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Visit this articleWelcome to the LPHS 2019 School Magazine.
Enjoy reading and seeing the adventures, activities and achievements of our school community this year.
We will have a number of new staff starting in 2020 because of the growth in our roll.
Visit this articleDuring Term Three, we held the finals of the another successful Interhouse competition.
Visit this articleThe sporting event for Youth week was Interhouse Multisport.
Visit this articleWe farewelled our Year 13 students with a brunch in November and a supper after Senior Prizegiving.
Visit this articleWe enjoyed meeting many of our new Year 9 parents and whanau in March.
Visit this articleIn February Emi Sharma performed as the opening act for Francisca Griffin's album tour gig at the Galley Cafe.
Visit this articleWe celebrated outstanding senior success in February with a special morning tea.
Visit this articleAt the beginning of 2019 we welcomed over 200 new students to our Logan Park family.
Visit this articleAnother 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to our fantastic Athletics team. Zack Hibbert won Silver at the New Zealand Secondary School Athletics Championships in December.
Visit this articleYear 13 Physical Education students enjoyed their 3 day Journey around Dunedin in February.
Visit this articleBecause of roll growth we have appointed a number of new teachers for 2019.
Visit this articleNCEA results came out in January. These students were captured by the Otago Daily Times checking their results.
Visit this articleOur co-principals were interviewed for a 2019 Ministry of Education publication looking at educational leadership.
Visit this articleAt 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.
Visit this articleYear 10 classes enjoyed building confidence, outdoor adventures and experiences at Tautuku in the beautiful Catlins area in Term 1 and 2.
Visit this articleTwo teams and one individual competitor braved challenging windy conditions in Wanaka for the Otago Secondary School Triathlon Championships in March.
Visit this articleCongratulations to our successful Year 9 Scholarship recipients.
Visit this articleLogan Park High School was featured again in a national Education Review Office (ERO) publication sent to all secondary schools in June.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Viviane Dalphin, Nico Alvarez Rey-Virag and Rebecca Dalphin who have been consistently high achieving in Cross Country this year.
Visit this articleCongratulations to all of our sports teams involved in the June event.
Visit this articleYear 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.
Visit this articleLogan Park Football has continued to grow this year, with five teams across Junior and Senior divisions.
Visit this articleThis year we were lucky to host the boys football Linwood tournament here in Dunedin.
Visit this articleThe Girls 1st XI Football team travelled to Invercargill for the Lotto Girls Football tournament in September.
Visit this articleCongratulations 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to all of the Year 13 students who have been awarded Tertiary Scholarships for 2020.
Visit this articleWe welcomed 160 new Year 8 students to our school in November for an Orientation Day.
Visit this articleCongratulations 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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Visit this articleCongratulations to all of our Year 13 leavers and senior prizewinners for 2019.
Visit this articleWe were featured this year in a short video on schools converting to wood pellets. We converted to wood pellets in 2008.
Visit this articleOur 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.
Visit this articleIn September our builders and architects started work on several new buildings.
Visit this articleOur Year 12 PE skiing/snowboarding trip took place at the Remarkables ski field in September.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleIt 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.
Visit this articleThanks to all of our parents who stood for the recent elections and to everyone who voted. Congratulations to the following who were elected.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Sophie Bradfield, Year 11, who was elected Student Representative on our Board of Trustees for 2019.
Visit this articleThe X-Country ski and Snow cave experience took place this year at the Snow Farm, Cardrona Valley.
Visit this articleThe 2019 season saw 7 teams entered in the secondary schools competition.
Visit this articleIt 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.
Visit this articleHockey 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.
Visit this articleLogan 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.
Visit this articleBadminton 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.
Visit this article“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)
Visit this articleIn March, the Senior A Girls volleyball team travelled to Christchurch for the Satellite Volleyball Tournament.
Visit this articleBoth the junior girls and junior boys have had an exciting and fun season in volleyball.
Visit this articleAnother 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.
Visit this articleLiam Scaife spent time helping out at a Refugee Centre, "Helping Hands," in Cappadocia, Turkey over the October holidays.
Visit this articleEvery 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.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleAlways the bridesmaid, never the bride. That's really how Clayton felt this year.
Visit this articleOmimi 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.”
Visit this articleHopes 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.
Visit this articleComparatively speaking, 2019 was a pretty good year for Toroa.
Visit this articleThe Student Sports Council works hard every year to make sure there are fun activities happening that everyone can take part in.
Visit this articleThis year's Junior show, A Crisis at Christmas was a fabulous experience for everyone involved.
Visit this articleAt 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.
Visit this articleThe Year 13 Gateway course is centred around getting ready for life after school.
Visit this articleEvery year a number of Logan Park students are able to study part of their course through the Otago Polytechnic.
Visit this articleThe rock bands at Logan Park have been very active and won a few awards this year.
Visit this articleThe LPHS Orchestra under the direction of John Dodd increased to its biggest size to date this year - 46 members in total.
