Oswegatchie Elementary, one of three schools in the Waterford Public Schools district, held a mascot design contest in 2025 to create its very first mascot, an owl. I aimed to design something both cute for the younger kids and 'cool'  for the 4th and 5th graders who would be competing with it. I pulled colors from the Waterford Schools logo and from the school’s own light and dark brick exterior to make the design feel truly ‘Oswegatchie.’