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Park Press May 2014

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Fencing

Fencing Champion

by Kristan Mouat

Pippi Miller won a gold medal in the Under-17 Women's Foil at the New Zealand National Fencing Championships in Wellington in April.

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Race Unity Assembly

2014 Race Unity Assembly

by Kristan Mouat

Over 80 students from 30 countries celebrated Race Unity at a special assembly in Term One.

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Shakespeare

LPHS students to perform in Wellington

by Arnika Hazelwood

A talented group of LPHS Students won the Otago Secondary Schools' "Best Teacher-Directed Shakepearean Performance" with HOD Drama Sarah Spicer's production of King Lear.

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Camp

Tautuku Camp

by Kristan Mouat

All of the Year 10 classes enjoyed their Outdoor Education Camp at Tautuku, in the beautiful Catlins area in Term One and Term Two.

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Media Studies

48 Hour Film Competition

by Alexander Woolrych

Every year we have several teams of students and recent ex-students combine to enter the 48 Hour Furious Film-making competition.

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Connor Seddon

Otago–Southland Rotary four-way speech competition

by Kristan Mouat

Connor Seddon says delivering an award-winning speech is all about timing.   Connor won the Otago-Southland Rotary four-way speech competition for 2014.

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Dodgeball

Other Sports News

by Kristan Mouat

We've had lots of sports activity going on recently.

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Paired reading

Peer Reading

by Kristan Mouat

Over twenty of our junior students opted into our Peer Reading Programme, which ran in terms 1 and 2. Juniors were matched with Senior Buddies and they read together during Group time in the Library, three times a week.

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KiwiHost

KiwiHost Applied Services Concept Course

by Marion Brinsley

At the end of Term One we had six students from the Career Pathways class attend a KiwiHost Course.

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Pasifika High Achievers

Top Two Pasifika NCEA Level 2 Achievers

by Marion Brinsley

Taloha ni, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa atu, Ni sa bula, Kia ora, Talofa lava, Greetings.

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New Caledonia

New Caledonia — Host Families

by Isla, Loren and Evalotte

For nine nights of our New Caledonia trip we stayed with local families. We were put into groups of two or three students and each group had a different host family.

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Maori and Pasific Islands Homework Club

Maori and Pacific Islands Homework Club

by Marion Brinsley

Maori and Pacific Islands Homework Club meets after school on Thursday in the whare and welcomes all students.

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Spirit of New Zealand

The Spirit of New Zealand 2014

by Fraser Braid and Aria Nader-Turner

The Spirit of New Zealand left Auckland on Thursday 12th of May, with forty students on board from four schools all around New Zealand. Our team called themselves the ‘Southern Constellations’.

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New Caledonia

ANZAC Day in New Caledonia

by Katherine Woolrych

During our visit to New Caledonia in April, fifteen students and two staff members had the opportunity to represent New Zealand at the ANZAC day dawn service in Noumea.

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Rugby

Touch Rugby

by Duncan Trickey

Term One's Touch season started with a bang. Logan Park had four teams competing in the competition. Here is the juice on the teams.

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Stage Challenge

Stage Challenge

by Ella Dodd

This year’s Stage Challenge was off the chain.

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New Caledonia

New Caledonia

by Staff

The Logan Park High School French Trip to New Caledonia was on 18th–29th of May.

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Rugby

Rugby at Logan Park

by Duncan Trickey

Logan Park's rugby teams are already in full swing. The Under 13's in Year 9 are playing with the Alhambra Union and training on Wednesday night at Opoho Park. With around 6 of our Year 9's running out for the side the future looks promising for Logan Park's rugby teams. The Broncos as they are known had a poor start to the season, but turned it around with a win against Kaikorai in their second game.

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Latin Gold Medal Winner

Latin Gold Medal Winner

by Arnika Hazelwood

Year 12 student Tuhin Baucus scored 39 out of 40 in the 2014 American Latin examination, putting him in the top 1% worldwide.

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New Zealand Drama

by Sarah Spicer

Logan Park High School Drama students were stunned by the brilliance of the latest play at The Fortune Theatre. Over 125 students packed out the forum evening and they were not disappointed. The production showed New Zealand Theatre at its best.

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Film - Infamous

Infamous

by Sarah Spicer

Pippi Miller had the lead role of Rab in the locally produced short film "Infamous" written and directed by Susan Marshall.

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