Visit this articleThis 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.
Visit this articleLogan 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.
Visit this articleFrom 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.
Visit this articleDuring November the international students not doing NCEA exams participated in a summer programme which consisted of outings and some school-based activities.
Visit this articleLogan Park Curling Club is in its second year of competing and our teams continue to develop.
Visit this articleAt the end of this year we will farewell Christine Colbert and in 2020 we welcome Shannon Colbert as a new Drama teacher.
Visit this articleDuring 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.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Cristina Barriga Year 12 who won a Bronze Award in the New Zealand Bio Olympiad competition in Term 3.
Visit this article2019 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.
Visit this articleWe've had some great results in the Maths Department this year. Some competition results are as follows.
Visit this articleThis 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!
Visit this articleOn 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.
Visit this articleWe enjoyed listening to some of the amazing musical talent in our Term 4 Music Concert.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Kate Tofia-Will and Ariana Poleo, whose academic successes were recognised at the Otago Polytechnic Pacific Island Recognition Awards.
Visit this articleOur Media Studies students showed their short films in November to an appreciative audience in Manawa Toi Whakaari.
Visit this articleSenior students celebrated the completion of their external folios with family and friends at the end of year exhibition in November.
Visit this articleHolly Bettis and Odin Jacobs interviewed well known writer Witi Ihimaera in October.
Visit this articleThis year two Logan Park teams competed in the annual Junior Classics Quiz hosted by Otago University and the Classical Association.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Te Awa Crossman-Nixon and Phoebe Nathan our Mana Pounamu award winners for 2019.
Visit this articleYear 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).
Visit this articleThe Logan Park High School Choir has had a thoroughly rewarding year, and we’ve loved every minute of it.
Visit this articleA highlight of this year for me has got to be 태권도 (Taekwondo) Club with 김선생님 (Ms Kim) on Tuesday lunchtimes.
Visit this articleIn October 9Q were lucky enough to have Sam from Orokonui Ecosanctuary visit.
Visit this articleCongratulations 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Casper McGuire and Moe Stebbings who have been selected in the top 24 actors in New Zealand for Shakespeare.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Lealia Devereux who won the Dunedin wide Chinese Garden essay competition in September.
Visit this articleCongratulations 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.
Visit this articleOur International Food Festival in the last week of Term 3 was a delicious highlight.
Visit this article4 of our senior leaders led Dunedin's Climate Strike on Friday 15 March.
Visit this articleOur Climate Strike leaders organised another big city-wide strike at the end of September.
Visit this articleZak Rudin reports on his week at the Greenpeace hosted School Strike 4 Climate Camp:
Visit this articleIn September Helen Reid and Andrea McSweeney accompanied eight students to the Otago Polytechnic Dessert Evening.
Visit this articleEmily Hutton won the school prize at the Otago Art Teachers Celebrate Show for 2019.
Visit this articleDuring senior exam week in Term 3 some of the international students went on excursions to the Catlins and to Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Visit this articleDuring Term Three, four of our students won places in poetry writing competitions, one regional, and two national.
Visit this articleOur kapa haka group Te kapua o te Raki performed as part of Polyfest in September.
Visit this articleWeek 8 of Term Three was Conservation Week; in fact it is its 50th anniversary.
Visit this articleIn 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.
Visit this articleIn 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.
Visit this articleOn a chilly spring day in September two Logan Park teams headed out for a day of adventure racing.
Visit this articleAs part of their Careers Pathway course Crystal Hooper and Sophie Black decided to fundraise for Life Matters, Suicide Prevention foundation.
Visit this articleCongratulations to our Charities Club for their successful fundraising venture in Term Three.
Visit this articleOur whole school Blues and Honours Assembly was held in September.
Visit this articleWe 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.
Visit this articleMedia Studies students are excited about the new larger 4 metre wide green screen.
Visit this articleCasper McGuire, Zak Rudin, Sasha Freeman attended the NZ Model United Nations in Wellington in July.
Visit this articleThanks to the Balmacewen Lions Club for donating an AED to our school and wider community.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Esther Tamati who was selected to attend the Pacific Student Leaders Programme in Rarotonga in October.
Visit this articleAnyone 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!
Visit this articleCongratulations to Melicen Barber and Mathew Schack (Paper Frogs) for winning the national award for their live music as part of our ShowQuest performance.
Visit this articleOur Year 9 Japanese class hosted a visit from a Japanese group in Term 3.
Visit this articleCongratulations to all our scientists and inventors who participated in the Otago Science and Technology Fair in August.
Visit this articleCongratulations to our winning TheatreFest performers.
Visit this articleAt 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.
Visit this articleAt the start of Term 3, in week 2, 8 students and their teacher from Wakamatsu High School, Chiba, Japan visited us.
Visit this articleAt the end of Term 2 we farewelled a number of international leavers before our new arrivals came in Term 3.
