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Junior Prizegiving
 
Photo by Francine Vella

Junior Prizegiving 2016

Mark Anderson —

(Junior diplomas have been included in this prizelist).

CLAYTON HOUSE

Alix Abernethy (Junior Diploma)
Jago Allerston (Junior Diploma)
Albert Baeumer (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Boys Hockey - Most Improved Player, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Science)
Abraham Baillie (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Best Jazz Band Performance Junior Student Award, Junior Shakespeare Cup - Best Group)
CJ Barnes (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Best All-Round Year 9 Maori Studies Student, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Science)
Nerise Barnes (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Abi Barton (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Football Most Improved Player, Junior Girls Under 15 Athletics Champion, Premier Award in Maori, Honours Award in Drama, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Science)
Molly Barton (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Climbing Award, Premier Award in English, Premier Award in Science, Honours Award in French, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Metal), Honours Award in Materials Technology (Wood), Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Music, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Josie Baughen (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Burt Scholarship in Design and Visual Communication, Premier Award in Design and Visual Communication, Premier Award in Fabric Technology, Premier Award in Materials Technology (Wood), Honours Award in Mathematics)
Sophie Black (Junior Diploma with Merit, LPHS Girls Hockey - Most Promising Junior Player, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Kayla Boniface (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Crystal Booth (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Health)
Matai Bowen (Junior Diploma with Distinction, LPHS Junior Chess Champion, LPHS Junior Football - Norm Chidley Award: Most Valuable Player (Year 10), Premier Award in Physical Education)
Pun Chantaravarin (Junior Diploma)
Adair Clark (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Writing - Poetry, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Science, Honours Award in Chinese, Honours Award in Drama, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Jaymie Cooper (Junior Diploma)
Isa Degas (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Art, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Wood))
Lealia Devereux (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in Fabric Technology, Honours Award in Music, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Khedrup Dorjee (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Rammy El-dessouky (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Librarian Award, Junior Service Award Manaaki/Tautoko (Boys), Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Caspian Ferens (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Nathan Fowler (Junior Diploma)
Cheyenne Gibbs (Junior Diploma)
Maggie Gorman (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Paida Gwavava (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Tabitha Hall (Junior Diploma)
Megan Harvey (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Brannon Hatfield (Junior Diploma with Merit, Premier Award in Maori)
Cameron James-Pirie (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in Drama)
Gabriel Kovacs (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Wiremu Kovacs (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Food Technology, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Science)
Aliana Lewis (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Drama)
Leo Lublow-Catty (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Eamon Lupton-Wilson (Junior Diploma, Junior Boys Under 14 Athletics Champion, Honours Award in Science)
Bailey Marsden (Junior Diploma)
Angus McLean (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Roslyn McLean (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Design and Visual Communication, Premier Award in Fabric Technology, Honours Award in Art, Honours Award in Food Technology)
Hamish Muir (Junior Diploma)
Olive Myles (Junior Diploma)
Aliya Prasad (Junior Diploma)
Cailin Rogers (Junior Diploma with Merit, Waterpolo - Most Improved Junior Player)
Liam Smith (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Sofia Till (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Anna Walrond (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Materials Technology (Wood), Honours Award in Art, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Liam Walters (Junior Diploma)
Ethan Williams (Junior Diploma, Premier Award in Materials Technology (Metal))
Emmanuel Wong (Junior Diploma with Distinction, LPHS Junior Chess Champion, Service To School Music Junior Student Award, Hypatia Trophy for Excellence in Competition Mathematics, Mathematics Department Prize, Premier Award in Science, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Food Technology, Honours Award in French, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Jemma Wong (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in English, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Science, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Food Technology, Honours Award in Japanese, Honours Award in Social Studies)

