MHS student is Google Doodle finalist

By Phil Cobb | February 4, 2016 |

Maryville High School announced this week that one of its students has a chance of getting his or her artwork blazoned across the Google homepage for tens of millions of people to see. Google will host an MHS assembly in honor of the winning student — one of 53 state-level finalists — at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5.

Maryville High School announced this week that one of its students has a chance of getting his or her artwork blazoned across the Google homepage for tens of millions of people to see.

But, for now, school officials are keeping the young person’s identity a secret.

The mystery student has been named a finalist in this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest, during which teenagers from all over the country are invited to use their artistic talents to redesign Google’s often-changing homepage logo.

This year, Google asked students to create artwork expressing the theme “What makes me … me.”

The Maryville High School students was selected as Missouri’s sole state winner, according to an MHS release.

Google will host an MHS assembly in honor of the winning student at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5.

When the assembly ends, Internet users across the country will be able to go to the Doodle 4 Google website and vote for the state winner whose image they believe should be displayed on the Google Homepage for one day.

The contest’s national winner will receive a $30,000 scholarship, a $50,000 technology grant for their school, and a trip to Google’s national headquarters in Mountain View, California, with the teacher of their choice.

While in California, the student and teacher will meet with members of the Google Doodle team.

A total of 53 state-level winners were selected by a panel of six judges, including actress Julie Bowen, astronaut Yvonne Cagle, NBA basketball player Stephen Curry, former Disney animator Glen Keane, professional soccer player Alex Morgan, and writer-director-producer B.J. Novak.

Google Inc. is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products, including online advertising technologies, search engines, cloud computing, and software.

The contest website is located at www.google.com/doodle4google.