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LPHS 2019 MAGAZINE

Welcome to the LPHS 2019 School Magazine.

Enjoy reading and seeing the adventures, activities and achievements of our school community this year. 

Contents

Jazz Band

Jazz Band

by Lealia Devereux

2019 has proved to be yet another exceptional year for the Jazz Band.

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Staff Photo

2019 Staff News

by Supplied

We will have a number of new staff starting in 2020 because of the growth in our roll.

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Junior Show

Junior Show

by Arnika Hazelwood

We all enjoyed another fabulous Junior Show in December.

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Interhouse Futsal

Interhouse Futsal

by Frankie Vella

During Term Three, we held the finals of the another successful Interhouse competition.

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Youth Week

Youth Week - Multisport

by Arnika Hazelwood

The sporting event for Youth week was Interhouse Multisport.

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Year 13 Photo

Year 13 Farewells

by Arnika Hazelwood

We farewelled our Year 13 students with a brunch in November and a supper after Senior Prizegiving.

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Year 9 Afternoon Tea

Year 9 Parents Afternoon Tea

by Arnika Hazelwood

We enjoyed meeting many of our new Year 9 parents and whanau in March.

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Emi and Francisca

Francisca Griffin's album tour

by Andrea McSweeney

In February Emi Sharma performed as the opening act for Francisca Griffin's album tour gig at the Galley Cafe.

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Excellence Endorsed/Scholarship Morning Tea

Excellence and Scholarship Morning Tea

by Arnika Hazelwood

We celebrated outstanding senior success in February with a special morning tea.

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Welcome to new students

Students welcomed

by Arnika Hazelwood

At the beginning of 2019 we welcomed over 200 new students to our Logan Park family.

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Digital Technology

Technology Department Report

by Various

Another year of wonderful technological outcomes from a diverse and energetic array of students and we have seen quite a few changes in the Technology Department staff too.

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Otago Athletics Champs

Athletics Champions

by Frankie Vella

Congratulations to our fantastic Athletics team. Zack Hibbert won Silver at the New Zealand Secondary School Athletics Championships in December.

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The Journey

The Journey

by Arnika Hazelwood

Year 13 Physical Education students enjoyed their 3 day Journey around Dunedin in February.

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New Staff

New Teachers

by Kristan Mouat

Because of roll growth we have appointed a number of new teachers for 2019.

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NCEA Results

NCEA Results

by Arnika Hazelwood

NCEA results came out in January. These students were captured by the Otago Daily Times checking their results.

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Co-Principals

Co-Principals feature in Ministry of Education publication

by Catherine Van Hale MOE

Our co-principals were interviewed for a 2019 Ministry of Education publication looking at educational leadership.

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Board Games

Year 12 Health

by Mrs Frost

At the end of Term 1, students from the Level 2 Health Education class implemented a variety of Health-enhancing Actions within the Logan Park community.

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Tautuku Camp

Year 10 Camps

by Arnika Hazelwood

Year 10 classes enjoyed building confidence, outdoor adventures and experiences at Tautuku in the beautiful Catlins area in Term 1 and 2.

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Challenge Wanaka Triathlon

Challenge Wanaka Triathlon

by Frankie Vella

Two teams and one individual competitor braved challenging windy conditions in Wanaka for the Otago Secondary School Triathlon Championships in March.

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Leadership Camp

Leadership Camp

by Arnika Hazelwood

Nearly 50 Year 13 students attended Leadership Camp in March.

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Year 9 Scholarship

Year 9 Scholarship Winners 2019

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to our successful Year 9 Scholarship recipients.

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Co-Principals and long-serving retiring Board Member

ERO Acknowledgement of "Best Practice"

by Arnika Hazelwood

Logan Park High School was featured again in a national Education Review Office (ERO) publication sent to all secondary schools in June.

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Otago Cross Country

Cross Country Champs

by Rebecca Dalphin

Congratulations to Viviane Dalphin, Nico Alvarez Rey-Virag and Rebecca Dalphin who have been consistently high achieving in Cross Country this year.

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Dunedin Co-ed Schools Winter Tournament

Dunedin Co-ed Schools Winter Tournament

by Frankie Vella

Congratulations to all of our sports teams involved in the June event.

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Managing Munchkins

Managing Munchkins

by James Govan

Year 12 Physical Education students had the privilege of working with the North East Valley Normal School (NEV) kids again this year as part of our curriculum.

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Football

Football

by James Govan, Finn Kelly, Sandy Gorman and Frankie Vella

Logan Park Football has continued to grow this year, with five teams across Junior and Senior divisions.

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Football

Senior Boys Football Tournament 2019

by Amasiio Jutel

This year we were lucky to host the boys football Linwood tournament here in Dunedin.