Visit this articleSenior Media Studies students appreciated the opportunity to work with a professional writer and screenwriter.
Visit this articleOn the 22nd of June, two teams from the LPHS robotics club competed in the regional RoboCup competition.
Visit this articleCasper McGuire, Zak Rudin, Sasha Freeman have been selected for the NZ Model United Nations in Wellington in July.
Visit this articleOver 30 Year 9 students took park in our Peer Mentoring programme working with Year 13 students during Term 2.
Visit this articleWe enjoyed an entertaining week of Karaoke lunchtimes in the last week of Term 2.
Visit this articleIn 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.
Visit this articleOn Saturday 15 June the Otago Secondary School Chess Championship was held in our school Library.
Visit this articleOn Saturday 22nd June, Logan Park had their Senior Formal with the theme ‘A Night in Paris'.
Visit this articleCharlie 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.
Visit this articleA group of 15 students danced and performed as part of Dunedin's magical Midwinter Carnival in June.
Visit this articleAmber Moffat held a writers and illustrators workshop at Logan Park High School in June.
Visit this articleSenior Humanities students enjoyed hearing from ex-student Chris Tozer in May.
Visit this articleEveryone 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.
Visit this articleIn May we held a special morning tea to accept a beautiful art work and thank and farewell a long-serving Board member.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Alice Houston-Page who won the Otago-South Canterbury Rotary speech competition in April.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Piper McKerracher and Zinnia Haworth who were selected as The Edge interns for 2019.
Visit this articleOn 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.
Visit this articleOn the last three days of term two our Y11 Environmental geographers travelled up the Waitaki valley investigating the sustainability of hydroelectric power.
Visit this articleI was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to Wellington to attend the annual national Amnesty hui & Skillshare in May.
Visit this articleIn May students created their own simple texts and translations in Latin and displayed them authentically through our scroll-making activity.
Visit this articleLogan Park students enjoyed events as part of the Dunedin festival. Thanks to Ms Kristel and Ms MacTaggart for their support.
Visit this articleIn May the Year 12 Biology classes went on their annual trip to the beach!
Visit this articleOn Friday 3 May the International Department, students and buddies had a welcome lunch for two new students.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to our Show Quest performers who won the Otago Southland Show Quest in Invercargill in May.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleTwenty 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Bella Sefo and Sujata Ritchie who were our top NCEA Level 2 achievers in 2018.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Alice Houston-Page and Sasha Freeman for their successes in Public Speaking events in Term 1.
Visit this articleCongratulations to our Year 13 Shakespeare team who won the Otago regional final of the Sheila Winn Shakespeare festival in April.
Visit this articleOn Monday to Wednesday of Tournament Week in March sailors represented Logan Park in the South Island Secondary Schools Sunburst Regatta on the Otago Harbour.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleThe Action Award and Club Support for April was presented to Maggie Gorman and the Robotics Club respectively.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleThe Action Award and Club Support for September was presented to Abe Ballie and The Charities Club respectively.
Visit this articleAt the end of 2018 Connor Hannagan qualified to represent New Zealand at the Australasian Laser Tag Championships in Australia.
Visit this article120 Students enjoyed watching the travelling troupe of Ugly Shakespeare in March.
Visit this articleSome highlights in May include 16 year old Laura Graham's selection for the New Zealand U19 Handball development team.
Visit this articleTerm 2 has seen lots of participation and enjoyment as well as some wonderful successes.
Visit this articleTerm 3 continues to be busy with lots of students participating and competing in sports.
Visit this articleA small group from the climbing club went climbing at Long Beach in March.
Visit this article1000 Paper Cranes were made by students of Year 9 Korean and Japanese in April.
Visit this articleOn March 20 a Mayoral Welcome was held for all secondary school international students in the Edgar Centre.
Visit this articleOur school community wanted to show their support for our Muslim community after the tragic events in Christchurch.
Visit this articleWe celebrated the United Nations Race Unity with a special assembly on Tuesday 19 March.
Visit this articleTerm 3 has featured a diverse range of sports and events.
Visit this articleAs seniors sit their NCEA exams, we've enjoyed reflecting on some strong sporting performances and impressive participation rates across the year.
Visit this articleIn February we welcomed 5 new international students to join our current crew of 20.
Visit this articleAt the beginning of the Year, the Biology classes began with a hiss and a roar - well actually, trips to the Physiology Department.
Visit this articleThe 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.
Visit this articleThere were a number of events, displays and other happenings in the library in Term 1.
Visit this articleLibrary Week was again a real highlight on LPHS's library calendar.
Visit this articleAs 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.
Visit this articleAt 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.
Visit this articleCongratulations to Neive Strang who received an Excellence endorsement and an NZQA Scholarship Award for her 2018 Level three Photography Portfolio pictured here.
Visit this articleHouses enjoyed a wonderful, warm and fun-filled day in February with beach visits.
Visit this articleDunedin city celebrated Chinese New Year with a spectacular programme in February.
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