Dunbar student in Google logo contest with ‘Calculus Amusement Park’

And so begins the final phase of the Google Doodle popularity contest, otherwise known as “Doogle 4 Google”.

“She is one of the hardest working art students I have ever had”, said Hellgate High School art teacher Courtney Christopher. Those winners, chosen from among 100,000 who entered across the USA, now compete in online voting at that site.

Theodore Trubenko, an eighth grader at Gibbons Middle School, is among 53 finalists nationwide in the Doodle 4 Google competition to redesign the search engine’s logo, the company said in a statement.

The drawing, which incorporated the letters “G-o-o-g-l-e” was the reason the entire school had gathered Friday morning for a special presentation.

“‘What makes me…me’ is my family”, she said.

Maggie’s doodle, inspired by the theme “What makes me…me”, reflected her love for both mathematics and art.

Public voting on the 53 state winners started today, February 5 and runs until February 22. The G is a glue gun because she says she is crafty. This time around, we added a little twist: for the first time in eight years of Doodle 4 Google, there were no restrictions on the medium or materials kids could use to create a doodle.

When the victor is crowned on March 21, their doodle will go live on Google.com for that day.

The winning student and national finalists will travel to Mountain View, Calif., and meet Google’s team of professional doodlers. She is among 12 state winners in the bracket for grades 8 and 9, and he is among 11 finalists in the bracket for grades 10 through 12.

If Han’s drawing is selected as the national victor, she will receive a $30,000 scholarship from Google and the school would get a $50,000 technology grant.