The Herricks school district unveiled its new logo last week, a change the district has long awaited.

The district chose Herricks High School student Jillian Clark’s design featuring a shield, the letter H and the slogan “Education Today, Knowledge Forever” to represent the district from among eight student designs.

Georgios Araujo and Jessica Tichauer were also chosen as finalists in a contest the district launched in the fall soliciting designs from students in Herricks High School’s various graphic design programs, overseen by teacher Allyson Zebrowski.

The district launched the contest to revamp the current logo, an outdated stock image a web designer chose that doesn’t reflect the district’s mission, Herricks school Superintendent Fino Celano has said.

The students used professional design programs, including Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, to create their logos.

A panel of judges chose eight semifinalists, who presented their designs in December.

All the semifinalists’ designs featured blue, Herricks High School’s signature color, and the district’s name.

Rather than outsource the logo design to a private company, Celano said in January, getting designs from students “reflects (the district’s) philosophy of empowering our students, and recognizing their outstanding work.”