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Commencement Dates 2010:

February 3rd (Wednesday) Teacher Only Day

Intl Students' Orientation

February 4th Year 10 and 11 students only

February 5th Year 9, 12 and 13 students only

February 8th All students

Service Academy

There are still places available in our Service Academy for 2010. Don't miss out! Check out Service Academy information here.

New Senior School Uniform 2010

The new senior uniform is compulsory for Year 11 students but optional for Year 12 students. Year 13 students can continue to wear mufti. Uniform items are available from Adventure Outfitters (455 Princes St) and Arthur Barnett's School Shop (Meridian Mall) - layby and payment options are available.

Board of Trustees News:

The Election for the Logan Park High School Board of Trustees will take place in May this year, date to be confirmed. If you are a parent of a current Logan Park student, please consider standing as a new member for the Board.

Read our school policies and view job vacancies.

About our School:

Logan Park High School is a co-educational school in Dunedin, a city of 120,000, home to the University of Otago, and known as the "student city". The school is set in a valley surrounded by forest, five minutes' walk from the campus.

Logan Park is well-known as Dunedin's performance arts school and is proud of its well-deserved reputation for academic excellence, based on outstanding national scholarship results. In 2008 Logan Park High School was the top co-ed school in Dunedin and first-equal overall in scholarship results.

Logan Park has a roll of 600 students from year 9 to year 13. The school is strong in English, Art, Social Sciences, Music, Drama, Science, Maths and Languages, including Maori, French and Latin. Students have access to computers in and out of class time with a ratio of one to every two students. There are numerous opportunities for musical students, including two school choirs, several chamber music groups, an orchestra, an award-winning jazz band, and an after school rock music academy. There are active Robotics, Chess and Maths Clubs, as well as an enthusiastic Environmental Group.

Logan Park has Dunedin's top secondary school basketball, football, futsal and ice hockey teams as well as highly competitive teams in girls' and boys' field hockey, and badminton.

The school has a climbing club and the city's only secondary school indoor climbing wall. We offer international students an Outdoor Experience programme of at least 2 trips each term, including kayaking, skiing or snow boarding, tramping and sight seeing in the stunning scenery of the lower South Island made famous in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

There are many Music, Drama, Literary and Art activities at LPHS. Students can join any of the 12 drama productions each year including musicals, dance, Shakespeare, one act plays, as well as some touring work. For musicians, there is an itinerant music programme where students can learn any musical instrument during class time, and join any of the school's musical performance groups. For the artistically inclined, there are many art competitions and a yearly art exhibition to contribute to. The English Department supervises writing competition entries, speech and debating teams. Cultural groups like the Kapa Haka and Pacific Island performance group are also popular especially at the yearly International Concert. Youth Week held every year gives students an opportunity to perform in Karaoke, debating, compering, rock band performances and to enjoy an International Food Festival.