Last month, leaders at Salem-Keizer Public Schools invited students to design what they thought the next district logo could look like. The contest ran from March 1 through March 22, in celebration of Youth Art Month.

We asked students for a design that reflects the richness of diversity within our students and staff at Salem-Keizer. Our district represents a global population where our 40,000 students speak over 100 languages throughout our 65 schools.

There was an impressive number of submissions across all grade levels and schools across the district.

Thank you to all students who participated!

After two rounds of review and evaluation, the top eight finalists have been determined! Two finalists were selected from each level: elementary, middle, high school and the community transition program.

List of finalists

Colorful tree with a boy and girl standing underneath with the words

Amelia Sims, 3rd Grade, Candalaria

Two hands, holding each other with the words “harmony, diversity, inclusion, culture, integrity, peace, equity” in an arch above the hands.

Rithya Jonnalagadda, 4th Grade, Pringle

A globe with a group of people holding hands around the globe. A book is overlaid on top of the globe.

Lucy Valero, 6th Grade, Whiteaker

A circle with various Oregon-specific icons around the circle, such as: a rain cloud, a tree, a beaver, a salmon, a mountain and a cyclist.

Eva Marie Slagter, 7th Grade, EDGE

Six interlocking hands holding each other with a flower in the center of them.

Evelyn Cochran, 9th Grade, McNary

A globe with a handful of students in different academic settings, such as: doing a math problem or raising their hand, sitting at a desk.

Dareenka Afanasyev, 12th Grade, CTEC

Circle with the outline of the state of Oregon and a rock with the words, “Salem-Keizer Schools rocks.”

Zoeie Evenhus, Summit Community Transition Program

Semi-circle shape with a train on a railroad inside.

Kyle Cunningham, Summit Community Transition Program

View all the submissions

As a reminder, the submissions will be used to inspire the new district logo, but will not be used as the final logo design. The complete gallery of all contest entries is on Salem-Keizer’s SmugMug account.