News Secondary
2 August 2024
Our Battle of the Speakers Contest for Years 7 -12 took place on Wednesday 31st of August, 2024 at the College Auditorium. The theme this year was 'Free Palestine'.
The contest saw 25 students taking part and the panel of judges had a difficult task to judge the best of the speakers. The quality of speakers this year was extremely high and worthy of praise. Some speakers were even able to move members of the audience to tears with their emotionally-laden speeches.
The guest speaker – Ms Aseel Tebeileh spoke of the current situation in Palestine and in her candid tone expressed the reality of the war occurring and what needed to be done to end the humanity crisis.
Students spoke about Palestine, Palestinians, historical context and reality before us, our roles and responsibilities and what it truly means to stand with Palestine.
The feedback so far has been very heart-warming and positive as students and staff expressed great satisfaction and joy that this event was timely and gave everyone the chance to be expressive, self-reflect and introspect.
Top three speakers in the Years 7 – 9 category are:
Top three speakers in the Years 10 – 12 category are:
Our heartiest congratulations to the following students who were equally remarkable and made their mark in this year’s Battle of the Speakers Contest:
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Category 2:
Category 3:
Category 4:
My special thanks to Mr Haroon Patel and his team from the Humanities Department for your support and assistance and not forgetting my hardworking team from the English Department who stood by me to ensure the program was successful. Above all – I must thank Mr Osama Akkad from the SSD Team for being a great Master of Ceremony for this event.