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The Print is a student-run electronic magazine at the New English School (Kuwait) (NES). The magazine publishes biweekly on a Tuesday. It began publishing in 2001. In 2015, it became the first online school magazine amongst schools in Kuwait that publishes on a biweekly basis.

History
The Print magazine's first edition was published on December of the year 2001. It was created by a previous student of NES called Benny Zachariah, who was also the magazine's first Editor-in-Chief. The Print took over the duty of reporting school events from The Oasis (school year book). The Oasis publishes once towards the end of the academic year. The Print on the other hand keeps publishing issues throughout the whole year. During the first years of circulation two issues were published in one academic year, the December issue and and the March issue. Some years saw the publication of not just two issues but three issues. During 2011, Editors decided that more issues needed to be published on a regular basis rather than the usual two issues.

Mission
The Print team strives to keep students and teachers of NES informed about events and activities happening on a daily basis in the school.

Online version
At 2015, it was decided that the magazine will be converted from a printed version to an electronic version. It is the first of its kind amongst schools in Kuwait. The editors of that academic year Abdelaziz Ghannami and Salem Al Othman worked on the transition of The Print in addition to a teacher called Mr. Wesson who guided them through the process, making sure The Print 's old design blended in with the new aesthetic version of The Print. This lines up with the ethos of the New English School that saving paper is a priority. The "E-Print" was a term used within members of The Print team to refer to the online version. A lot of praise was gained within the first few days after publishing the first online issue from students and teachers of the school.

Contributors
Students who are members of The Print are referred to as "journalists". These students can choose whether to write text articles or be video-journalists and/or photojournalists. The Print team meet every second Tuesday and discuss the stories for the next issues. Stories are distributed to the contributors. The Editor-in-chief and Deputy editor can also choose to write stories for The Print. This activity can serve to help students achieve the service component part of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Students in the lower school can also benefit from The Print as this activity can support work towards the year 7 or 8 LEAP Award.

Editorial Policy
The current Editor-in-chief of The Print magazine is Salem Al Othman and the current Deputy Editors-in-chief are Samek Malik and Lianne Suleiman. Each academic year, new editorial students are brought to The Print as the student leadership team reshuffles. The Editor-in-chief is considered to be a full member of the student leadership team that is composed of 8 students, representing "media" in the school. The selection process is compromised of previous editors listing names of students that are constant and eager members of The Print to senior school staff. These students are considered "editor-elects". Senior staff then discuss the "editor-elects" and one worthy individual is selected to be the Editor. The Editor begins working on The Print instantly. Afterwards the Editor selects his Deputy Editor after a letter of application in writing is submitted. The Deputy Editor-in-chief arranges meetings and makes sure students are working on gathering up stories for the next issues. In some cases, the Deputy Editor is elevated to become the Editor-in-chief with direct approval form senior school staff.