A few weeks ago AC had the pleasure of meeting Matteo Lopez at his elementary school in San Bruno, CA. Matteo was last year’s national winner of a drawing competition created by Google called “Doodle 4 Google“. Matteo’s re-imagined Google logo, titled “Space Life“, won him a scholarship for college, a technology grant for his school, and his winning doodle on the Google homepage for an entire day.

After talking to his parents and teachers, we were able to understand just how much winning this contest meant for everyone in the community. Matteo was interviewed on the Today Show, gifted a trip to space camp!, and the city framed a huge copy of his winning doodle to hang in the schools cafeteria (major primary school cred.)

With the technology grant, Monte Verde Elementary purchased a mobile computing lab. Teachers can reserve the cart of 25 laptops to teach their students math, science, reading, and basic computing. We were able to see a math lesson conducted with this lab, and it was a joy to see the whole class so engaged.

I encourage you to share this video (which includes a link to enter) with anyone who has, teaches, or knows school age children. It’s a breeze to submit a doodle and, as sweet Matteo knows, well worth it!

P.s. Here’s a link to all of Googles Doodles. Have fun clicking around!