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Girls Football Tournament

Girls Football Tournament

by Frankie Vella

The Girls 1st XI Football team travelled to Invercargill for the Lotto Girls Football tournament in September.

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Class Act

Class Act Awards

by Kristan Mouat and John Lewis

Congratulations to Alice Houston-Page and Cameron Monteath who are our 2019 Class Act recipients. Both students and their parents enjoyed meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in September where they were presented with their awards.

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Year 13 Leavers Brunch

Tertiary Scholarships for 2020

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to all of the Year 13 students who have been awarded Tertiary Scholarships for 2020.

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Year 8 Orientation Day

Year 8 Orientation Day

by Arnika Hazelwood

We welcomed 160 new Year 8 students to our school in November for an Orientation Day.

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Woolf Fisher Fellowship Award

Woolf Fisher Fellowship Award

by Kristan Mouat

Congratulations to English Teacher and Showquest/Stage Challenge Director Jennifer Ashby who has been awarded a prestigious Woolf Fisher Fellowship award for 2020.

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John Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth

by Paxton Hall

“The world leader in gifted education since 1979, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is a nonprofit dedicated to identifying and developing the talents of academically advanced pre-college students around the world. [They] serve bright learners and their families through [their] research, advocacy, and counseling, as well as [their] signature gifted and talented summer, online, international, and family programs.

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Senior Prizegiving

Senior Prizegiving

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to all of our Year 13 leavers and senior prizewinners for 2019.

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Logan Park High School

Wood pellets improvement on coal boilers

by Arnika Hazelwood

We were featured this year in a short video on schools converting to wood pellets. We converted to wood pellets in 2008.

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Logan Park High School

Logan Park plans enrolment scheme

by Hamish MacLean (ODT)

Our Board of Trustees has been working with the Ministry of Education to introduce an enrolment scheme for 2020. All enrolments already received have been accepted for 2020.

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Demolition of Prefabs

New Buildings Underway

by Arnika Hazelwood

In September our builders and architects started work on several new buildings.

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Ski/Snowboarding Trip

Year 12 Physical Education skiing/snowboarding trip

by Kelly Wilkinson

Our Year 12 PE skiing/snowboarding trip took place at the Remarkables ski field in September.

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Waterpolo

Waterpolo

by Warwick Kain

The 2019 season was a mixed season. The Term One experiment with one grade was very challenging for our teams. We battled through against opposition sides well beyond our ability.

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Junior Sports Week

Junior Sports Week

by Frankie Vella

Junior Sports Week was held in November.

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Board of Trustees

Board Chairperson's Prizegiving Remarks

by John Bradfield

It is my honour to be Chair of the Board at LPHS and to welcome you on behalf the Board and Staff to this evening. We are here to celebrate achievement Years 11 to 13 and draw a line at the end of school for our class of 2019.

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Senior Prizegiving

Board of Trustees’ Election Results

by Janine Hills

Thanks to all of our parents who stood for the recent elections and to everyone who voted. Congratulations to the following who were elected.

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Sophie Bradfield

New Student Board of Trustees Rep

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to Sophie Bradfield, Year 11, who was elected Student Representative on our Board of Trustees for 2019.

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Snow Caving and Cross Country Skiing

Year 13 Physical Education Snow cave & cross country ski trip

by Warwick Kain

The X-Country ski and Snow cave experience took place this year at the Snow Farm, Cardrona Valley.

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Basketball

Basketball - Yearbook

by Warwick Kain

The 2019 season saw 7 teams entered in the secondary schools competition.

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Hockey

Hockey

by Lealia Devereux

It was yet again another successful season for Hockey at Logan Park High School. The girls A team came 5th in Division 2, and also managed to achieve the lowest goal difference overall. We had an excellent team this year; a huge thanks to our Captain Emily Hutton and Vice Captain Lealia Devereux.

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Hockey

Hockey 2019

by Arnie Tregonning

Hockey 2019, what a year. If I’m honest the first couple games I can’t remember much of, however I know that we had 4 Year 13’s leave last year; this wasn’t a massive hole that needed filling as we had some of the Year 11’s being brought into the team this year as well as two Year 10's that played for both us and the mixed as well as a Year 9 that did also.

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Otago Secondary School Netball Championships

Netball

by Grace Jones and Eva Woodhouse

Logan Park netball is on the up. This year Danielle Frost stepped into oversee the coaching side of Netball. Danielle has played netball to a regional level so has an excellent understanding of the game. Each week, with the support of Caitlin Constable a university student volunteer, Danielle ran training for our top Netball teams.

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Badminton

Badminton

by Frankie Vella

Badminton is popular at Logan Park with 5 girls teams and 4 boys teams playing in the Dunedin Secondary School Competition which runs over Term 2.

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Handball

Handball 2019

by Frankie Vella

We've had a great time in handball this year!

