High Achievers

Arnika Hazelwood — December 7, 2015

In December, Annie Kennedy Atchison, Year 9 competed successfully in the Otago Regional Interclub competition at Kaka Point.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — November 12, 2015

Congratulations to Briana Lane and Sujata Ritchie who were both awarded Otago Polytechnic Young Achievers' Awards recognising their significant achievements across a range of areas.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — November 12, 2015

A number of our students have been recognised and awarded top Otago University Scholarships or Otago Polytechnic Scholarships and Tuchin Baucus has been offered several university scholarships for top American universities. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — November 12, 2015

Senior Prizegiving was a great celebration of senior students and their diverse achievements in the academic, sporting and cultural arenas.   Read More

Nick Biggin — November 9, 2015

Ahi Kaitai Mullane (Yr 11) has not only won a place on "Rangatahi O Te Moana", a venture run by the Uni of Otago and NZ Marine Studies Centre, but has also won 2 scholarships for 'Hands on Science". Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — October 31, 2015

Congratulations to multi-linguist Ava Straw (Year 12) who has won the national Alliance Francaise Concours French Speaking competition. Her prize is a trip to New Caledonia. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — October 26, 2015

Congratulations to two of our Shakespearean Actors, Luke Major and Jimmy Robinson. They were selected to attend the prestigious Globe Theatre in London in 2016 as part of the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — September 20, 2015

Congratulations to Meran Campbell-Hood and Jacobi Kohu-Morris who were Logan Park's Class Act recipients for 2015.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — September 19, 2015

Congratulations to all of our successful Blues Award recipients. We held a special assembly on 18 September to celebrate their impressive achievements and service across Sporting, Cultural, Community and Academic areas. Read More

Paul Fielding — September 19, 2015

Logan Park history students continue to dominate the latest rounds of annual school history quizzes in Dunedin.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — September 3, 2015

Congratulations to Jonty Horwell who is the 2015 New Zealand Secondary Schools Indoor Bowls Singles Champion. He competed at the the Secondary Schools tournament during Term 3. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — August 23, 2015

Congratulations to all of our 2015 Year 9 Scholarship winners. The following students received scholarships: Read More

John Major — August 18, 2015

On Tuesday 11 August we had three teams compete in each of the Year 9 and Year 10 O'MAthalon Competitions held at the Edgar Centre.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — August 16, 2015

Congratulations to Ahi Katai-Mullane, Year 11 who has been selected for the Rangatahi O Te Moana, University of Otago and NZ Marine Studies 5 day residential programme for gifted and talented students in Year 11 and 12 considering a career in the Sciences. Read More

John Major — August 14, 2015

On Monday 11 August Logan Park hosted the Number Work'nWords Senior O'Mathalon. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — July 26, 2015

Congratulations to our 2 teams who won 2 of the top 3 awards in the University of Otago Information Science Technology Challenge at the end of Term 2. Year 13 Digital Technology students Zak Booth, Rani Cohen and Michael Lagocki won Best Knowledge of Technology Award and Harrison Kennedy, Aiden Fisher and Nik Ahmad Sabry won The Audience Favourite Award. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — July 6, 2015

Congratulations to our Senior Boys Badminton team who are the Dunedin Champions after winning a nail-bitingly close final against John McGlashan College, having previously beaten King's in the semi-final and dominating for 10 weeks in the local schools' competition. Read More

Christine Beck — July 1, 2015

Congratulations to all competitors who competed in French, Latin and Maori in the recent World Champs.  Read More

Lara Liesbeth — June 30, 2015

Annie Kennedy Atchison, Rosa Miller and Hugh Gibson from 9L qualified for the semi-final of the NZ Spelling Bee, that was held in Dunedin in August. Read More

Kristan Mouat — June 29, 2015

We hosted the Otago-Southland Nga Manu Korero speaking competition here at Logan Park on June 12.  Read More

Kristan Mouat — June 28, 2015

We competed in football, badminton, hockey, netball, basketball and rugby in the Co-ed Sports Tournament in Dunedin in June. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — June 21, 2015

Congratulations to Reva Grills and Luke Major who have been selected in the top 24 actors in New Zealand. Read More

Louis Freeman — June 17, 2015

Congratulations to all of our filmmakers involved in the Rialto 48 Hour Film competition. At the City Finals in June, we won numerous awards including Top School in Otago, Best Actor in Otago as well as City Runner-up.  Team "Woof Bloody Woof" is also a national finalist in the Rising Talent section.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — June 3, 2015

