De La Salle College, Colombo

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De La Salle College
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De La Salle College, Colombo
6°57′44″N79°51′45″E / 6.9623°N 79.8626°E / 6.9623; 79.8626 Coordinates: 6°57′44″N79°51′45″E / 6.9623°N 79.8626°E / 6.9623; 79.8626

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Sri Lanka
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Type National School
Motto Latin: Indivisa Manent
(Remain Undivided)
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established1905
FounderRev. Br. Junianus Edward FSC
DirectorRev. Br. Joseph Jeyakanthan FSC
Grades1 - 13
GenderBoys
Enrolment1250
Colour(s)Red and blue
  
AffiliationDe La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools
AlumniOld LaSallians
Website delasalle.lk

De La Salle College, Colombo is the only school in Sri Lanka dedicated to the Patron Saint of Christian Teachers St. John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the congregation of De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools in Latin: "Fratres Scholarum Christianarum"(FSC).

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Directors / Principals

The college was inaugurated on 1 February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below.

Directors / Principals :
Junianus Edward1905/02/01Founder
Bartholomew Paul1905/02/01First Director
Edwin George1905/02/01First Sub Director
Augustine Joseph1919 - 1923
Alexander Basil1923 - 1925
Luke Gregory1925 - 1931Silver Jubilee
Claude Marie1932 - 1933
Glastian Olivere1933 - 1935
Wenceslaus1935 - 1937
Caeser Albert1937 - 1938
Emile OD Jeziza1938 - 1940
Austin Anthony1940 - 1943
Anselm Calixtus1943 - 1945
Vincent Aloysius1945 - 1946
Caeser Albert1946 - 1949Second Time
Glastian Olivere1950 - 1951Second Time
Austin Anthony1951 - 1952Second Time
Stanislaus Norbert1952 - 1953Acting Director
Hermenegild Joseph1953 - 1958Golden Jubilee
Stephen Harding1958 - 1959
Vincent Joseph1960 - 1961
T Alphonsus1961 - 1966
Edwin Ambrose1966 - 1969
Thomas Philip1966 - 1967Acting Director
Joseph Nicholas1969 - 1972
A. Brenden1972 - 1976
Eustace Bastian1976 - 1978
Aloysius Stephen1978 - 1986Diamond Jubilee
Placidus Fernando1986 - 1989
Ignatius Warnakula1989 - 1992
Eustace Bastian1992 - 1994Second Time
Anil Fernando1994 - 1995Acting Director
Ernest Tarcisius1995 - 2012Centennial Jubilee
Newman Muthuthambi2013 – 2020OMI Priest
Joseph Jeyakanthan2021 – up to now

House System

Rev Br Luke Gregory, introduced a house system, with four houses: Edward, Augustine, Luke and Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports and athletics.

Edward House

Augustine House

Luke House

Hermenegild House

Sports & Games

Athletics

Basketball

Cricket

Soccer

Volleyball

Swimming

Clubs&Societies


Battle of the DEs

The Mazenodian-LaSallian (The Battle of the DEs) was an annual cricket encounter between De Mazenod College, Kandana and De La Salle College, Mutwal in since 1955. It is known as The Battle of the DEs due to the names of the two schools.[ citation needed ]

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