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Futsal

Futsal

by James Govan, Craig Smart, Ms Marshall, Amasio Jutel and Matthew Cowles

“They say that you can take Logan Park out of futsal, but you can never take the futsal out of Logan Parkers” (Mr Govan, 2019)

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Senior A Girls Volleyball Tournament

Senior A Girls Volleyball - Tournament

by Grace Jones

In March, the Senior A Girls volleyball team travelled to Christchurch for the Satellite Volleyball Tournament.

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Junior Volleyball

Junior Volleyball

by Grace Jones, Finn Kelly and Casper Rennie-Weston

Both the junior girls and junior boys have had an exciting and fun season in volleyball.

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Cricket

Cricket 2019

by Paul Fielding

Another disrupted season with rain which cut short Term One cricket and washed out the annual McCullum Cup competition in October. Thankfully once we got going properly in Term Four we had five straight Saturdays in a row with two great victories against Johnnies.

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Trip to Turkey

Helping Hands

by Arnika Hazelwood

Liam Scaife spent time helping out at a Refugee Centre, "Helping Hands," in Cappadocia, Turkey over the October holidays.

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Class Act

Head Girl Report

by Alice Houston-Page

Every year I’ve watched the head boy and girl speeches at senior prizegiving and felt a huge rush of nostalgia and emotion. Every year I’ve thought “thank goodness that’s not me, I don’t know how I’d cope with that much emotion”. Every year I’ve reminded myself that I don’t need to worry, because I’ve got so many more precious days left at this school. But this time, it’s for real.

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Heads of School and Deputies

Head Boy Report

by Finn Lillis

The past 5 years have been truly amazing at Logan Park!! I knew from that first step I took into the school that it was going to be something else. I have had so many amazing opportunities and experiences that I’ll never forget. Logan Park has opened my eyes and allowed me to express who I am.

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Athletics Day

Clayton House Report

by Matai Bowen and Abi Barton

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. That's really how Clayton felt this year.

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Athletics Day

Omimi House Report

by Alice Houston-Page

Omimi has continued to triumph time after time, bringing truth to the ancient proverb: “Omimi you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind.”

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Aoraki House Day

AORAKI 2019

by Paul Fielding

Hopes were high for Aoraki in 2019 after surprisingly winning the House Shield in 2018. Newly voted in House leaders Henry Eden Mann and Annie Kennedy-Aitcheson were keen to repeat last year’s success.

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Toroa 

Toroa a year in review

by Olivia Bradfield

Comparatively speaking, 2019 was a pretty good year for Toroa.

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Youth Week

Student Sports Council

by Frankie Vella

The Student Sports Council works hard every year to make sure there are fun activities happening that everyone can take part in.

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2019 Prefects

2019 Prefects

by Arnika Hazelwood

Our 2019 Prefects were announced in an Assembly in March.

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Clayton Leaders

2019 Clayton Group Photos

by Arnika Hazelwood

View the gallery of Clayton House Group photos here.

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Omimi Leaders

2019 Omimi Group Photo

by Arnika Hazelwood

View the gallery of Omimi House Group photos here.

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Aoraki Leaders

2019 Aoraki Group Photo

by Arnika Hazelwood

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Toroa Leaders

2019 Toroa Group Photo

by Arnika Hazelwood

View the gallery of Toroa House Group photos here.

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Junior Show

Junior Show

by Darcy Monteath

This year's Junior show, A Crisis at Christmas was a fabulous experience for everyone involved.

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Charities Club at Quiz Night

Charities Club

by Sasha Freeman

2019 has been a busy year for the Logan Park Charities Club!

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Food Technology desserts

Year 10 Dessert Assignment

by Helen Reid

At the start of Term 4 Year 10 Food Technology students were given a Brief to design and make a special dessert for a teenager’s formal birthday dinner that was unique and attractively presented.

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Gateway work placement

Gateway Course

by Alastair Sewell

The Year 13 Gateway course is centred around getting ready for life after school.

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Otago Secondary Tertiary College Prizegiving

Otago Secondary Tertiary College Prizegiving

by Alastair Sewell

Every year a number of Logan Park students are able to study part of their course through the Otago Polytechnic.

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Rockquest

Rock Band

by Albert Baeumer and John Dodd

The rock bands at Logan Park have been very active and won a few awards this year.

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Secondary Schools Music Festival 

Orchestra

by Cameron Monteath

The LPHS Orchestra under the direction of John Dodd increased to its biggest size to date this year - 46 members in total.

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Music Camp

Chamber Music

by Colin Macandrew and John Dodd

This year was a great one for chamber music at Logan Park High School. In June we had 13 chamber groups, including 3 groups with non-Logan Park students, perform in the Otago Regional CMNZ competition.