Our Shakespeare performers had some wonderful successes at the National Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival held in Wellington over Queen's Birthday Weekend.   We won 5 major awards and had over 25 students involved. Read More

Jacobi Kohu Morris — May 20, 2015

Youth Ambassador and winner of the Otago RSA Speech competition, Jacobi Kohu Morris attended the 2015 Anzac Day ceremony in Gallipoli. Read More

Marion Brinsley — May 17, 2015

Ocean Brydon and Karen Penaia were our Pacific Island NCEA Level 2 High Achievement Award winners for 2014 and were recognised at a ceremony this year.  Read More

Aidan Braid — May 17, 2015

I was ecstatic to be selected as one of 52 students from all around New Zealand to attend the forum in Rotorua, completely sponsored by the trust, in the easter holidays.  Read More

Kristan Mouat — April 19, 2015

Our Shakespearean teams dominated the Otago Shakespeare competitions held at the end of Term 1. We won the Best Teacher Directed 15 minute piece as well as the Best Student Directed 5 minute scene and will represent Otago at the National Sheila Winn Festival over Queen's Birthday weekend in Wellington.   Read More

Kristan Mouat — March 31, 2015

Top Otago basketballer, Jaren Roy (Year 12) was invited as one of 20 top basketballers to attend the 2015 U17 National Selection Camp, in Auckland, in April and to work towards the FIBA Oceania Championships later in the year. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — March 31, 2015

After Jacobi Kohu-Morris won the Otago-Southland final of the RSA Speech competition, in Gore in February, he presented his speech at Government House in Wellington on March 12.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — March 29, 2015

Jacobi Kohu-Morris (Yr 13) and Grant McNaughton (Yr 12) were first and second respectively in the Otago final of the Race Unity Speech competition held on March 26. St Hilda's came third. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — March 29, 2015

Lots has been happening across all sporting codes, but special recent highlights include Basketball, Football and Sailing performances. Read More

Suzanne Robins — March 11, 2015

Our LPHS 1 team (Jacobi Kohu-Morris Y13, Grant McNaughton Y12 and Meran Campbell-Hood Y13) won the annual Russell McVeagh Debating Competition for the Otago-Southland region.   The event was held on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th of March.  5 of the top 12 awards went to Logan Park speakers.  Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — March 3, 2015

Year 12 student Tayla Ward has returned from competing for the New Zealand Women’s Luge team at the World Cup in Austria, Germany and Italy during December 2014 and January 2015.  Read More

Kristan Mouat — March 2, 2015

Board of Trustees Student Rep, Grant McNaughton, Year 12, won a Treasury Scholarship at the Sir Paul Callaghan National Eureka! Science Symposium in Wellington, late last year. In February he was invited to Wellington to discuss with senior government officials, ways to improve New Zealand's living standards.   Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — March 2, 2015

During February school assemblies, our 2015 School Prefects were announced and congratulated.  Read More

Kristan Mouat — March 2, 2015

On Monday, March 2nd, staff and students celebrated the outstanding academic achievements of students who achieved NCEA Excellence Endorsed Certificates at Levels 1, 2 and 3 as well as celebrating students who won national scholarships.  Read More

Kristan Mouat — March 2, 2015

Head Boy Jacobi Kohu-Morris won the Otago-Southland final of the RSA Speech competition, in Gore, in February, and has won a trip to Gallipoli as his prize. Read More

Supplied — March 2, 2015

On the 14th-16th of December 2014  three Logan Park students embarked upon the New Zealand Secondary Schools Nationals (lawn bowls) held at the Howick Bowling Club in Auckland.  Read More

Francine Vella and Kristan Mouat — March 2, 2015

In February Year 12 student Tayla Ward returned from competing for the New Zealand Women’s Luge team at the World Cup in Austria, Germany and Italy during December and January. Tayla won the individual junior women’s division at the Austrian Cup in Judenburg. Tayla also won the New Zealand Open Luge Cup last year. Tayla will continue training with the national team and she is aiming for selection for the Winter Olympics. Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — February 15, 2015

Congratulations to our fabulous NZQA Scholarship recipients. We got 17 scholarships across a range of subjects including Drama, English, Media Studies, History, Physics, Biology, Statistics and German.   Read More

Arnika Hazelwood — February 7, 2015

Congratulations to Annie Kennedy Atchison, Year 9 who was selected to represent the region at the National Junior Surf Life Saving Championships in Mount Maunganui  in February.   Read More