Friendswood Junior High artist, Brooke Bartholomew has been named as a named a regional finalist for her entry into this year’s “Doodle 4 Google” contest. Making it to the Top 40 isn’t too shabby for a nationwide contest with more than 33,000 entries!

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…” Bartholomew’s theme is “…Repair All the Worlds Breaks”.

Google simultaneously announced the regional winners across the 40 locations of their finalists. To win the contest, the artists must receive online votes. From May 18-25 the public can vote online for their favorite doodle.

Her Top 40 status was announced in an FJH assembly hosted by a Google representative who explained the importance and many uses of the internet. Google also handed out shirts to the students with their classmates winning doodle and presented Brooke with a life-size copy of her design. 

As a finalist, Brooke has won a trip to New York on May 26 where the winner will be announced. She also receives a tee shirt printed with her doodle and a trip to the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to see the top doodles displayed in a national exhibit.

The National winner will be the recipient of a $15,000 college scholarship (to be used at the school of their choice), a laptop computer, a Wacom digital design tablet, and more. And, the winner’s school will receive a $25,000 grant towards the establishment or improvement of a computer lab. 

Way to doodle Brooke!