often inspired by ...

Sioux Falls Girl Advances To Next Level Of Doodle 4 Google Contest

... the country for the Doodle 4 Google competition. “I was so excited I thought it was a dream, “says Neff. And that dream could soon become a reality, but Bria will need help from everyone. In order for her doodle to be featured on the Google homepage; she needs votes to be selected and the winner also gets other perks. “It would mean a lot cause the Pavilion would get 45 thousand dollars and we could get 5 thousand dollars for our homeschooling, “says Neff. Google typically gives the money to the winner’s school, but since Bria is home-schooled and takes classes at the Pavilion, the money would go towards enhancing their educational programs. Rose Ann Hofland, Director of community learning at the Pavilion says the money would not only help them but the community as well. “To be able to enhance technology; ...

School Board Honors Academic Team, Google Doodle Winner

... 4 Google competition, and is now the top design in the state of South Carolina. Students K-12 were asked to redesign the Google logo, inspired by the theme "What I see for the future.". Alex has the chance to win a $30,000 college scholarship, and the school would receive a $50,000 Google for Education grant toward the establishment and improvement of technology programs and computer labs. Alex titled his Google design "Virtual Reality School" and was surprised at his school by a team from Google. "I was really nervous when I walked in (for the assembly) because I thought it was something else besides the Google program," Alex said. "Then I was really shocked when I figured out that it was me (who had won). It felt pretty good though. Everybody was really happy.  If you want to be able to draw, you just have to keep trying and try harder.". The second group of students to be honored was the Aiken High School Academic Team, ...

Alabama Student A Finalist In 'doodle 4 Google' Contest

... P-8 in Huntsville on Feb. 22.(Contributed by Jennifer Johnson). She's already won a free Android tablet for her drawing, which uses an astronaut's helmet as the G in Google, an inhabitable exoplanet as the first O, black and white hands united as the second O, a scuba diver as the second G, the Bluefin-2 autonomous underwater vehicle as the L and an octopus as the E. She's also assured a spot in the Google 4 Doodle gallery  that will feature all the finalists. The theme for this year's contest was "What I see for the future.". "Our technology is constantly advancing, and so is our society," Zoe wrote in her entry. "This doodle expresses how I hope technology and humanity will be in the future: space, land and sea!". If she gets in the top 5, which is up for public vote through Monday on the Google 4 Doodles contest website, she's assured a $5,000 college scholarship, a trip to the Google headquarters in California in May, and a Chromebook. The top winner's doodle will be featured on the Google homepage for a day, and will win a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for her school. Her mom, Jennifer Johnson, said they got a call in ...

Wright Middle School 7th-grader Wins State Google Honors

... finishing touches in Adobe Photoshop. “They would be living alongside humans, and they’re going to be adapting to a futuristic life,” she said. “There’s a city in the background where all of us live, but they’re still living in the wild, (and yet) co-existing with us.”. Alyssa, whose ambition is to be a professional artist or animator, learned last month that she was among the 53 Doodle 4 Google finalists selected from each U. S. state and territory. She was feted at a schoolwide assembly at Wright and recognized at a Madison School Board meeting. Her art teacher at Wright, Jeff “J. J.” Johnson, calls her “phenomenal.”. Like this story? Get local news sent to your inbox. Sign Up. I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site consitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. “I don’t know if that’s emphatic enough,” Johnson said of his word to describe the young artist. “She has an intuitive grasp of many of the art principles and elements of design.”. Alyssa ...

Voting Continues For Doodle 4 Google Competition

... what he thinks education in the future will look like when more technology is introduced. Voters can still help Alexander Fernandez, a fourth-grader from Byrd Elementary School in Graniteville, win the ninth-annual Doodle 4 Google competition. Voting will be open through Sunday at __link__/doodle 4 google/vote.html. The public vote will determine the five national finalists. Google will announce the five national finalists and one of them as the national winner March 31. The winner’s doodle will go live on __link__ that day. Alexander is one of the 53 winners with his doodle, "Virtual Reality School," depicting what he thinks education in the future will look like when more technology is introduced. Alexander's doodle was selected from thousands of entries Google received this year. Students at Byrd Elementary recently ...