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History Students at School Exams

Social Sciences Report

by Paul Fielding

Logan Park continues to be very competitive in the subject quizzes held throughout the year. Teams were placed in all four major competitions: The Senior History Quiz, The Year 11 History Quiz, The University of Otago Senior History Quiz and the ODT Extra Current Events Quiz.

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MUNA

New Zealand Model Parliament

by Leo Lublow-Catty

From 24th August - 26th August, I went to United Nations Youth: Model Parliament 2019 in Christchurch alongside other young leaders around Aotearoa New Zealand. We debated whether New Zealand should Adopt a constitution.

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International Summer School Programme

International Summer Programme

by Christine Bennet

During November the international students not doing NCEA exams participated in a summer programme which consisted of outings and some school-based activities.

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Curling

Curling

by Frankie Vella

Logan Park Curling Club is in its second year of competing and our teams continue to develop.

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Ms Colbert and Ms Colbert

Farewell and Welcome

by Various

At the end of this year we will farewell Christine Colbert and in 2020 we welcome Shannon Colbert as a new Drama teacher.

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Art Folios

Students’ Writing Selected for Re-Draft 2020

by Various

During the final term of school this year, five Logan Park students were selected to have their pieces of writing published in next year’s publication of the coveted publication of Re-Draft. This will be the 19th book in the Re-Draft series.

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UNESCO

UNESCO

by Isabel, Mae, Isabella, Silva, and Marnie

UNESCO is such a wonderful experience for high school drama students.

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Theatrefest South Island winners

Theatrefest

by Isabel, Mae, Isabella, Silva, and Marnie

The experience of going away for the sole purpose of performing our crafted piece untitled “Cut” was both enjoyable and one of the scariest things we have ever done.

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 NZ Biology Olympiad Programme course selection achievement

Bio Olympiad Bronze Award Winner

by Dick Pirie

Congratulations to Cristina Barriga Year 12 who won a Bronze Award in the New Zealand Bio Olympiad competition in Term 3.

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Learning Support

Learning Support Class of 2019

by Amanda Wilson

2019 has been a fantastic year for our Learning Support Class. It has been filled with many exciting activities and projects and the boys have thrived, working on all aspects of their learning not only academically but socially, and focusing on maintaining a good sense of health and wellbeing.

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John Hopkins University

Mathematics Department – Competition Results for 2019

by John Major

We've had some great results in the Maths Department this year. Some competition results are as follows.

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Shakespeare Cast

Shakespeare Success!

by Olivia Bradfield

This year, a group of year 13 students from Logan Park and directed by Ms. Dupres won the Otago Region of the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, which meant that we were able to perform at Nationals!

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ShowQuest

ShowQuest

by Olivia Bradfield and Linea Simons

On the 7th of February 2018, schools all around the country who were devastated by the loss of Stage Challenge heard the news that the government was working to put on a similar event to showcase the artistic talent, dramatic ability, and passion for dance that New Zealand teenagers have. This new competition was called ShowQuest and we competed at the Otago/Southland regional competition in Invercargill, coming in 1st place.

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Table Tennis 

Table Tennis

by Frankie Vella

Congratulations to Otago rep Zishen Fu

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Music Concert

Term 4 Music Concert

by Arnika Hazelwood

We enjoyed listening to some of the amazing musical talent in our Term 4 Music Concert.

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Pasifika Awards Winner (Senior)

Pasifika Awards 2019

by Andrew Spittle

Congratulations to Kate Tofia-Will and Ariana Poleo, whose academic successes were recognised at the Otago Polytechnic Pacific Island Recognition Awards.

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Media Studies Film Stills

Media Studies Movie Night

by Arnika Hazelwood

Our Media Studies students showed their short films in November to an appreciative audience in Manawa Toi Whakaari.

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Art Folio Exhibition

Art Folio Evening

by Andrea McSweeney

Senior students celebrated the completion of their external folios with family and friends at the end of year exhibition in November.

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interviewing Witi Ihimaera

Witi Ihimaera Interview and Movie Screening

by supplied

Holly Bettis and Odin Jacobs interviewed well known writer Witi Ihimaera in October.

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Junior Classics Quiz

Classics Quiz 2019

by Maeve Lonie

This year two Logan Park teams competed in the annual Junior Classics Quiz hosted by Otago University and the Classical Association.

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Mana Pounamu Young Achievers

Mana Pounamu Young Achievers

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to Te Awa Crossman-Nixon and Phoebe Nathan our Mana Pounamu award winners for 2019.

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Tool Making

Biology and Tool Making

by Dick Pirie

Year 13 Biology students studied Human Evolution during term three. Part of the study is understanding the different designs and techniques for making stone tools and there's Maori fire making (kia hika ahi).

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Choir

Choir 2019

by Alice Houston-Page

The Logan Park High School Choir has had a thoroughly rewarding year, and we’ve loved every minute of it.