OMIMI HOUSE

Iffah Aminudin (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Korean, Honours Award in Science)
Isaac Barham (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Caitlin Bathgate (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Magnus Campbell (Junior Diploma, Premier Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Chinese)
Trent Carmody (Junior Diploma)
Izabella Carter (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Leah Cooke-McDonnell (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Under 14 Athletics Champion, Most Promising Junior Volleyball Player, Pankhurst Prize for Excellence in Science, Premier Award in Digital Technology, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Physical Education, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Food Technology)
Te Awa Crossman-Nixon (Junior Diploma, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Rebecca Dalphin (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Under 14 Cross Country Champion, Kempthorne Prize for Excellence in Science, Premier Award in French, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Music, Premier Award in Physical Education, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in Design and Visual Communication, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Wood))
Anna Denys (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Drama)
Lucas Dubyk (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Bailey Fox-Harris (Junior Diploma)
Sasha Freeman (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Drama, Honours Award in English)
Violet Gallop (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Maori, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Laura Graham (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Metal))
Cassie Harris (Junior Diploma with Merit, Junior Service Award Manaaki/Tautoko (Girls))
Justice Harvey-Helsloot (Junior Diploma)
Zinnia Haworth (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Te Paea Henman (Junior Diploma)
Noah Hjertquist (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Alice Houston-Page (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Jody Beazley Award for Excellence in Junior Drama, Junior Shakespeare Cup - Best Group, Social Studies Department Cup for Outstanding Junior Performance, Premier Award in Drama, Premier Award in English, Premier Award in French, Premier Award in Health, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Science)
Jahkoda Hunt (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Health, Honours Award in Science)
Ziggi Kaitai-Martin (Junior Diploma with Merit, Junior Drama Comedy Prize, LPHS Junior Football - Blair Barringer Award for Most Improved Player (Year 10))
Samuel Knudson (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Jade Kucija (Junior Diploma)
Erin Lamond (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Payge Leishman (Junior Diploma)
Finn Lillis (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Carl Dickel Award for Service To LPHS Junior Basketball, Coach's Trophy for Best All-round Contribution To Rugby - Under 15, Colts Tournament - Most Valuable Cricket Player, Gemmill Family Award for Service To Junior Shows, Junior Boys Touch Award - Best & Fairest, LPHS Cricketers Cup - Most Promising Junior Batter, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Liam Loughran (Junior Diploma, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Colin Macandrew (Junior Diploma with Merit, Junior Boys Badminton Champion)
Carly McGavin (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Food Technology)
Piper McKerracher (Junior Diploma with Distinction, LPHS Girls Football Best Junior Player, Honours Award in Art)
Niamh Moyle (Junior Diploma)
Devon Munro (Junior Diploma, Junior Award for Significant Contribution To Theatre Sports)
Charlotte Murphy (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Lisel Nader-Turner (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Netball Award, Honours Award in Drama, Honours Award in Health, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Elvis Nicolls (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Art)
Hamish O'Malley-King (Junior Diploma with Merit, La Hood Junior Debating Shield)
Thomas Power (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Maori)
Emily Proctor (Junior Diploma)
Jack Rae (Junior Diploma)
Lucas Reid (Junior Diploma with Merit, Premier Award in Digital Technology)
Mae Rose-Wills (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Best All-round Year 9 Art Student, LPHS Girls Junior Futsal Trophy: Most Valuable Player, Premier Award in Drama, Honours Award in Fabric Technology)
Michael Stephenson (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Jazmin Taylor (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Art, Premier Award in English, Honours Award in Fabric Technology, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Metal), Honours Award in Science)
Jayden Te Tana (Junior Diploma)
Cassie Winters (Junior Diploma)
Dylan Wooliscroft (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)

