Amelia Osterman’s Artwork Selected to Represent Wyoming in National Contest
McCormick Junior High eighth-grade student Amelia Osterman was presented a “Doodle for Google” Award on Thursday afternoon in the McCormick Auditorium. Representatives from Google were on hand to present the award and other Google prizes to Osterman as part of a surprise assembly at her school. Her doodle, “Space Ingenuity” was selected from a contest open to K-12 students across the United States to redesign the Google logo inspired by the theme “When I grow up, I hope…”.
Osterman’s doodle was chosen from thousands of submissions and is now one of 53 State and Territory winners that will be part of a nationwide voting contest to select a National winner. As part of her prize pack, Osterman received a certificate, a t-shirt and tote bag all donning her doodle submission, as well as a brand new Google Chromebook. McCormick Principal Todd Burns also received a plaque to display at the school commemorating Osterman’s accomplishment.
“I have been interested in art since I was really little”, said Osterman. “I like graphite drawings and acrylic paint. I enjoying painting the space look, its fun and fells more personal and I can use my imagination more.”
To help their favorites succeed, everyone across the USA can vote for their favorite doodle from the 53 State and Territory Winners. Voting will be open from June 3rd-June 7th on this site: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html, and the public vote will determine the Five National Finalists (one in each grade group). Google will announce these five National Finalists in June, one of which will have their Doodle featured on the Google homepage for a day.
The National Winner will take home a $30,000 college scholarship and his or her school will receive a $50,000 tech package towards the establishment or improvement of a computer lab or technology program. In addition, their doodle will be featured on the Google.com homepage for a day.
“More people should do this”, added Osterman. “Even if you don’t make it it’s a lot of fun just to be creative.”
Amelia Osterman’s Doodle for Google submission, “Space Ingenuity” was selected as the winning doodle to represent Wyoming in the National contest.
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