Interhouse Dodgeball Competition

Our Student Sports Council have organised an Interhouse Dodgeball Competition. Houses are competing on Friday lunchtimes in the Gym, and so far there is a lot of enthusiastic fun-filled support.

Posted: Thursday March 19, 2015

Three peat Logan Park wins Otago Southland Model United Nations again!

120 student delegates from Otago and Southland schools met March 13-15th at Otago University to debate global issues of poverty, hunger, female empowerment and child mortality.

Posted: Tuesday March 17, 2015

Calder Prescott's Tribute Evening.

25 March, 7pm, Logan Park.

Posted: Tuesday March 17, 2015

O-Taiko Japanese Drumming entertains

On Tuesday 10 March, we enjoyed a lunchtime performance from a Japanese Drumming Ensemble, "O-Taiko."

Posted: Wednesday March 11, 2015

Debating Regional Champs

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.

Posted: Wednesday March 11, 2015

Music Camp

On Friday 6 March over 65 music students from all levels departed for Music Camp out at Tirohanga.

Posted: Sunday March 8, 2015

Otago Uni Liaison visit

Year 13 students appreciated hearing about the opportunities at Otago University on Friday 6 March.

Posted: Thursday March 5, 2015

Luge Champ at World Cup

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

Posted: Tuesday March 3, 2015

Sailing

The start of the sailing season was Monday 16th February with great conditions and enthusiastic crews.

Posted: Tuesday March 3, 2015

Top Young Scientist discusses Science with Government Officials

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.

Posted: Monday March 2, 2015

2015 Senior Prefects Announced

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

Posted: Monday March 2, 2015

Scholarship and Excellence Morning Tea celebrations

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.

Posted: Monday March 2, 2015

Top Speaker wins trip to Gallipoli

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.

Posted: Monday March 2, 2015

New Zealand Secondary Schools Lawn Bowls Nationals

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.

Posted: Monday March 2, 2015

Sports Round Up for February

In February Year 12 student Tayla Ward returned from competing for the New Zealand Womens Luge team at the World Cup in Austria, Germany and Italy during December and January. Tayla won the individual junior womens division at the Austrian Cup in Judenburg.

Posted: Monday March 2, 2015

Super Teacher and Super Mentors

Danielle Rieter, one of our Masters of Teaching trainee teachers in 2014, was awarded an Excellence for Teaching Practice Award from the University of Otago, College of Education in 2015.

Posted: Sunday March 1, 2015

DOOM EXHIBITION

The first curators club exhibition for 2015 had an ominous and highly successful theme of Doom.

Posted: Sunday March 1, 2015

New Students' Afternoon Tea

Our afternoon tea to meet all the parents/whanau of new students was held on Wednesday 25th February in the Learning Centre. We were thrilled with the attendance and teachers, Group teachers and House Deans enjoyed the opportunity to discuss individual students and their interests with parents.

Posted: Thursday February 26, 2015

Sports Day

On Thursday February 19, after unsettled weather, we held our 2015 Sports Day at the Caledonian Sports Ground.

Posted: Sunday February 22, 2015

17 NZQA Scholarships awarded to LPHS students.

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.

Posted: Sunday February 15, 2015