GVSU CSO Photo Contest

Your 2024 Photo Contest Winners!

There were nearly 80 photo submissions for the 2024 contest. Here are the photos that best stuck out to our panel of judges and the public.

1st Place Overall

Young boy builds a robot

Michigan Math and Science Academy

2nd Place Overall

A young girl smiling as a butterfly lands on her forehead

Knapp Charter Academy

3rd Place Overall

Two students smile and pose with a Cornerstone Schools prop frame

Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy

A teacher gives instruction to two high school boys as they work together.

People's Choice Award: Michigan Math & Science Academy

A teacher demonstrates a chemical reaction by creating a small fire ball above her outstretched hand

Most Creative: West Michigan Aviation Academy

A student holds his favorite book while dressed exactly like the book's main character.

Love for Literacy Award: Timberland Charter Academy

Four girls stand in front of a tractor while a farmer smiles from the tractor's cabin.

Innovative Instruction: Old Mission Peninsula School


How to Participate in 2025 Photo Contest

Details for the 2025 Photo Contest will be released in early October. 


A young girl flies a plane above Grand Rapids, MI.

2023 winner

girl holding a beaker in science class

2018 Winner

girl doing a cartwheel

2017 Winner

Graduating student holding diploma and young child

2016 Winner


Questions?

All questions about the contest can be sent to Michael Cousins, the associate director of community outreach at the GVSU CSO. Email Michael.



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