AORAKI HOUSE

Saoirse Benn (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Amelia Chang (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Tam Chanthasen (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Fabric Technology, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Daniel Clapham (Junior Diploma)
Hannah Colson (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Honours Award in Health, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Daniel Cowles (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Boys Under 14 Cross Country Champion, Junior Boys Volleyball Award, Premier Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Health, Honours Award in Latin, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Music, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Matthew Cowles (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Boys Basketball Award, Premier Award in Mathematics, Premier Award in Physical Education, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in Design and Visual Communication, Honours Award in Science)
Kesha Curwood (Junior Diploma)
Henry Eden-Mann (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Denise Walsh Junior Drama Award, Premier Award in Robotics, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Wood))
Liam Gill (Junior Boys Under 15 Athletics Champion)
Samuel Hendriks (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Josie Hopkins (Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Oliver Hughes (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Kaitlyn Hughes-Trezise (Junior Diploma)
Emily Hutton (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Best All-round Year 10 Art Student, LPHS Girls Hockey - Best Junior Player, Honours Award in French)
Jorja Hutton (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Badminton Champion, Premier Award in Food Technology, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Annie Kennedy-Atchison (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Basketball Award, Junior Girls Under 15 Cross Country Champion, Junior Spelling Champion, La Hood Junior Debating Shield, Waterpolo - Best and Fairest, A E Wilson Memorial Cup for Best Junior Foreign Language Student, Callender Scholarship in Food Technology, Premier Award in Food Technology, Premier Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Latin, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Maria Kohu-Morris (Junior Diploma with Merit, Year 10 Tikanga Maori Award)
Min Le Lin (Junior Diploma, Premier Award in Chinese)
Beth Lynch (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Excellence in Vocal Performance, Social Studies Department Cup for Outstanding Junior Performance, Premier Award in English, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Fabric Technology, Honours Award in Health)
N'Keyah Marsh (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Molly Marshall (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Ennis Massey (Junior Diploma)
Violet McGlynn-Cole (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Harry McLellan (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Rosa Miller (Junior Diploma with Distinction, La Hood Junior Debating Shield, Premier Award in Art, Honours Award in Drama, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Social Studies)
James Mitchell (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Science, Honours Award in Design and Visual Communication, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Ella Molteno (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Drama, Premier Award in Materials Technology (Metal), Premier Award in Science, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Wood), Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Music)
Cameron Monteath (Junior Diploma with Distinction, E G Couper Memorial Award for String Playing, Service To School Music Junior Student Award, Premier Award in Music, Honours Award in French, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Allen Nardo (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Caitlin O'Brien (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Music, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Cameron O'Connor (Junior Diploma)
Bailey Owens (Junior Diploma)
Jessie Pearson (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Health, Honours Award in Science)
Lucy Peck (Junior Diploma, Honours Award in Art)
Liam Rawson (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Digital Technology)
Helen Ruan (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Zak Rudin (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Drama, Premier Award in English, Premier Award in Science, Honours Award in Design and Visual Communication, Honours Award in Health, Honours Award in Mathematics, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Lichen Sorrel (Junior Diploma with Distinction, LPHS Boys Hockey - Most Promising Junior Player, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Wood), Honours Award in Physical Education)
Danielle Sunitsch (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Japanese, Honours Award in Art, Honours Award in Food Technology)
Tyranny Sutherland (Junior Diploma)
Esther Tamati (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Food Technology, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Fabric Technology)
Abby Wright (Junior Diploma, Honours Award in Social Studies)

Toroa House

Arlo Aitken (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Cristina Barriga (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Girls Volleyball Award - Most Improved Player, Premier Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Food Technology, Honours Award in French, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Olivia Bradfield (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Elva Simpson Cup - Contribution To Junior Netball, La Hood Junior Debating Shield, Premier Award in English, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in Art, Honours Award in Drama)
Isaac Cadogan (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Grace Valentina Cunningham (Junior Diploma with Distinction, E G Couper Memorial Award for Wind Playing, Premier Award in Art, Honours Award in Science)
Stella Dickie (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Britney Finch (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Evie Freeth (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Hugh Gibson (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Spelling Champion, Honours Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in English)
Mandy Gray (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Kacy Henley (Junior Diploma, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Oliver Johnston-Jones (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Digital Technology)
Alex Lambert-Janes (Junior Diploma)
Zakk Marsh (Junior Diploma)
Sunny McCabe (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Silva McDowell (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Kiara McGhie (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Casper McGuire (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Excellence in Stage Craft, Junior Public Speaking Award, Junior Writing - Formal, Honours Award in Mathematics)
Finn McKinlay (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Boys Under 15 Cross Country Champion, Strawberry Sound Cup for Excellence in Junior Contemporary Music, Pankhurst Prize for Excellence in Science, Honours Award in Maori, Honours Award in Music)
Shamani McQuillan (Junior Diploma, Honours Award in Art)
Hannah Mitchell (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Paris Noor (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Ebony Phillips (Junior Diploma)
Mikey Rainbow (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Calum Rate (Junior Diploma)
Sujata Ritchie (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Ethan Roberts (Junior Diploma)
Amelia Ross (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Award for Significant Contribution to Theatre Sports)
Bella Sefo (Junior Diploma with Merit, Excellence in Stage Craft, Honours Award in Social Studies)
Sidney Smith (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Health, Premier Award in Social Studies, Honours Award in Art, Honours Award in Drama, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in French, Honours Award in Music)
Sam Souquet (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Science)
Lucy Spittle (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Junior Writing - Prose)
Molly Stebbings (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Ex-pupils Award for Excellence in Junior Drama, Junior Shakespeare - Best Actor, Honours Award in Art)
Aidhan Taylor (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Premier Award in Digital Technology, Honours Award in Art)
Isabel Townsley (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Arnie Tregonning (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Amelia Van de Klundert (Junior Diploma)
Jakob Wass (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Dylan White (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Materials Technology (Metal), Honours Award in Science)
Emma White (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in English, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Emily Whittle (Junior Diploma with Merit)
Danielle Wilson (Junior Diploma)
Zach Wyvill (Junior Diploma with Merit, Honours Award in Drama)
Rintaro Yamamoto (Junior Diploma)
Philip Yeardley (Junior Diploma with Distinction)
Samuel Yeardley (Junior Diploma with Distinction, LPHS Boys Junior Vikings Futsal Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Physical Education Department Prize, Honours Award in Physical Education)
Cathy Zeng (Junior Diploma with Distinction, Mathematics Department Prize, Premier Award in English, Premier Award in Latin, Premier Award in Music, Honours Award in Physical Education, Honours Award in Science, Honours Award in Social Studies)

