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

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

We all enjoyed another fabulous Junior Show in December.

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

The sporting event for Youth week was Interhouse Multisport.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Nearly 50 Year 13 students attended Leadership Camp in March.

Congratulations to our successful Year 9 Scholarship recipients.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Junior Sports Week was held in November.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

“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)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

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

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

Our 2019 Prefects were announced in an Assembly in March.

View the gallery of Clayton House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Omimi House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Aoraki House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Toroa House Group photos here.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

Congratulations to Otago rep Zishen Fu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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.

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

Our annual Talent Quest showcased some exciting talents.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

It's always sad to see them go.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Congratulations to our winning TheatreFest performers.

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.

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

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

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

We enjoyed showcasing our school with Open Days in July.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

“What IS This Thing Called Equality?”

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

We celebrated our annual Athletics Day in February.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

It has been a busy and successful term of sport.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The library had a very busy Term Three.

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.

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

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

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