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

Congratulations to our successful Year 9 Scholarship recipients.

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

We enjoyed showcasing our school with Open Days in July.

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

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.

Congratulations to our talented Music department and musicians for their performances in the Otago Secondary Schools 50th Annual Music Festival in August.

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

Paxton Hall was selected to attend the Loyola Marymount University in America in July.

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!

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

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

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.

Congratulations to our winning TheatreFest performers.

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 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 ‌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.

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

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