Arroyo Paseo Charter High School students designed these logos and submitted them to the school's competition.

1. APCHS Logo Competition
Student Submissions

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3. In this logo I used all kinds of hues & tints to
express to the target audience. I used a
transparent canvas & I pasted & cut all my
pictures in my logo. I did it out of a scratch, first I
draw it in my notebook
and then I did a riplica in GIMP. I used the
internet as a reference to look up pictures and to
open the school page. May be my logo would be
an icon !!!
AM

4. This Logo Has Eagle's Wings As A Symbol That
Represents How Eagles Fly High And How Us We Have A
Goal And Its To Go High In Other Words Rich You Goal.
They Are In Duo, Black & White.
AS

5. For the logo design, I chose a tint of the primary color blue and a
tint of the primary color yellow as the background, representing
the sun and sky, because I see the sun as a symbol for new
opportunities and a time to start fresh, and that is what school is
to many students. I chose the popular icon that represents
strength and prosperity, which also happens to be the school
mascot, (the eagle) as represent strength, which is what you
need to be successful in life. I also chose a bright tint of yellow,
which represents power of thought (important to express
opinions) and confidence, which is also necessary for success.
This logo needs to appeal to many different cultures, though of
course the target audience is students and parents. I think even
though the logo includes many different elements, it blends
nicely.
CaD

6. My rationale behind the composition and meaning of my logo has many parts involved in it.
First, I knew I did not want to use any web-based references, such as google images, etc.
Basically, I wanted to be completely original on my Tertiary color logos and I did not want it
to be a replica of something else. Secondly, I loved the fact that my canvas was going to be
a non traditional one, (GIMP), located on the computer, because I am very tech savvy.
Also, my logo is not icon size because I wanted it to be large. Lastly, I wanted to use an
eagle that symbolizes leadership and cunningness. In conclusion, I had a riveting time using
this software because I had used it so many times before (Adobe Photoshop), and I just
love the graphic arts.
CrD

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8. I chose a Tree For my logo. I chose the tree because Arroyo paseo is like a Tree that is
Growing every year. Also That time when the guy in the wheel chair came in to present
when he talked about that billion dollar company of Watchs I wanted To kind of copy
that image but representing our school with different Hues Tho.I used one Primary
color which is Yellow.The other colors I used are Secondary Colors(Brown and Green).I
Did Used a tint which was light yellow when my primary yellow is Dark yellow. A regular
tree would have leaves Coming out but instead I changed it and instead Words are
coming out of the tree.It is a reference how You start off as a root then later you grow
bigger and bigger into a tree which would be when you make decisions and later on
then you turn old and so on. My logo is like a symbol How you start small and as you
get bigger you make harder decisions. I would say somewhat My logo would be
mainstream or so since big company have Trees to represent they are a growing
buissness like our school we grow every year except we don’t die we keep on going
until we become a very,very big school. My tree can also be a icon in a way since it is
very simple and most people will be able to remember.It was a great experience using
gimp it will help me on the future with “tuning” pictures. I will use gimp in the future to
make logos and other art projects I will have later on the year.
DNC

9. This logo represents the arroyo paseo charter high school. This type of art
work should not be an outcast. I wanted to put some abstract like the
abstract movement but couldn’t do it. I used blue one of the primary colors.
The canvas has a sharp circle representing perfection. The target audience is
high school students. The symbol is also unity.
ER

10. These logos represent a few symbols that
I think are important to target the
audience of students and parents that
are looking for a great school that has
high achievement. In one or two of the
logos I have put a graduation cap at the
end of APCHS to show the icon that
symbolizes graduation and success at the
end of high school. In one of my logos I
used a combination of a primary color
such as blue and a secondary color such
as green because I thought that it would
capture the attention of the mainstream
and for reference I looked to the original
letters that stand for the school.
JV

11. The way I made this design is starting with the animal of the school which is an Eagle. Later, I
began thinking about the people in the school of how many different race is there and that we all
come together as one. The most important of all is thinkiing about what Hue I need for the logo.
First thing that came from my head was finding References in order to give me ideas for the logo.
Everything was ready to start my logo; starting with drawing it by hand. The composition is the one
I was struggling the most in a way where if I should make the image zoom in, from a distance or
sort of a kind of a background landscape. Starting with the most important is the Icon which is the
bald eagle because the way of it’s difficulty. Later on when I was done with the bald eagle was the
earth to represent the many different people that came to this school. I would have to replicate
my logo for about three times for which we need: 1-to have an image in black in white. 2-in two
eithe primary, secondary or tertiary colors, 3-in multi colors. The way I think it would pop-out to
the audience is because I added a light colors for the interior, and for the exterior I added a darker
color to show the main parts of the image.
LJ

12. My rationale behind the
logo of my choice has
many reasons. First, I
chose the eagle because
it’s the school mascot. It
symbolizes freedom.
Second, I wanted to use
only one Tertiary color
because I like a hue that
looks like a blend
between two different
colors. I really liked my
canvas to be
untraditional (Using
GIMP) because I like
working with computers.
Also, I had many
references, such as the
Google Images to make
my replica. In the
end, the composition of
my replica was very
entertaining because the
eagle is at the center. I
learned how to use
GIMP and got more
knowledge. Using GIMP
was a great experience
for me and I will use
GIMP in the future for
other art projects.
LV

13. My rationale behind my APCHS logo, has many reasons. First, I used an eagle to Symbolize leadership in
our school. Second, I use many Tertiary colors because I like different Hues in my Replica. Then, my
Composition of my logo was done on GIMP, an elecrtonic Canvas. In conclusion, I enjoyed this so
much, that I would love to join the computer graphics art movment.
OC

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16. in my logo i used two
symbols, one is a eagle and
the other one is a pencil, i
also used to kinds of hue, i
avoid using primary colors.
one of them is a secondary
color, orange and brown
my target audience is
everyone, the reason i
chose this symbols was
because the school mascot
is an eagle and the pencil
was because its a way to
represent education.
ES

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22. I chose to make this logo because I think it
represents the school and the schools
colors.I like the I incorparated the eagle into
the logo. Hopefully one day my logo will
become an icon to the school district as one
of the best schools in san diego. The eagle I
found on a mainstream web site called
google.on my logo I didn’t want to use any
tints because I wanted it to be simple.i have
one primary color and that’s the
gold/yellow.and my secondary color I used
was green also our schools color.
JM