Sophia Hicks said about her doodle, "My idea for everyone is to have a home in the future. Add-on buildings are very unique. They snap together to form new house designs and larger communities. It is so important for everyone to have a home, and with Add-on Buildings, everyone can!"
A talented student in Dayton, TN could soon have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see. Google is announcing the 53 state and territory winners in its ninth annual Doodle 4 Google competition, a contest open to K-12 students across the United States to redesign the Google logo inspired by the theme “What I see for the future...”.
Sophia Hicks, a 3rd grader from Dayton City School, is one of the 53 winners with her doodle “Building Homes, Building Communities, Building Friendships!” Sophia’s doodle was selected from thousands of entries received this year. Students at Dayton City School helped Sophia celebrate during a surprise assembly Thursday morning.
To help their favorites succeed, everyone across the USA can vote for their favorite doodle from the 53 state winners. Voting will be open from Feb. 23 to March 6 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 and one of them as the national winner on March 31 — and the winner’s doodle will go live on Google.com that day.
The National Winner will take home a $30,000 college scholarship and his or her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education grant towards the establishment and improvement of a computer lab or technology program.
To see a full list of state winners and to vote online, visit: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html.
For more information, or would like to speak with a Google representative, send an email to cmccoy@blackrockgrp.com.