This Year’s Junior show involved over 100 year 9 and 10 drama and dance students and they performed to over 1000 local primary school students over three mornings.

Our students won 29 Scholarships including 5 Outstanding Scholarships in the 2017 exams.

Our school was selected as one of 12 top performing schools in New Zealand and showcased in the latest ERO publication published 31 May 2018.

Congratulations to our successful Year 13 students who won prestigious Otago University (and other) Scholarships in 2018.

In September it was one year since our Co-Principals were appointed. The Otago Daily Times sent education reporter John Lewis to report on the journey one year on.

Congratulations to George Sabonadiere and Bella Rennie who are our 2018 Class Act recipients.

Congratulations to John Major our newest Assistant Principal and Esther Kristel our new Head of English.

Here we are, at the end of the 2018 senior school year and for a lot of us the end of our incredible Logan Park journey. The past five years that have made up my time as a Logan Parker have been packed to the brim with interesting, new and eye opening experiences and I been given endless opportunities to expand my worldview on life. I have such a deep love for this unique little school and although the realisation that I am moving on and out into the large and opportunistic world outside of school is a very exciting on it is also a very sad time for me as I move further away from this beautiful and quirky community.

As the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun, and that would certainly seem to be true as we get ready to wrap up another school year.

This year Omimi has faced challenges and tribulations. It has been a different type of year for the house and its people. Some might call it an “off year”. But we’re still doing better than Toroa. The little stream has faced a bend in its triumphant journey. However we are still flowing strong with intent and purpose.

It’s really quite hard to believe that I’m saying goodbye to this amazing school as I feel like I’ve only just said hello. It was only 3 years ago that I left behind a school which wasn’t even in the same universe as Logan Park. I was entering an unknown community, a school whose values and culture were completely different from what I had experienced prior. I was your typical awkward and insecure 15 year old, a spotty, brace faced girl who had no idea as to who she was and who she wanted to be.

Will 2018 finally be the year we take back what is rightfully ours and win the house cup? It will certainly be a tight call considering our incredible performance as a house this year.

Who are we? - - - - We are the Green team - - - - We are the meme team - - - - We are the Trophy taking better -than -we -seem team - - - - Who are we? - - - - Toroa! - - - - Who are we? - - - - Toroa!

View the gallery of Clayton House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Omimi House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Aoraki House Group photos here.

View the gallery of Toroa House Group photos here.

Semester two of Dance has been a hit!

This term in year 9 dance we split in to two groups and choreographed our own dances for the junior show. We used various choreographic devices and elements of dance to ensure it would be fun, exciting and creative.

This year, the Interact Club decided to amp up the activities around the school.

Bill Campbell and Henry Eden-Mann won national titles in the National RoboCup Competition in September.

Jamie Byas received the highest award in Girl Guides in September.

Congratulations to Jayden Jesudhass, Year 9, who competed in an international flute competition in Singapore during July.

Term One News

Over three evenings the senior art, painting and photography folios were on display as senior students finished their external assessments.

Congratulations to Hannah Yeardley.

Cuba Rust was the Logan Park winner for the Otago Art Teachers' Celebrate Show.

Over a couple of weeks at the end of Term 2, the Art Prefects organized a workshop for year 9's and 10's.

We held our school Blues Assembly at the end of Term 3 to celebrate outstanding Sporting and Cultural achievements.

The Department has been a hype of activity in all areas of Technology and we have had a few changes with regards to staffing too.

– Competition Results for 2018. Our students continue to excel in Dunedin, regionally and nationally.

Congratulations to our strong mathematicians for winning the Otago O'Mathalon competition.

2018 has wielded some really impressive results both on a local and national scale! We've been very proud of our students all around.

We farewelled our Year 13 students with a brunch in November and a supper after Senior Prizegiving.

Being on the school board is like being a spotter at a gymnastics competition. It is a good sign if we are not too busy or front and centre. As a board we aim to be alert and available but also allowing the key players to get on with their jobs.

Congratulations to our keen mathematicians who excelled in the challenging Australian Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Exam in Term 2.

One highlight was the visit of Dr Vincent O’Malley.

