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Logan Park High School

Park Press August 2014

Thanks to Gardens New World one of our North-end community business sponsors for Open Day, providing an indoor venue for our banner inside the Gardens New World.

Contents

Senior Formal

Formal

by Formal Committee

The day that all girls look forward to. You spend the whole day getting ready. Making sure you have everything. The hair, the make-up, the shoes, the bag, the accessories, the dress. Everything has to be perfect and as the Formal Committee it was our job to make sure the whole occasion went off without a hitch.

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Debating

Senior Debating Triumphs

by Suzanne Robins

Logan Park can justly be proud of our top senior debating team, which was placed second in the 2014 Dunedin Schools’ Debating competition.

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Verbatim

by Danielle Rieter

Students at Logan Park High School are encouraged to explore, watch, research and interpret an array of genres within the realms of theatre.

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Drama and Music ex-students

by Sarah Spicer

Two ex-students came back to school to share their experiences on the international stage.

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Winning Science Display

Top in Otago Science Fair Award

by Kristan Mouat

Year 12 student Meran Campbell-Hood won the overall Otago Science and Technology Fair, Best in Fair Award for her display, "North by North-West."  

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Top Speaker

by Kristan Mouat

Jacobi Kohu-Morris was invited to be the guest speaker at the NZ First conference in Auckland in July. 

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LPHS site manager Dave Penny

Environmentally Friendly School

by Arnika Hazelwood

Our school thinks our change to wood pellets is worth it for the environment.

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Football

Sports Round-Up

by Kristan Mouat and Francine Vella

In Basketball, Jaren Roy has been selected for the New Zealand Under 17 team training camp in Timaru 21-24 August.

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Class Act 2014

Class Act

by Kristan Mouat

Connor Seddon and Mathew Denys were presented their ODT Class Act Awards, celebrating Excellence by Prime Minister John Key. 

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Spelling Bee

New Zealand Spelling Bee Semi-Finals 

by Lara Liesbeth

On Monday 11 August, three Logan Park students competed in the regional semi-finals of the New Zealand Spelling Bee. 

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ELLINZ@lphs

by Dianne Rooney

Logan Park is a school that includes a diverse range of nationalities. Besides our ESOL students we have a growing number of students who were born overseas and have now chosen New Zealand in which to settle. They come from countries such as China, Thailand, Vietnam, Ethiopia, India and Brazil.

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Wakamatsu visitors

by Amber Fraser-Smith and Duncan Trickey

The first week of term was a busy one with a group of 19 Wakamatsu students from Japan visiting the school. A group of students from Wakamatsu visit each year, but this was one of the larger groups we've had recently. 

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2014 International Group Photo

New International Students

by Amber Fraser-Smith

This term we have had 11 new international students join us at Logan Park High School. 

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Culture Corner

by Evalotta Kubala

What our students think teachers should know about German Students. One German student compares New Zealand and Germany.

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International Ski Trip

by Sophie Raab and Murilo Graf Gamborgi

On Wednesday 25th of June our van with eight international and four Kiwi students from Logan Park set off to Wanaka on an organised ski trip to Cardrona. 

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Open Day - Science

Open Day/Morning

by Arnika Hazelwood

We enjoyed showcasing our school on Open Morning and Open Day during Term 2.

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LPHS Librarian Jenny Millar

Honorary Life Membership Award

by Arnika Hazelwood

Congratulations to our wonderful school librarian Jenny Millar who was awarded Honorary Life Membership of SLANZA — School Library Association of New Zealand Aoteroa, Te Puna Whare Matauranga a Kura. 

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Josephine Devereux

Poetry Competition

by Lara Liesbeth

Logan Park High School did very well in the Dunedin Secondary Schools Poetry Competition, with 5 out of 8 of the 'places' (highly commended included) going to our school.

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Karaoke Week

Karaoke Week

by Ella Dodd

Karaoke Week was the bomb! It was held in the last week of Term 2. We had lots of fantastic acts and entertainment.

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