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Taekwondo

태권도 Taekwondo Club

by Ella Ormiston

A highlight of this year for me has got to be 태권도 (Taekwondo) Club with 김선생님 (Ms Kim) on Tuesday lunchtimes.

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Orokonui Ecosanctuary class visit

Orokonui Ecosanctuary class visit.

by Yvonne Caulfield

In October 9Q were lucky enough to have Sam from Orokonui Ecosanctuary visit.

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Excelling in Exams

4 Top in New Zealand

by Various (ODT)

Congratulations to Bill Campbell, Megan Macdiarmid, Alexander Sun and Paxton Hall who have all scored the TOP marks in New Zealand in ICAS exams and University competitions.

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New Zealand Shakespeare Team Selection

New Zealand Shakespeare team selection

by Various

Congratulations to Casper McGuire and Moe Stebbings who have been selected in the top 24 actors in New Zealand for Shakespeare.

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Talent Quest

Youth Week Talent Quest

by Arnika Hazelwood

Our annual Talent Quest showcased some exciting talents.

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Chinese Garden Essay Presentation

Chinese Garden Essay Winner

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to Lealia Devereux who won the Dunedin wide Chinese Garden essay competition in September.

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Theatre Fest Winners

Theatre Fest Award Winners

by John Lewis (ODT)

Congratulations to our Park Players drama team and their playwright and director, Diane Dupres who competed in the South Island and National Theatre Fest competition in September.

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International Food Festival

International Food Festival - Youth Week

by John Gibb (ODT)

Our International Food Festival in the last week of Term 3 was a delicious highlight.

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Climate Change Students March

Climate Change March and Action

by Various

4 of our senior leaders led Dunedin's Climate Strike on Friday 15 March.

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Climate Prefects

Climate Strike

by John Lewis (Otago Daily Times) and Jono Edwards

Our Climate Strike leaders organised another big city-wide strike at the end of September.

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School Strike 4 Climate Camp

School Strike 4 Climate Camp

by Zak Rudin

Zak Rudin reports on his week at the Greenpeace hosted School Strike 4 Climate Camp:

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Otago Polytechnic Dessert Evening

Otago Polytechnic Dessert Evening

by Arnika Hazelwood

In September Helen Reid and Andrea McSweeney accompanied eight students to the Otago Polytechnic Dessert Evening.

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Art Success

Art Success

by Andrea McSweeney

Emily Hutton won the school prize at the Otago Art Teachers Celebrate Show for 2019.

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International Students Trips

International Trips to the Catlins and Orokonui Ecosantuary

by Dianne Rooney

During senior exam week in Term 3 some of the international students went on excursions to the Catlins and to Orokonui Ecosanctuary.

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Poetry Winners

Poetry Awards and Accolades 2019

by Esther Kristel and school poets

During Term Three, four of our students won places in poetry writing competitions, one regional, and two national.

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Junior Classics Quiz

Junior Classics Quiz

by Arnika Hazelwood

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Polyfest

Polyfest 2019

by Arnika Hazelwood

Our kapa haka group Te kapua o te Raki performed as part of Polyfest in September.

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Conservation Week

Conservation Week

by Yvonne Caulfield

Week 8 of Term Three was Conservation Week; in fact it is its 50th anniversary.

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Otago All Abilities Sports Day and Expo 

Otago All Abilities Sports Day and Expo

by Amanda Wilson

In Term Three, the Learning and Support Class had the opportunity to participate in the Otago All Abilities Sports Day and Expo held at the Forsyth Barr Stadium.

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Science Trip

Shark Spy brief recount

by Various

In September 9H went to participate in the Shark Spy programme run by the Marine Science Department using their vessel the Polaris out of the Marine Studies Centre at Portobello.

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Get 2 Go Challenge

Junior Get 2 Go Challenge

by Frankie Vella

On a chilly spring day in September two Logan Park teams headed out for a day of adventure racing.

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International Farewells

International Farewells

by Dianne Rooney

It's always sad to see them go.

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Life Matters, Suicide Prevention Foundation

by Alastair Sewell

As part of their Careers Pathway course Crystal Hooper and Sophie Black decided to fundraise for Life Matters, Suicide Prevention foundation.

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Shave for a Cure

Shave for a Cure

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to our Charities Club for their successful fundraising venture in Term Three.

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Culture and Sporting Blues Achievement Awards

Blues Assembly

by Mark Anderson

Our whole school Blues and Honours Assembly was held in September.

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Kapa Haka

Te wiki o te reo Maori

by Arnika Hazelwood

We celebrated te wiki o te reo Maori (or Maori Language Week) in September. The theme was "Kia kaha te reo Maori." Let's make the Maori language strong.

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Green Screen

New Green Screen for Media Studies

by Arnika Hazelwood

Media Studies students are excited about the new larger 4 metre wide green screen.

