114,000 submissions and millions of public votes later comes the
announcement for the winner of 'Doodle for Google 2012'. Dylan Hoffman, a
second grader hailing from Caledonia, Wisconsin has been declared this
year's U.S. Doodle for Google National winner.
According to
the announcement via Google's blog, the young doodler, a student of
Prairie School in Racine, Wisconsin doodled a beautiful pirate scene
featuring a vibrant parrot, a swashbuckler and a treasure chest filled
with jewels and gems adding the letter 'e' to Google's logo.
Talking
of the "If I could travel in time I'd visit..." theme, Dylan said that
he'd love to sail a pirate ship searching for treasure, have a colourful
pet parrot and enjoy beautiful sunsets from deserted islands.
For
his creation, Dylan has been awarded with a $30,000 college
scholarship and a Chromebook computer, while his school received a
$50,000 technology grant. That's not all. Apart from the doodle being
featured on the U.S. Google homepage today, it will also appear on the
front of a special edition of the Crayola-64 crayon box come this fall.
Dylan
was chosen from amongst a huge number of doodle submissions this year
and public votes from millions across the country. There are four other
National finalists from different U.S. schools, who will receive a
scholarship of $5,000. They are: Talia Mastalski, Grade 5 Herman Wang,
Grade 6, Susan Olvera, Grade 8 Cynthia Cheng, Grade11.
The
creations of all 50 state winners will be unveiled at the New York
Public Library and their doodles will be displayed between May 18-May19
in their home states over the summer.
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