Vote for Penn Wood student to advance to Google Doodle national finals
illiam Penn School District announced that Penn Wood High School Freshman Madelyn Kieh is Pennsylvania’s state finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” competition. Voting is now open to help Madelyn win the national contest.
The Google logo at www. google.com changes into something different each day. Google refers to them as “doodles.” Google holds an annual Doodle 4 Google contest where students may submit a doodle of a specific theme selected by the company. This year’s contest theme was “What inspires me?”
Kieh’s winning doodle shows how her sister Marilyn, a graduate of the Penn Wood High School Class of 2011 and Madelyn’s guardian, inspired her to develop her artistic talents as a young girl.
Google selected winners from 53 states and territories. Kieh’s doodle was selected over hundreds of other submissions from PA and now advances to the National level.
A two-week voting period opened May 7, at www. doodle4google.com. Vote now for Madelyn’s doodle to win a national prize. Four national finalists and one national winner will be selected. All will have their doodles featured on the Doodle 4 Google gallery. National finalists will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, trip to Google headquarters in California, Google hardware, and “fun Googley swag.”
The national winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship, $50,000 technology package for their school, in addition to the other prizes that also will be won by the finalists.
After the announcement, Madelyn and some of her classmates celebrated with Madelyn’s family and school district staff members in the school library with cake, cookies, and juice (the cookies were made by Jessica Littlejohn, Penn Wood Class of 2001).