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Model United Nations

Model United Nations

by Arnika Hazelwood

Casper McGuire, Zak Rudin, Sasha Freeman attended the NZ Model United Nations in Wellington in July.

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Defibrillator installed

Defibrillator donated by Balmacewen Lions Club

by Arnika Hazelwood

Thanks to the Balmacewen Lions Club for donating an AED to our school and wider community.

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Pacific Leaders Forum

Pacific Leaders Forum

by John Lewis

Congratulations to Esther Tamati who was selected to attend the Pacific Student Leaders Programme in Rarotonga in October.

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Elizabeth Eckford Talk

Elizabeth Eckford Talk

by Paul Fielding

Anyone who studies Year 11 Black Civil Rights in History, knows intimately the story of Elizabeth Eckford and The Little Rock Nine desegregation experiment at school in Arkansas in the mid 1950’s. And here she was in little, old Dunedin in 2019!

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Paper Frogs

ShowQuest National Award

by Supplied

Congratulations to Melicen Barber and Mathew Schack (Paper Frogs) for winning the national award for their live music as part of our ShowQuest performance.

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Meikei High school students visit to Year 9 Japanese class.

Meikei High School students visit to Year 9 Japanese

by Various

Our Year 9 Japanese class hosted a visit from a Japanese group in Term 3.

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Science and Technology Fair

Innovation Soars at Science and Technology Fair

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to all our scientists and inventors who participated in the Otago Science and Technology Fair in August.

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Theatrefest Competition

TheatreFest 2019 Successes

by Diane Dupres

Congratulations to our winning TheatreFest performers.

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Junior Shakespeare

Junior Shakespeare

by Christine Colbert

At the end of term 2 the Year 10 Drama students staged a mini Shakespeare Festival. Students created their own groups to perform a scene from Shakespeare for friends and family in Manawa Toi Whakaari.

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Wakamatsu Visit

Wakamatsu Visit

by Diane Rooney

At the start of Term 3, in week 2, 8 students and their teacher from Wakamatsu High School, Chiba, Japan visited us.

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New International Students Welcome and Orientation

Farewells‌ ‌and‌ ‌Welcomes‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌International‌ ‌Department‌ ‌

by Diane Rooney

At‌ ‌the‌ ‌end‌ ‌of‌ ‌Term‌ ‌2‌ ‌we‌ ‌farewelled‌ ‌a‌ ‌number‌ ‌of‌ ‌international‌ ‌leavers‌ ‌before‌ ‌ our‌ ‌new‌ ‌arrivals‌ ‌came‌ ‌in‌ ‌Term‌ ‌3.‌ ‌

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Script Writing Tutorials

Screenwriting Mentoring

by Arnika Hazelwood

Senior Media Studies students appreciated the opportunity to work with a professional writer and screenwriter.

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Open Day

Open Days

by Arnika Hazelwood

We enjoyed showcasing our school with Open Days in July.

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Robotics Club at LPHS

Robotics Club at LPHS

by Sue Kim

On the 22nd of June, two teams from the LPHS robotics club competed in the regional RoboCup competition.

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Model United Nations Delegates

Model United Nations

by Arnika Hazelwood

Casper McGuire, Zak Rudin, Sasha Freeman have been selected for the NZ Model United Nations in Wellington in July.

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Peer Mentoring

Peer Mentoring

by Arnika Hazelwood

Over 30 Year 9 students took park in our Peer Mentoring programme working with Year 13 students during Term 2.

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Karaoke Week

by Arnika Hazelwood

We enjoyed an entertaining week of Karaoke lunchtimes in the last week of Term 2.

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Evolution of Dance

Year 10 Dance Performance

by Maria Dyenisova and Caitlin McDonald-Waters

In Term 1 and a part of Term 2, the Year 10 Dance class were working on the unit called “Evolution of Dance,” in which we explored various styles of dance from throughout the 20th century up until 2019.

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Chess Tournament

Otago Secondary School Chess Championship

by John Major

On Saturday 15 June the Otago Secondary School Chess Championship was held in our school Library.

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2019 LPHS Formal

2019 Senior Formal

by Leah Cooke-McDonnell

On Saturday 22nd June, Logan Park had their Senior Formal with the theme ‘A Night in Paris'.

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(Ex-Student) Critic Editor talks to Media students

Critic Editor talks to Media Students

by Casper McGuire and Hamish O'Malley-King

Charlie O’Mannin, ex-student and current editor of the Otago University Students Association magazine - Critic Magazine, came to our media studies classes to speak about the current state of Journalism and his day to day running of the magazine.

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Midwinter Carnival

Midwinter Carnival

by Arnika Hazelwood

A group of 15 students danced and performed as part of Dunedin's magical Midwinter Carnival in June.

