Brooklet Elementary student could be Google’s featured doodle

BROOKLET, Ga. (WSAV) – A Brooklet Elementary School student’s artwork could be featured on Google’s homepage.

Ten-year-old Davine Chen is Georgia’s 2024 Doodle for Google winner and will go on to compete nationally.

But it’s up to the voters.

Now through June 4, you can vote for Davine by following these steps:

1. Visit https://doodles.google.com/d4g/vote/
2. Select the 4-5 Grade category and scroll down until you see the doodle with Georgia listed under it
3. Click on Georgia, confirm you are not a bot, and then cast your vote for Davine’s artwork.
4. Vote before 11:59 p.m. (PST) on June 4 (which is three hours behind our Eastern Standard Time in Georgia)

Davine’s Google entry, entitled “Celebration at the dawn of a new paradise,” answers Google’s prompt for this year’s contest: “My wish for the next 25 years.”

It’s in honor of their 25th anniversary year.

Davine wrote: “I wish to dance with my family at the dawn of 2049, with ‘G’: a recycling bin filled with plastic-eating bacteria and fungi that turn waste into nutrients, ‘g’: a water-filtering drone, ‘l’: a floating nature-hotel that purifies the air and helps migrating birds. My wish is to use art and technology to restore a cleaner, greener planet for the next 25 years.”

Davine is now one of 55 competing for the grand prize: a $55,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology prize for her school, plus a 24-hour doodle feature on Google’s homepage.

Five national finalists will also be selected to receive a $5,000 scholarship and have their work featured in Google’s online doodle gallery.

Davine is the daughter of Zhan Chen and Yuting Zou of Statesboro.