St Peter's College, Gampaha

St Peter's College, Gampaha
Location
Udugampola, Gampaha
 Sri Lanka
Coordinates 7°08′01″N 79°58′46″E / 7.133556°N 79.979386°E / 7.133556; 79.979386Coordinates: 7°08′01″N 79°58′46″E / 7.133556°N 79.979386°E / 7.133556; 79.979386
Information
Type Government-aided private school
Motto Virtus Et Veritas (Latin)
(Virtue and Truth)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 2 February 1993 (1993-02-02)
Founder Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis
Rector Rev. Trevor Martin
Director Rev. Jayashantha Sovis
Grades 1 – 13
Gender Boys
Age 5 to 19
Enrollment 1500
Color(s)

Blue, white and gold

              
Website stpetersgampaha.lk

St. Peter's College, Gampaha (Sinhala: සාන්ත පීතර විදුහල, Tamil: செயிண்ட் பீட்டர் கல்லூரி) is a boys-only primary to secondary (inclusive) branch school of St Peter's College, Colombo. It is located in the Udugampola zone of Gampaha, Sri Lanka, and was founded on 2 February 1993.

History

The St. Peter's College branch school was the initiative of the auxiliary Bishop of Colombo, Oswald Gomis. Under the patronage of Archbishop of Colombo, Nicolas Marcus Fernando, St. Peter's College, Gampaha was founded on 2 February 1993, in the Holy Cross Church premises known as "Gal Palliya".

At its inception there were only two teachers, Deepika Peiris and Sarojini Perera, with 46 children enrolled. The first principal of the college was Thilak Rodrigo and Rev. Fr. Joe Wickramasinghe was the Rector.

On 25 October 2003, the Udugampola branch of St. Peter's College was opened by Gomis, with Rev. Fr. Felician Ranjith Perera, Rev. Fr. Siri Cooray, and principal, Mathew Bernad Fernando.

In 2012, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith gave direction to the school management to shift the primary school in Gampaha to Udugampola. The foundation stone was laid for a four-storey building in Udugampola in order to accommodate the students. This new classroom building was opened on 23 April 2013 by Cardinal Ranjith.

Houses

The primary school houses

  • Gregory House

    

  • Julian House

    

  • Marcellous House

    

  • Paris House

    

The upper school houses

  • Anthony House

         Named after Antoine Coudert OMI, Archbishop of Colombo (1903–1928) and founding archbishop who supported St. Peter's College.

  • Nicholas House

         Named after D. J. Nicholas Perera OMI, President of St. Joseph's College, Colombo South (1922–1927) and first Rector of St. Peter's College (1927–1943)

  • Maurice House

         Named after Maurice LeGoc OMI, Rector of St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10 (1921–1940), founder of St. Joseph's College Colombo South (later renamed St. Peter's College) and Rector of St. Joseph's College Colombo South (1922–1927) after which it was renamed St. Peter's College System.

  • Peter House

         Named after Pierre-Guillaume Marque OMI, Archbishop of Colombo (1930–1937), archbishop at the initiation of the House System.

Athletics and activities

  • Rugby
  • Swimming
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Karate
  • Taekwondo

Clubs and societies

  • Aeronautical Club
  • Altar Servers' Association
  • Cadets
  • Commerce Society
  • Choir
    • Eastern choir
    • Western choir
  • English Literary and Drama Society
  • Senior English Literary Union
  • Junior English Literary Union
  • Sinhala Literary Society
  • Geography Society
  • Science Society
  • Junior Science Society
  • Media Unit
  • Scouting
  • SVB
  • Eastern Band
  • Western Band
  • Western Brass Band

Principals

T. M. B. Thilak Rodrigo 1993–2003
Mathew Bernad Fernando 2003–2007
Rev. Fr. J. J. Siri Cooray 2007–2010
Rev. Fr. P. Anton Ranjith 2010–2012
Rev. Fr. M. Chaminda Wanigasena 2012–2014
Rev.Fr. Lakmin Silva 2014–2017
Rev. Fr. Jayashantha Sovis 2018-present

Directors

Rev. Fr. Chaminda Wanigasena 2012–2014
Rev. Fr. Lakmin Prasanga Silva 2014–2017
Rev. Fr. Jayantha Sovis 2018–Present

References

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