SPECIAL AWARDS

John Crawford Memorial Prize for Initiative and Leadership at Tautuku - Annie Kennedy-Atchison, Matai Bowen

PTSA Prize for Service to School - Lealia Devereux, Rosa Miller, Matai Bowen

LPHS Junior Community Service Award - Steven Peat Memorial Trophy - Henry Eden-Mann

Best Sports Performance by a Junior Student - Finn Lillis, Annie Kennedy-Atchison

Best Cultural Performance by a Junior Student - Cameron Monteath, Emmanuel Wong

Jan Tucker Cup for Best Cultural or Sporting Performance - Abi Barton

Pacifica Young Achiever - Sujata Ritchie

Best All-Round Junior Student Award for Tikanga Maori - Maria Kohu-Morris

Principal's Award for Top Junior Diploma, Year 9 - Daniel Cowles

Principal's Award for Top Junior Diploma, Year 10 - Zak Rudin

Ross Nelson Cup for the Best All-round Junior Student - Annie Kennedy-Atchison

Runner-up to Junior Dux - Leah Cooke-McDonnell

Mona King Memorial Award for Junior Dux - Alice Houston-Page


Ms Johnson's Junior Prize-Giving Speech 

Nga Mihi o te Ra – tena Koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Hooray – we are at the end of term 4! We are all looking forward to our school holidays after a year of motivated and successful team-work and achievements, which we can look back on with some satisfaction. But without everyone involved, including whanau and teachers, we wouldn’t have junior prize-winners, talented musicians and senior leaders to be part of our celebration today.

Our debt to others before us and in the present brings me to a favourite whakatauki on this theme:

Ehara toku toa I te toa takitahi. He toa takitine toku toa.

My strength is not due to me alone, but due to the strength of many.

Take a minute to think about it –

· How many teachers, whanau, friends, social media stars, favourite book or film characters, sports heroes, environment and cultural leaders have already helped you become who you are today?

· How much do you know about your own whanau history and the history of your kura?

By exploring answers to these questions, you can explore your sense of belonging, cultural values and a support network for your own future. You can never start this personal journey too soon.

Our Kura history for Logan Park High school started on this Butts Road/Dundas Street site with juniors in 1974, but our King Edward Technical College school whakapapa goes back to our Dunedin Technical School beginnings 123 years ago in 1893 on a small site in Great King Street for day and evening students, who were mainly young adults. Classes were organised around Chemistry, Wood Carving, Domestic Economy, Cooking, Dress-making, Plumbing and Navigation, as preparation for employment.

By 1897, there was so much popular support for the original Dunedin Technical School that by 1898, another site, twice as big with 14 rooms, had to be chosen by the Caledonian Association in Moray Place. I suspect that this Moray Street Foundry site was donated by the Burt Brothers (Plumbing and Foundry Business), after whom the KETC Assembly Hall was named in 1914. Alex Burt from the Burt Brothers also donated the KETC Bell in 1914 at the Stuart Street site.

In 1903, the Technical school was handed over to the Otago Education Board and by 1909, a day school was introduced before members suggested a new site in Stuart Street, to provide for continually expanding student numbers. This new Technical School was ready to open in 1914. It was named after the British monarch, King Edward V11, who died in 1910, such was Dunedin’s and New Zealand’s loyalty to the British Empire.