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Amber Moffat

Writer/Illustrator visits Logan Park

by Andrea McSweeney

Amber Moffat held a writers and illustrators workshop at Logan Park High School in June.

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Dawn Ibbotson Essay Competition 2019

Dawn Ibbotson Essay Competition Winner

by Esther Kristel and Rosa Miller

“What IS This Thing Called Equality?”

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Chris Tozer

Alumni Visit - Chris Tozer

by Kristan Mouat

Senior Humanities students enjoyed hearing from ex-student Chris Tozer in May.

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International Albatross Trip 

International Trip to the Albatross Colony

by Lotte-Mo Berkhan

Everyone living in Otago has heard about Dunedin's beautiful Peninsula at least once before. A little piece of land, connected with the city, but surrounded by the Ocean and the heart of wildlife.

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Art Work Presented and Dr Barnett farewelled

Art Work Presented and Dr Barnett farewelled

by Arnika Hazelwood

In May we held a special morning tea to accept a beautiful art work and thank and farewell a long-serving Board member.

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Public Speaking

Otago South Canterbury Speaking Champ

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to Alice Houston-Page who won the Otago-South Canterbury Rotary speech competition in April.

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Edge Interns

The Edge Radio Interns

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to Piper McKerracher and Zinnia Haworth who were selected as The Edge interns for 2019.

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Dunedin Experience Asia Day 2019

Dunedin Experience Asia Day 2019

by Tam Chanthasen

On the 12th of May, the teachers and students of Asian languages had a day of celebration and appreciation for the Asian Language and culture which was held at Otago Girls High School.

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Aoraki Mt Cook Trip

Aoraki Mt Cook field trip 2019

by Karen Daly

On the last three days of term two our Y11 Environmental geographers travelled up the Waitaki valley investigating the sustainability of hydroelectric power.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International

by Zak Rudin

It’s been a good year for Amnesty International LPHS.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International NZ Hui

by Zak Rudin

I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to Wellington to attend the annual national Amnesty hui & Skillshare in May.

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Year 9 Latin Roman Scroll Project

Year 9 Latin Roman Scroll Project

by Maeve Lonie

In May students created their own simple texts and translations in Latin and displayed them authentically through our scroll-making activity.

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Writers' Festival

Dunedin Readers and Writers festival

by Liam Scaife, Rosa Miller and Beth Lynch

Logan Park students enjoyed events as part of the Dunedin festival. Thanks to Ms Kristel and Ms MacTaggart for their support.

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12 Biology Field trip

Biology Field Trip

by Dick Pirie

In May the Year 12 Biology classes went on their annual trip to the beach!

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New International Students

New International Students

by Dianne Rooney

On Friday 3 May the International Department, students and buddies had a welcome lunch for two new students.

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Korean Tea Ceremony

Korean tea ceremony

by Finlay McGilchrist

The Korean tea ceremony is a part of traditional Korean culture. It includes dressing up in a hanbok (traditional Korean dress), drinking some green tea and having some small snacks with it. Some other notes are that we must be quiet, as it is for meditation purposes, so don’t loudly slurp down the tea.

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Show Quest

Show Quest Champions

by Arnika Hazelwood and John Lewis

Congratulations to our Show Quest performers who won the Otago Southland Show Quest in Invercargill in May.

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Emerging Writing Talent 

Emerging Writing Talent - Cathy Zeng

by Esther Kristel

The New Zealand Society of Authors runs an annual Youth Mentoring Programme, with the support of Creative New Zealand. Every year four aspiring secondary school writers (aged 15-19) are chosen to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best authors.

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Vietnam Trip

Vietnam Trip April 2019

by Paul Fielding

Twenty nine students and staff travelled to Vietnam during the April school holidays and had a fantastic tour from North to South encompassing many aspects of Vietnamese history, culture, cuisine and geography.

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Pasifika Awards

Pasifika Top Achievers

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to Bella Sefo and Sujata Ritchie who were our top NCEA Level 2 achievers in 2018.

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Public Speaking

Public Speaking Successes

by Kristan Mouat

Congratulations to Alice Houston-Page and Sasha Freeman for their successes in Public Speaking events in Term 1.

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Shakespeare

Shakespeare Winners

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to our Year 13 Shakespeare team who won the Otago regional final of the Sheila Winn Shakespeare festival in April.

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Athletics Day

Athletics Day

by Arnika Hazelwood

We celebrated our annual Athletics Day in February.

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Sailing

Sunburst Regatta Successes

by Andy Parsons

On Monday to Wednesday of Tournament Week in March sailors represented Logan Park in the South Island Secondary Schools Sunburst Regatta on the Otago Harbour.

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Logan Park Sailing Club

Logan Park Sailing Club

by Andy Parsons

The season started with a hiss but not quite a roar as the wind didn’t quite come to the party for day one. However, it was a great opportunity for the new team to get to know each other and the process of rigging and packing down the boats. We have a capacity crowd sailing this year with lots of talented young sailors coming on-board.

