Burlington Student Chosen as Winner for New Jersey in Doodle For Google Competition

8th Grader Jeremy Henskens Advances to National Competition For Chance to Have Doodle Featured on Google.com, $30K College Scholarship, $50K School Grant, More

Public Can Vote For Henskens’ Art Here

Burlington, NJ –  A talented Burlington student could soon have his art featured on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see after the company announced the state round winners of its annual Doodle For Google competition today.

Jeremy Henskens, an 8th grader at Burlington Township Middle School, was named New Jersey winner with his doodle, “Cartooning Doodle.” The selection joins 52 other state and American territory winners announced today, and was celebrated during a surprise assembly this morning. Ambassadors from Google unveiled Jeremy’s artwork, and explained to students how to nominate it during the national round.

This year’s Doodle competition marks the 11th edition, open to K-12 students across the United States to redesign the Google logo for a day. This year’s prompt was “When I grow up, I hope…”, with judges including comedian Jimmy Fallon, 2018 National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning as well as Kermit the Frog. Henskens’ Doodle statement was: “When I grow up, I want to be a cartoonist. This doodle represents a comic book and a comic book is what a cartoonist or a comic writer makes.”

[Credit: Jeremy Henskens]

To help their favorites succeed, everyone across the USA can vote for their favorite doodle from the 53 state and territory winners. Voting will be open from June 3rd – June 7th here, with the public determining the five national finalists (one in each grade group). Google will then announce those finalists shortly after, before ultimately selecting the national winner.

The national winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship with his/her school additionally receiving a $50,000 tech package towards the establishment or improvement of a computer lab or STEM program. The national winner will also get a trip to Google’s headquarters in California, various Google hardware and Google merchandise. The four finalists who do not become the national winner will also receive a trip to California plus hardware and merchandise, in addition to $5,000 college scholarships.