We are thrilled to announce that we had well over 850 incredible patch designs submitted for this year’s 2019 mission patch design challenge. Nearly all of the patches were proudly displayed at this year’s Student Space and Innovations Expo and it was an impressive showing of design thinking and artistic execution. Congratulations to every learner and facilitator who participated, mission accomplished beyond our wildest dreams!

This year’s designs finalists were carefully selected by each participating school or program’s Art Facilitator and we are pretty sure they had a tough time narrowing it down:

Jayna Bunao, 2/3rd Grade
SCVi

Mark Paynter Ramos, 3rd Grade
iLEAD AV

Katie Vonnegut, 4th Grade
iLEAD Agua Dulce

Karson Litterer Braun, 4th Grade
iLEAD Spring Meadows

Byron Aguilar, 4th Grade
iLEAD Lancaster

Eli Combs, 5th Grade
iLEAD Spring Meadows

Madison Murtishaw, 6th Grade
iLEAD Agua Dulce

Korie Dougherty, 7th Grade
iLEAD Antelope Valley

Jeidy Marquez, 7th Grade
iLEAD Lancaster

Gabby Ismail, 7th Grade
SCVi

Hope Hemsley, 9th Grade
iLEAD Online

Heather Hemsley, 9th Grade
iLEAD Online

Now it’s time for our team of judges to decide from these select finalist’s which two patches — grades K-4 and grades 5-12 — will be going into space to the International Space Station! Keep an sharp lookout for the announcement coming soon to your Monday Message.