Brooke Bartholomew, junior high artist, submitted an entry into the Doodle 4 Google contest and has been named a regional finalist.  The company had 33,000 entries and her entry was selected to compete in the TOP 40.
       She wins a trip to New York May 26 to hear the winner announced, a tee shirt printed with her doodle and a trip to the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to see her doodle in a national exhibit.

        She also won an assembly where Google representatives arrived at Friendswood Junior High and hosted a 3 pm assembly on May 18 in the Girl’s Gym to pass out tee shirts, share Brooke’s news, present her with a life-size copy of her doodle, and while in assembly, educate the students about the internet.
        Google announced the regional winners at the same time at 40 locations. To win, artists must receive online votes. From May 18-25 the public can vote online for their favorite doodle.
        Doodle 4 Google is a competition open to K-12 students of US schools to create their own Google doodle inspired by the theme,  ”If I could do anything, I would…”  Bartholemew’s theme is Repair All The Worlds Breaks.
        “I'm expressing my want to repair all the things that have been broken all over the world. This is what I would do if  ‘I could do anything,’ because the world needs a little fixing, and wouldn't it be great if a small team of men came around fixing everything?” Bartholemew said.
        The National winner will win a $15,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to New York City, a laptop computer, a Wacom digital design tablet, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle.
        The winner’s school will receive a $25,000 grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab. Google is also giving out eight Technology Booster Awards. The awards consist of 20 Netbook computers for public schools. These schools must have a student selected as one of the 400 State Finalists and Google will be looking at the highest cumulative quality scores of the State Finalists doodles as part of the awards criteria.
        The winning doodle will also be featured on the Google homepage on May 27, 2010.
        A Google “doodle” is what the company calls the decoration they make to their logo every so often. Over the years, doodles have become one of the most beloved parts of Google.
        Google doodles have been produced to celebrate several noted artists and scientists and important events and milestones. These include Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Ray Charles, among others.
           
            To vote: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html#grade-7-9