Early in April the Year 11 Environmental studies class set off to explore glaciers and hydro electric schemes up the Waitaki Valley and beyond to Mt Cook.

In the first week of the Term One holidays, History teacher, Mr Fielding travelled with fourteen other senior teachers from throughout New Zealand to South Korea as guests of the Korean Government to visit their schools and experience the amazing culture of South Korea.

Our Kapa Haka group performed at Polyfest as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori in September.

Congratulations to Ziggi Kaitai-Martin and Esther Tamati for winning the Mana Pounamu Young Achievers Awards 2018.

Congratulations to Bella Sefo and Kate Will-Tofia on receiving the Otago Polytechnic Pacific Island Awards and Scholarships in 2018.

A number our students attended the Pacific Island Dare to Succeed Programme at the University of Otago in March.

There have been plenty of successes in relation to Model United Nations in Logan Park’s history, and this year was no exception.

The LPHS Enviro Club has continued to achieve great things in 2018.

Thanks to Louis Whitburn for taking our Computer Club this year.

2018 has been a fantastic year for LPHS Amnesty International.

The computer club has been resurrected, meeting every week on Thursdays at lunchtime in Room 35.

Our Charities group has been busy in Term 2 with a number of initiatives.

2018 was a very good year for Chess at Logan Park. Historically the school Chess Club has met just on Friday lunchtimes but this year seemed to be every interval and lunchtime, mainly led by the Year 10 students.

The sailing season started off with a splash.

It has been an interesting year for the Careers Team at Logan Park High School.

The Careers Bus visited Logan Park in March.

Senior Drama went from strength to strength this year.

Each week, a good twenty-to-thirty students from different walks of life endure a Monday Theatresports club under a power-hungry leader, principal Keith Johnstone.

Congratulations to our stunning performers for their efforts at the Shakespeare Festival.

Congratulations to our talented Theatresports team who won the 2018 Otago competition.

Our senior drama students presented an evening of theatre at the end of Term 2.

Congratulations to our Theatresports team who competed successfully in August and made it through to the Regional Finals at the New Athaneum.

Drama enthusiasts excelled in the Shakespeare Festival in April.

Eighteen Logan Park, and five Bayfield students of French with staff, Barbara Fitzsimons, Rachel McDonald and Cheryll Walsh, had a wonderful 10 days in Noumea, New Caledonia in April this year.

Can you describe what you are wearing right now in Korean? In order to do that, you need to know the names for the most commonly worn items!

Our Year 9 Japanese class had a great chance to have an intercultural exchange with students from Meikei High School.

Anyone who has been through high school knows that your last year is one of the most intense.

A group of Year 13 Physical Education students spent a weekend x-country skiing and spent two nights sleeping in a snow cave they built in Term 3.

In March, the Year 13 Physical Education class went on a trip around Dunedin to experience and connect with their backyard/hometown.

During Term 3 our Year 12 PE class spent a day coaching at North East Valley Primary School running a sports day for their students.

The 12 PE snow trip took place over 3 days at the Remarkables ski field in Queenstown in August.

All Year 10 girls were given an amazing opportunity; a day long self defence course.

This year is the first time Logan Park has had Dance as an option subject available to Year 9 students.

Congratulations to Sophie Sun, Year 11 who was elected Student Representative to the Board of Trustees in September.

Jayden Jesudhass travelled throughout Vietnam in October as part of an Education New Zealand school tour.

The Student Council of 2018 has been highly motivated, happy, opinionated and above all passionate about bringing to the forefront the importance and efficacy of student voice.

Congratulations to Sophie Bradfield, the first ever recipient of the LPHS Action Award. Sophie was awarded a $50 prize for fulfilling the Community Service requirement of the award.

The Action Award was presented to Zak Rudin in May for his strong leadership of the Logan Park Amnesty Club.

The Action Award was presented to two students at the end of Term 2: Year 9 student Liam Scaife received the award for innovation and Year 13 student Morgan Koykka received it for community service.

The Star and The Otago Daily Times newspapers covered our recent ERO success in June.

Our Film Night was well attended in November.

Thanks to our hard-working PTSA Committee for their Easter raffle.

