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

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.

After months of planning and fundraising, the two LPHS jazz groups headed off to Melbourne early on the first morning of Term 3.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

All of the learning at overseas workshops, in combination with the rehearsals we have been committing to over the past year, as well as our gigs and busking, all came together for us at this Festival 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Congratulations to Otago rep Zishen Fu

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