Lindero Canyon School picks History Day Team

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers WINNER-Lindero Canyon Middle School eighth-grader Aubrey Pevsmer, 13, proudly displays her winning entry, which will represent LCMS at History Day LA. Winners for the national History Day theme, "Communication in History: The Key To Understanding,"were announced by LCMS Principal Ronald Kaiser during an exhibition of all LCMS entries last week.

Lindero Canyon Middle School has announced the students chosen for the Lindero Canyon History Day Team.

The students, who were selected on History Day, Jan. 12, will represent the school at History Day L.A. on Sat., March 20 on the campus of Cal State University Northridge.

Here are the representatives:

Individual documentary: Brad Leininger, "Jazz Through History;" Landen Hamilton, "Gestures as Non-Verbal Communication;" Brenden Barth, "Communication Through Food;" Ethan Jacob, "Drumming Through the Ages."

Group documentary: Megan Grossman, Kathleen Klezck, Alyssa Litman and Mariko Snyder, "Ray Charles;" Arielle Jacobs and Andie Neuman, "Anti-War Songs of the Vietnam War Era;" Jackson Kaplan and Evan Marcus, "Sandy Koufax;" Darren Dahl, Jordan Hansell and Daniel Gootnick, "Special Effects in Movies Communicated By Reflecting and Influencing Society."

Individual exhibit: Aubrey Pevsner, "Art That Tells A Story;" Laura Storojev, "Gestures Through the Ages;" Marianne Gunn, "International Communication;" Kevin Thompson, "Jazz... Soundtrack of the Century."

Group exhibit: Louis Fox, Nicole Kab, Victoria Olson and Kevin Snyder, "Political Cartoon;" Hayley Abramoff and Stephanie Mcnges, "Braille;" Quincy Kayton and Kellie Ryan, "Sign Language: Communication for a Voiceless Culture;" Katherine Rose Copeland and Taryn Kurcz, "Primate Communication Pioneers."

Individual website: Melody Wang, "The Internet and Modern Communication;" Sydni Adler and Jessica Bartlett, "Communication: Our Anti-Drug;" Garrett Aries, Brian Bartlett, Richard Stock and Samuel Yarin, "Baseball Communication."

Historical papers: David Aney, "Communication in the Civil War;" Alex Yeh, "Alexander Graham Bell and His Legacy Today;" Mitchell Squires, "GPS: The Location and Tracking Revolution;" Ashley Hanson, "Lights, Signs, and Movement: Signals and Signaling as Communications in History."