Three Westmeath students have been named as finalists in the Doodle 4 Google art competition and are now amongst the 60 Irish students in with a chance of winning the national Doodle 4 Google title. Everyone in Westmeath is now being urged to visit www.google.ie/doodle4google and vote for Kevin Stone, Robyn Seery, and Caoimhe Walsh to bring the title to Westmeath.
Kevin Stone (sixth class ) from St Oliver PIunkett BNS, Robyn Seery (second year ) from Mercy School Kilbeggan, and Caoimhe Walsh (sixth year ) from Our Lady's Bower reached the top 60 with their creation of a doodle around the Google logo based on the theme of “To me, happiness is…”.
The public vote is now open and will close on January 31. The top four doodles from the public vote, one from each age category, will then be presented to the official Google doodle team who will choose the overall winner. The winning doodle will feature on the Google Ireland homepage in March where it will be seen by millions of internet users and the winner’s school will receive a €10,000 technology grant.
John Herlihy, head of Google Ireland said, “We have had a phenomenal response to this year’s competition with the highest number of entrants ever. It was so difficult to select just 60 finalists. Every one of the finalists should be proud of their tremendous achievement.
“This is the most exciting stage of the competition as the public can go online, see all the doodles and vote for their favourite one. We are now calling on the public in Westmeath to visit the Doodle 4 Google website and show their support for their local students and schools,” he added.
The national winner will have the once in a lifetime chance of seeing their doodle on the Google Ireland homepage for a whole day in March. The winning student and their teacher will each receive a personal laptop, and the winning school will receive a €10,000 technology grant. The four finalists and their teachers will also receive a laptop each.
For more information and to vote for the winning doodles go to www.google.ie/doodle4google