Congratulations to George Sabonadiere and Sasha Freeman for their election to Chair and Deputy Chair of the Dunedin Youth Council.

We were busy with a range of programmes to start the year.

Writers’ Group this year was very lucky to have two prefects on board; Mary Locker and Quinn Hardie. Both students were supportive of our younger writers, capable organisers, and persistent shoulder tappers. Thank you Mary and Quinn.

Three students will be published in Re-Draft in 2019. Re-Draft is an annual creative writing competition for teenagers which has been running since 2000.

Some clever young writers entered some amazing poetry, creative and formal writings this year.

During Term 3 students enjoyed a visit from author Dr Vincent O'Malley.

Students worked hard to provide some amazing pieces of writing for this year's writing competition, as well as working hard to complete beautiful artworks.

During term three all five Year Ten English classes were actively involved in the Year 10 Reading Challenge. Over the course of seven weeks, students made a concerted effort to plough through the library shelves, as well as become curious about the types of reading they may not yet have embarked upon.

Congratulations to Olivia Goldsmith who won our Junior Public Speaking competition.

Congratulations to Poppy Haywood and Megan Macdiarmid for gaining first and second place in the Junior section of this year’s WriteNow Poetry Competition.

A number of junior students and ESOL students met regularly with senior buddies during Term 2.

Lots of students have been involved in film-making throughout the year.

Congratulations to our talented team of athletes who competed in the Otago Champs in March.

3 of our students had writing selected for publication in the Otago Daily Times in March.

This event was held in mid November and was about having fun, trying new sports and participating with friends.

This year I have had the privilege of being the captain of the Logan Park Girls' Hockey team. We started off the season with a fantastic bunch of girls full of potential and enthusiasm, and we finished up a fantastic group of friends, having developed some of the aforementioned potential, as well as a sense of camaraderie.

Congratulations to Nirvana Hepi-Breen who won a bronze medal in discus at the NZ Athletics Champs in December.

Congratulations to Eloisa, Kaelin, Adair and Angus who won the Culture Quiz held by the Language and Culture Department at Otago University in September.

Congratulations to Zak Rudin who has been selected for this leadership programme in December.

Congratulations to George Sabonadiere and Rosa Miles Seeley for their Dunedin Trustpower Awards in October.

Congratulations to Finn McKinlay, Year 12 who has been selected for the national Powering Potential conference in Wellington.

Education futurist, Frances Valintine held a seminar at Logan Park in October.

Congratulations to Ariyan Zarei who won a PWC Scholarship in October.

Summer days are fast becoming a rarity for Ella Molteno, although that comes with a pretty good trade-off.

Paul Fielding's pride in the simple things on a local stage have gained him national recognition.

LPHS Netball has had a great season this year.

Girls Football has gone from strength to strength. Last year Jim O'Malley started us on a journey to grow and develop girls football.

A Place Where Great Things Happen!

The 2018 Basketball Season saw 6 teams entered across the age grades. Teams were entered in Junior, Senior, Development and Social grades.

Logan Park boys football this year has been an overall success.

Futsal in 2018 has seen another large group of junior and senior Logan Park students getting involved.

The Junior Girls Volleyball Team have competed tremendously well in 2018.

In Term 2 a group of Logan Park students competed in the Badminton competition.

The Student Sports Council works hard every year to make sure there are fun activities happening that everyone can take part in.

Cricket is alive and well at Logan Park High School in 2018. We are now the only Co-ed team from Dunedin playing Saturday afternoon cricket. This reflects the decline in overall playing numbers and the dominance of single sex boys' schools in the competitions.

The boys' badminton team narrowly won Division Two on a count back to complete three years in a row of winning this division.

We celebrated Senior Prizegiving and farewelled Year 13 students in November.

Girls Badminton has continued to be popular. We had five teams entered in the local Secondary competition.

Curling has become a regular sport at Logan Park after its introduction last year.

Logan Park again joined with Bayfield and Kaikorai Valley College playing in the B grade.

The LPHS 1st XI Boys Hockey Team had another great season this year, all the players gave it their best shot and put a lot of effort into this season, but most of all we had a lot of fun.

Many of Logan Park’s rock musicians have made significant achievements over the year.

