Kuwait – 14 February 2016:  A group of Bayan Bilingual School (BBS) high-school students will be taking part in the 42nd Annual Harvard Speech and Debate Showcase tournament taking place this month in Boston, Massachusetts. Gulf Bank extends it congratulations and best wishes to the students participating in the tournament.

This group of 17 BBS students are the only Middle Eastern and Kuwaiti team to participate in this year's event (Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament). There are six competitions at the event: Lincoln Douglas Debate; Dramatic Interpretation; Humorous Interpretation; International Extemporaneous Speaking; Duo Interpretation; and Original Oratory. Speech and debate is an academic activity typically available to students in middle school, high school, and/or college. Speech and debate activities are challenging, competitive in nature, and require regular practice, coaching, dedication, and hard work.

The speech and debate team was founded in the fall of 2013 by Ms. Christina McDade, Ms. Francine Camerini and Ms. Candice Warzecha with less than 10 students. Since then, BBS has hosted three local tournaments and competed in two, one taking place at the University Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco in March 2015. This tournament takes place under the umbrella of the National Speech and Debate Association in the US.  It is the largest interschool speech and debate organization serving middle and high school students, as well as university students.

Gulf Bank remains strongly committed to supporting youth and educational initiatives, and doing its part to help empower the next generation. To find out more about Gulf Bank, please see the bank's bilingual website at www.e-gulfbank.com, call the Customer Contact Center on 1805805, visit one of Gulf Bank's 56 branches in Kuwait, or see its social media channel on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.