Call for Submissions: RIDE Announces Annual STEAM Logo Design Contest as Part of Math Matters RI

Published on Tuesday, March 04, 2025

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced that submissions are open for the annual STEAM Logo Design Contest. The contest, which is in line with the Math Matters RI campaign led by Governor McKee and Commissioner Infante-Green, allows high school students from across the state to showcase their creativity by designing a logo and slogan to celebrate STEAM Month 2025. Rhode Island STEAM Month, which is celebrated each November, highlights the importance of education in science, technology, engineering, art+design, and mathematics (STEAM) and spotlights opportunities in these fields offered by Rhode Island schools.

“We’re proud to once again offer students the opportunity to use their creativity and talent to help our state celebrate Rhode Island STEAM Month,” said Governor Dan McKee. “RIDE’s STEAM Logo Design Contest underscores how science, technology, engineering, art and design, and perhaps most critically, mathematics, intertwine with each other. This contest is a great example of how we are working as a state to emphasize the importance of math instruction. Math Matters, Rhode Island!”

“Allowing students to explore their creativity and find innovative ways of thinking is crucial to a well-rounded education,” said Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green. “Each year, the STEAM Logo Design Contest opens up opportunities for students from across Rhode Island to engage and apply their classroom learning, while also promoting STEAM education. We invite all high school students to submit a logo design for consideration.”

The selected slogan and design will be used on all promotional items and public announcements by RIDE related to STEAM education during the month of November. Logos should include a tagline and student-generated artwork. Last year, North Providence High School student Elizabeth Ricci won the contest.

The selection criteria for the STEAM Logo Design Contest is as follows:

Be creative and original
Effectively capture the viewer’s attention
Promote the innovative and collaborative nature of STEAM
Reflect the inclusion of all students in STEAM learning opportunities
Clearly promote Rhode Island STEAM Month 2025
Be reproducible with sharp, clean edges, free of smudges and extraneous marks

Artwork submitted for the contest may be computer-generated, hand drawn or a combination of different media and must be two-dimensional that is original – no copywritten images can be used. Artwork must be submitted on 8.5” x 11” paper, mounted on tagboard or cardstock no larger than 11” x 14” and may use portrait or landscape orientation. Digital JPEG files of the artwork must be submitted in both black and white and color. Each contestant must neatly complete the entry form and securely attach it to the back of the mounted artwork that is submitted.

Entries for the contest must be received by RIDE by April 11, 2025, by 4:00 p.m. Participants can send or drop off all entries to:

Rhode Island Department of Education

c/o Carolyn Higgins

255 Westminster Street

Providence, RI 02903

For support with deliveries of entries or questions, please email Carolyn Higgins at Carolyn.Higgins@ride.ri.gov. Please review the full contest rules, important deadlines, and access entry form here.

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