St. Aloysius' College, Galle

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St. Aloysius' College, Galle
Al crest001.png
The current crest of the College
Location
Galle
,
Southern Province

Sri Lanka
Coordinates6°2′9″N 80°12′44″E / 6.03583°N 80.21222°E / 6.03583; 80.21222Coordinates: 6°2′9″N 80°12′44″E / 6.03583°N 80.21222°E / 6.03583; 80.21222
Information
TypeStarted as a private Roman Catholic school
MottoLatin:
Certa Viriliter
English:
Strive Manfully
Established1895; 126 years ago (1895)
FoundersSociety of Jesus
PrincipalAnura Gamage
Grades1–13
GenderBoys
Number of students5000
Color(s) Green  and  Gold 
Sports
Nickname of StudentsAloysian
Websitewww.sac.sch.lk

St. Aloysius' College is a boys' high school located in Galle, the capital city of Southern Province in Sri Lanka. The school was established in 1895 by recently arrived Belgian Jesuit missionaries, led by Fr:Joseph Van Reeth, SJ, first bishop of Galle. St. Aloysius' College is a national school, which provides primary and secondary education. In 2012, it had 4,000 students on its roll.

History[]

St. Aloysius' College is situated on Mount Calvary, neighbouring St. Mary's Cathedral on one side and Sacred Heart Convent on the other. The college was established in 1895 by Belgian Jesuit fathers and was named after the Jesuit Saint, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. St. Aloysius' College, Galle, is one of many schools named St Aloysius' College.

Until the Sri Lankan government brought legislation for nationalisation of schools in the island (with an exception of only a few schools), St. Aloysius' College was run by Jesuit Fathers and the medium of instruction was English. The first Buddhist principal was appointed in the year 1971 and subsequently the medium of instruction was changed to Sinhala.

College Today[]

The college provides education to 4,000 students from grade 1 to grade 13. The students of the school fall into diverse religious groups where over 90 percent of students are Buddhists and the others are Christian (or Catholic) and Muslim.

College Crest's Elements[]

Center:IHS – Iesus Hominum Salvator("Jesus Saviour of Mankind")
1. The Tusker – Courage
2.Lilies – Purity of conscience
3.Torch – Torch of learning
4.Rooster – Symbol of Galle

College Houses[]

Students represent five houses that are named after Jesuit Fathers who were pioneers in developing the school in its early days. Students are divided into houses according to their admission number.

  •  -Cooreman
  •  -Murphy
  •  -Neut
  •  -Standaert
  •  -Vanreeth

Sports[]

Sports is a major part of St. Aloysius’ College. Cricket, Basketball, Rugby, Football, Hockey and Swimming are some of the sports among over 20 sports in College. Among all of them, Rugby takes a prominent role as it has a history starting from 1980s. As a foot step of that, with the motto ‘‘ Born with the Stuff ’’ Rugby was introduced at St. Aloysius’ in latter part of 1980s. The first historic match was played in 1992 against Richmond College. Taking centre stage of the annual sporting calendar are the St. Aloysius' - Richmond Rugby Encounter.

Principals[]

Main Hall
Period Details
1910 – 1921 Rev. Fr. Dionysius Murphy S.J
1921 – 1925 Rev. Fr. John Delaney S.J
1925 – 1949 Rev. Fr. Ernest Gaspard S.J
1949 – 1962 Rev. Fr. Paul Nazarine Peiris S.J
1963 – 1968 Rev. Fr. Paul Caspersz S.J
1968 – 1970 Rev. Fr. Stephen Fernando S.J (Acting)
1970 – 1971 Rev. Fr. Paul Caspersz S.J
13 June 1971 – 1 April 1972 B. K. Silva
1 April 1972 – 28 February 1973 Dunstan Fernando
28 February 1973 – 3 August 1973 J. B. Varnakulasingham (Acting)
3 August 1973 – 22 December 1975 L. D. P. Jayasinghe
22 December 1975 – 25 May 1976 A. B. J. L. Fernando (Acting)
25 May 1976 – 7 January 1987 D. Y. Wijewickrama
7 January 1987 – 1996 A. V. Illeperuma
1996 – 2004 N. K. Ariyawansa
2004 –2004 Nandasena Pathirana (Acting)
2004 – 2014 D. P. L. S. Gunasekara
2014 - 2014 Piyasiri Kumarage (Acting)
2014 - 2017 October Ranjith Thilakarathne
2017 - 2017 L.P.Weeraman(Acting)
2017–2020 Nayanapriya Perera
2020–Present Anura Gamage

Old Boys' Associations[]

There are a number of branches of the school's Old Boys’ Association located all around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Qatar and the United Kingdom.

Notable alumni[]

See also: Category:Alumni of St. Aloysius' College, Galle
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Name Notability Reference
Ediriweera Sarachchandra playwright, novelist, poet and literary critic
Cyril Ponnamperuma Scientist (Molecular Evolution) in Exobiology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center [1]
R. I. T. Alles educationist, founder of D. S. Senanayake College (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
N. U. Jayawardena economist, Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon (1953–1954)
A. C. Alles Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (1964–1974)
Shantha Kottegoda General - Commander of the Army (2004–2005)
Lalith Gamage President - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Gihan Wikramanayake Director, University of Colombo School of Computing
D. V. J. Harischandra consultant psychiatrist, author, buddhist scholar
Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri Chief Minister of Southern Province (1998–1993), Governor of Uva (1999–2003)
Chandima Weerakkody Member of Parliament (Galle) (2009–present)
Sunil Santha musician, composer, singer, lyricist
Patrick Denipitiya songwriter, composer, music arranger, instrumentalist
Dilith Jayaweera Chairman - George Steuart Group, Director - Citrus Leisure PLC, Managing Director - Triad (Pvt) Ltd
Chathuranga de Silva One Day International cricket player (2014)
Harsha Vithana First class cricket player
Mohan P. de Silva Member of Parliament (Galle) (2010–present)
Asoka Abeygunawardana Chairman & CEO of Strategic Enterprise Management Agency at Presidential Secretariat,Sri Lanka

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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cyril Ponnamperuma".

External links[]

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