2018 has been a very impressive year for the orchestra. We have continued to widen our repertoire and thrive as musicians.

The LPHS Big Bad Big Band has had an absolutely jam-packed year, in the best way possible.

The Logan Park High School Choir continues to blossom year after year; 2018 being no exception.

This year in June - August, over 400 groups from around New Zealand competed in the 53rd NZCT Chamber Music contest.

Congratulations to Neive Strang, Yr 13 who released her debut EP, "Expectations," in October.

Congratulations to Karl Brinsdon who is a NZ finalist in the ASB Young Inventors competition.

Congratulations to Casper McGuire, one of nine NZ students selected to attend the UN Youth Pacific Project in Australia and to visit Vanuatu.

We heard in October that Oscar McGuire, Class Act 2017 achieved 5 NZQA Scholarships.

We celebrated Youth Week at the end of Term 3.

Our International Food Festival was held as part of Youth Week at the end of Term 3.

Our Head Prefects Bella Rennie and Lucan Willis were invited to speak at Pine Hill School's Duffy Assembly about the importance of reading.

Roslyn McLean completed her outcome for Level 1 Fabric Technology in September.

We celebrated Korean Language Week at the end of Term 3.

The wellbeing team gave out over 100 rocks and stones for Youth Week at the end of Term Three. Each stone was decorated by students in the team to give support, encouragement and affirmation to students here at school.

During September, while the senior school exams were on, we had several days of activities for the international students who weren’t doing exams.

The programme began straight after Senior Prize Giving with a 4-day Greenstone tramp generously run again by Dr Thompson and Tip. The students all enjoyed the experience even though our unseasonably wet November meant they saw more than their fair share of rain!

We enjoyed a week of Karaoke during lunchtimes in Term 3.

Our last group of Year 10 students appreciated outdoor adventures and exciting times at Tautuku Lodge, in the Catlins area in the final week of Term 2.

In Term Three the Counselling department offered a range of short programmes that offer practical ideas for helping with student health and wellbeing.

In August the Outdoor Education class went to a couple of escape venues in town.

Congratulations to our 2018 Year 9 Scholarship recipients. 17 Scholarships were awarded at the end of Term 2 to those applicants who sustained an excellent record of effort and achievement in Academic, Sporting or Cultural areas.

Congratulations to all of our students and teachers involved in the Science and Technology Fair in August.

Congratulations to the Logan Park Black team who won their division by beating Kaikorai Valley College 4-1 in the final in August.

Term 3 is Reading Challenge term for all junior students.

Term 3 the LPHS bookclub enjoyed having first pick of new books coming into the library.

We enjoyed showcasing our school as part of our Open Days at the beginning of Term 3.

A number of our students were involved with the annual Midwinter Carnival in June.

Junior students enjoyed a special Science Assembly in Term 2.

We welcomed a lovely new group of international students to the school at the beginning of Term 3.

Our Interact Club organised a Showcase Week in the last week of Term 2.

We celebrated Race Unity in March.

Congratulations to Ava Reid who competed in the Hip Hop Unite Championships in June.

Term 2 saw the Biology classes out of the school for a number of trips.

At the end of Term 2 we farewelled a number of international leavers before our new arrivals came in Term 3.

This tournament is a highlight on the calendar. It was great to win the Boys Football.

Student Council organised an ideas facilitation session with The Valley Project in Term 2.

Jayden Jesudhass and his partner Talia Ogier (Bayfield High) were winners of the Mixed Doubles Plate at the South Island/ Otago U15's Badminton Tournament in June.

Congratulations to the Boys 1st XI Football Team who won the co-ed football tournament in June.

“A little party never killed nobody.” Thankfully, this lyric was true at the LPHS Formal 2018 on Saturday the 23rd of June.

In June Senior Physics students and students from the Science Club enjoyed a lively talk and discussion about the LIGO project based in the USA, which is able to detect and measure Gravitational waves.

Henry Eden-Mann and Bill Campbell won their divisions in the Junior Robocup Regional Competition in June.

The Learning and Support Class competed in the Special Olympics soccer event held at the Edgar Centre in June. There was a large turnout from schools competing from all over Otago.

