Chung-Yu “Mago” Huang of Bellevue, a student at Bellevue’s Interlake High School has been named a finalist in Safeway’s The Art of Dairy contest.

Chung-Yu is one of 30 students nationwide selected to compete for a $30,000 grand prize.

To promote dairy products as healthy snack alternatives for kids, Safeway and Lucerne asked high school students in grades 9 to 12 to submit designs using an outline of a cow as the canvas. More than 9,600 students submitted entries.

The 30 finalists will transfer their designs to life-sized fiberglass cow sculptures in the final phase of the competition. Each school receives a $250 stipend to purchase the art supplies that their student finalist uses to decorate the cow sculpture.

Once completed, the decorated cows will be on display at a Safeway or Safeway-owned store near the finalists’ schools during the final judging phase.

The grand prize winner will be announced in early May.