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Action Award

March Action Award and Club Support

by Sophie Sun

The first Action Award and Club Support of this year was presented in March with Zach Wyvill being the recipient of the Action Award and Chess Club for Club Support.

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Action Award Winner

April Action Award and Club Support

by Sophie Sun

The Action Award and Club Support for April was presented to Maggie Gorman and the Robotics Club respectively.

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Action Award Winner

May Action Award and Club Support

by Sophie Sun

The Action Award and Club Support of May was presented in assembly with Laura Graham being the recipient of the Action Award and the Charities Club for Club Support.

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Action Award Winner

September Action Award and Club Support

by Sophie Sun

The Action Award and Club Support for September was presented to Abe Ballie and The Charities Club respectively.

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Laser Tag

New Zealand Rep in Laser Tag

by Arnika Hazelwood

At the end of 2018 Connor Hannagan qualified to represent New Zealand at the Australasian Laser Tag Championships in Australia.

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Ugly Shakespeare Show and Workshop

Ugly Shakespeare Show and Workshop

by Dianne Dupres

120 Students enjoyed watching the travelling troupe of Ugly Shakespeare in March.

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Athletics Day

March Sports Round up

by Frankie Vella

We've had record numbers of students signing up for sport.

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Luge

April Sports Round Up

by Kristan Mouat and Frankie Vella

It has been a busy and successful term of sport.

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Dodgeball

May Sports Round Up

by Arnika Hazelwood

Some highlights in May include 16 year old Laura Graham's selection for the New Zealand U19 Handball development team.

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Otago Secondary School Netball Championships

June Sports Round Up

by Arnika Hazelwood

Term 2 has seen lots of participation and enjoyment as well as some wonderful successes.

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Sports Round Up

August Sports Round Up

by Frankie Vella

Term 3 continues to be busy with lots of students participating and competing in sports.

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Long Beach Climbing Trip

Long Beach Climbing Trip

by Olivia Goldsmith

A small group from the climbing club went climbing at Long Beach in March.

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1000 Paper Cranes - Kia kaha!  

1000 Paper Cranes - Kia kaha!

by Sue Kim

1000 Paper Cranes were made by students of Year 9 Korean and Japanese in April.

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Mayoral Welcome to Internationals

A Mayoral Welcome for International Students

by Christine Bennet

On March 20 a Mayoral Welcome was held for all secondary school international students in the Edgar Centre.

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Support for Muslim whanau

Support for Muslim whanau

by Arnika Hazelwood

Our school community wanted to show their support for our Muslim community after the tragic events in Christchurch.

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Race Unity Assembly

Race Unity Celebrations

by Arnika Hazelwood

We celebrated the United Nations Race Unity with a special assembly on Tuesday 19 March.

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Youth Week

September Sports Round Up

by Frankie Vella

Term 3 has featured a diverse range of sports and events.

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Dodgeball

November Sports Round up

by Frankie Vella and Kristan Mouat

As seniors sit their NCEA exams, we've enjoyed reflecting on some strong sporting performances and impressive participation rates across the year.

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International students

International students

by Christine Bennet

In February we welcomed 5 new international students to join our current crew of 20.

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Physiology Trip

Physiology Trip

by Dick Pirie

At the beginning of the Year, the Biology classes began with a hiss and a roar - well actually, trips to the Physiology Department.

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Library Life

Library Life

by Michelle Summerfield

The library is a busy space at Logan Park and this year was no exception! We began by introducing our new students to the library space and collections as well as holding several events.

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Library

Library

by Michelle Summerfield

There were a number of events, displays and other happenings in the library in Term 1.

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Library Week

Library Week May 2019

by Michelle Summerfield

Library Week was again a real highlight on LPHS's library calendar.

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Library

Winter in the Library

by Michelle Summerfield

As the cold weather arrived many, many students found the library a warm place to be at breaks and lunchtimes. There were tempting winter reads and a couple of new initiatives to help keep everyone focused on reading and learning.

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Library Events

Library Events

by Michelle Summerfield

The library had a very busy Term Three.

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Christmas Cards 

Christmas Cards

by Andrea McSweeney

At the end of 2018, the Year 10 Art class made beautiful Christmas cards that were given to strangers, as part of the Sending Love community.

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Art Folio

Art Scholarship

by Andrea McSweeney

Congratulations to Neive Strang who received an Excellence endorsement and an NZQA Scholarship Award for her 2018 Level three Photography Portfolio pictured here.

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House Day

House Days

by Arnika Hazelwood

Houses enjoyed a wonderful, warm and fun-filled day in February with beach visits.

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Celebration

by Arnika Hazelwood

Dunedin city celebrated Chinese New Year with a spectacular programme in February.

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