In the first semester, Digital Technology junior students were offered a Virtual Reality (VR) experience first-hand – and they loved it.

The LPHS diversity group, Technicolour Sandwich, has been at the forefront of many activities this year, including Pink Shirt Day, the Day of Silence, and the Pink Youth Ball, which was the first LGBTQ+ event for high school students in Dunedin.

Congratulations to our Film teams who competed in the 48 Hour Film Competition in Term 2.

Congratulations to our awesome choir and conductor Hana Fahy, for winning a top award at the Big Sing event in June.

Molly Stebbings (Yr 12) and Dr Thompson along with students from Christchurch's Cashmere College attended Space Camp in America during the April holidays.

Year 10 classes have enjoyed outdoor adventures and experiences at Tautuku in the beautiful Catlins area in Term 2.

We celebrated Pink Shirt Day with a mufti-day and jump-jam at lunchtime in May.

The final week of Term One was Library Week. Every lunchtime the library hummed with many students and staff taking part in activities, competitions and craft.

Over the first week of the Term 1 holidays, I was fortunate to attend the Youth Enviro-Leaders Forum, a week-long conference held by the Sir Peter Blake Trust in Taranaki with 56 young leaders from around New Zealand.

On May 11 the international students had a very enjoyable trip to the Albatross Centre where we saw four chicks and one adult bird resting on the headland.

We celebrated New Zealand Sign Language Week in May.

Our Year 13 Biology class went on a two day field study to Orokonui after Easter.

International students enjoyed a 3-day adventure on Rakiura, Stewart Island in March.

In March, 12 senior boys and their master Tsurunaga Sensei from Keio High School Kendo Club in Japan visited Logan Park High School.

At the start of the year Jazmin Taylor did incredibly well in the Nutty Tilez competition on thisislanguage.com, which is a language learning Internet UK based site used by our senior French students.

During Summer Tournament Week in March a team of seven sailors competed in the South Island Secondary Schools Sunburst Regatta.

We had 6 students visiting from Thailand at the end of Term One.

One of the highlights of Term One summer sport was the handball competition.

The 2018 Water Polo season got off to a scintillating start for us with 3 teams. The first were a development team who were a keen bunch of Year 9 students who really stepped up towards the end of the season and will see water polo at LPHS compete well in the next few years.

Alice Houston-Page won the Dunedin Final of the Rotary Speech competition in Term One.

Senior students attended a Future-Focused Camp for 4 days in March.

Our senior prefects were announced in Term One.

Powering Potential and Hands on at Otago

Paul Enright was invited to speak at an International Conference in Sweden in Term One.

In Term One Miriam Barton and Anna Walrond competed in the 2018 National Sunburst Championship Regatta.

In Term 2 both Year 9 Art classes enjoyed tours and workshops at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery with the amazing education officer John Neumegen.

Jayden Jesudhass, Year 9 was honoured at a Government Function in February in Vietnam.

Liam Scaife and Linus Molteno have created a new app.

We enjoyed meeting the parents and whanau of our new Year 9 students in February.

Congratulations to our Head Prefects selected in the first weeks of Term 1.

In February all students were given a Wellbeing Planner. This pilot initiative has come directly out of the wellbeing survey which was conducted mid-year 2017.

The Learning and Support Class enjoyed their visit to the Dunedin Art Gallery at the start of the year, investigating artworks and discovering why early settlers from Britain and other places came to New Zealand and the difficulties they had to overcome to make a new life here.

Athletics Day was held in February with some impressive sporting performances and healthy House spirit in evidence.

2018 kicked off in the library with record numbers of books being issued. We welcomed all the Year 9 classes into the space with library tours and orientation.

The Year 13 Biology class began the year looking at how our bodies maintain a stable internal environment.

House spirit was celebrated in February with the annual House Day visits to local beaches.

On the 17th of December last year (2017), ten students flew to Auckland to sail on the Spirit of New Zealand.

On Thursday 15th February we travelled to Wanaka to compete in the Challenge Wanaka Secondary Schools Trialthlon.

We had a lovely group of new international students join us on January 31 for Orientation day.

Congratulations to Annie Kennedy Atchison for her outstanding performances at the start of the year.