· The first school magazine was produced in 1917

· In 1921, the School of Art was added to the Technical School.

· A new Technical wing was opened in 1923.

· Mr Aldridge, Principal from 1926-1949, developed Music with outstanding success, with yearly King Edward Music Festivals that eventually evolved into the Otago Secondary schools Music Festival.

· Up till 1950, Dunedin’s King Edward Technical School included a day school, the Technical High School, the Dunedin school of Art, the Evening school and the Senior School of Commerce.

· The new King Edward Technical High School roll grew to 736 in 1950 and in 1955 the roll was over 1300, the largest school roll in New Zealand! With the evening classes, the total roll was 2,500 or 260 classes.

· In fact the school was so successful that the Prime Minister, Walter Nash, spoke at the 1959 King Edward Technical School Jubilee celebrating 50 years of the high school, 70 years of evening classes and 90 years of the Dunedin School of Art.

· In 1966, the King Edward Technical School was divided into two schools on the same site: Otago Polytechnic was established for adults and the King Edward High school became independent, with Mr Collett as the High school Principal.

· In 1966, a Science and Technology course was introduced and in 1968, both an academic course and a Work Experience course were started.

· In 1967, a new high school was planned by the Principal and school Board and finally the Department of Education allocated the Pelichet Bay Rifle Range site in Butts Road, Dunedin North as the site of the new school, Logan Park High school. The KET High School was closed in January 1975.

So looking back on this history, you can see where Logan Park not only draws on a long history of technical expertise, but also an early emphasis on Science and Technology, Work Experience and the Arts – Music and Art in particular. Drama came later, early in the development of LPHS English Department, with Denise Walsh’s new role as a drama teacher, after whom, this auditorium, Manawa Toi Whakaari is named.

From King Edward High School We still have the Monheimer Trust as a LPHS endowment to buy musical instruments and equipment; the Aldridge Cup for the top Mathematics student in year 13, the Mathew Cable memorial Prize for Excellence in year 10 Art, the Callendar Scholarship in Food Technology, the Burt Scholarship in Design, the EG Cooper Memorial awards for String Playing and Wood-wind playing, the Kempthorne Prize for Excellence in Science, the Ross Nelson Best All-Round junior student Cup; and the Mona King Memorial Award for Junior Dux, introduced at LPHS 15 years ago, but in memory of the Assistant principal at both KETC and LPHS until Mona retired in the early 1980s.

And of course we have the colours of our LPHS school uniform from our King Edward High School – grey, white and maroon jersey and blazer. They didn’t, as we originally thought, come from the 1976 Logan Park High school’s new Coat of Arms woven on to your blazer pockets, jackets and jerseys. But you will note, there is a crown at the top of the logo, signifying the King Edward Technical High school, the trees of Logan Park and the human heart pierced with three nails of passion for learning, along with the motto: Ku Mutu, Kua Timata – now it has ended, now it is begun, signifying the history of our several Kura up to the present - and any other new initiatives, like our UE Summer School in January.

And there is the cycle of 2016 Staff Farewells and new beginnings:

Hence I would like to farewell five fabulous, hard-working staff members, who have each added to the achievements and history of our Kura – Han Verberne our retiring HoD Guidance Counsellor, Heather Brown, our Food Technology and Hospitality teacher moving to Hillmorton High school in Christchurch; Sarah Spicer, appointed head of Drama at Diocesan Girls’ College in Auckland, Sue Lewis our second Guidance Counsellor appointed to Cromwell College from 2017 and Cat Hunter, our senior Hospitality teacher, appointed to Kaikorai Valley College. We won’t have James Govan teaching Maths and PE in 2017 while he is exploring the globe, but he is on leave and we hope to welcome him back at the start of 2018.

Thanks to staff for their focussed and committed teaching in 2016 and the new Board led by Ronda Grills for their efficient settling-in period and their contribution to our approved 2017 Annual Plan, which is all ready to go in January with the commencement of our second University Entrance Summer School for all students from LPHS and beyond.

Meanwhile, don’t forget that our year 10 and 11 start date is Tuesday 31st January at 8:55am

And our year 9 Mihi Whakatau supported by year 12 and 13 students is on Wednesday February 1st at 8:55am.

EV1[0hO