St. John's College, started in 1915 and is the only boys' school in Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. It contains two primary sections and upper school. Nugegoda had no English School until 1915. St. John's School commenced with 14 pupils on 5 May 1915. In 1934, the mixed school of St. John's was separated into separate Boys and Girls schools, with the boys school known as the College of St. John, Nugeogda.
In 1915, five Wardens of the Church of St. John, led by the John Henry Wickramanayake, secured a piece of land in Nugegoda from the Anglican Bishop of Colombo. They collected money to establish an English School with fifteen students.
Initially it was a Christian Mission school and the first principal of the school was Wickramanayake. In 1934, the mixed school was separated into Girls' and Boys' schools. The girls' school was known as St. John's Girls' School and boys' school was known as St John's Boys' College. The schools were under the church of SS Mary and John, Nugegoda.
There was a Tamil stream as well but the classes were initially at the boys' school and then transferred to a building adjacent to the church. It became a separate school and was called Tamil Maha Vidyalaya. In 1963 under the government re-organisation of schools, all English medium classes were transferred to St Joseph's Convent.
The Cyril Herath Memorial trophy (Johnian of the Year) is awarded to the best overall student in the school. Cyril Herath served as the country's Inspector General of Police between 1985 and 1988. The Cyril Herath Memorial Trophy has only been awarded twice in the school's history, 2011 and 2015. In 2011 Udesh Chandima Perera won this award and Navodh Jayasundara won the Cyril Herath Memorial Trophy in 2015.
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^ abcdefg"St.John's, Nugegoda celebrates centenary". The Island. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^"The late and lamented". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
External links
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Johnian Walk and Old Boy's Talent Show
January 07, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources St John s College Nugegoda news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message St John s College started in 1915 and is the only boys school in Nugegoda Sri Lanka It contains two primary sections and upper school Nugegoda had no English School until 1915 St John s School commenced with 14 pupils on 5 May 1915 In 1934 the mixed school of St John s was separated into separate Boys and Girls schools with the boys school known as the College of St John Nugeogda St John s College Nugegoda National School ස න ත ජ න ව ද ය ලයLocationNugegodaSri LankaInformationTypeGovernmentMottoLatin Nil Desperandum No Desperation Established1915 108 years ago 1915 PrincipalBuddhika AththanayakeGradesClass 1 13GenderBoysAge6 to 19Enrollment4000 Colour s Green and Black Song source source AffiliationChurch of Ceylon Anglican Websitestjohnscollege wbr lk Contents 1 History 2 Past principals 3 Houses 4 Awards 4 1 Cyril Herath Memorial Trophy 5 Notable alumni 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Historical image In 1915 five Wardens of the Church of St John led by the John Henry Wickramanayake secured a piece of land in Nugegoda from the Anglican Bishop of Colombo They collected money to establish an English School with fifteen students Initially it was a Christian Mission school and the first principal of the school was Wickramanayake In 1934 the mixed school was separated into Girls and Boys schools The girls school was known as St John s Girls School and boys school was known as St John s Boys College The schools were under the church of SS Mary and John Nugegoda There was a Tamil stream as well but the classes were initially at the boys school and then transferred to a building adjacent to the church It became a separate school and was called Tamil Maha Vidyalaya In 1963 under the government re organisation of schools all English medium classes were transferred to St Joseph s Convent Past principals EditC E Rubasinghe 1934 1935 Rev Clarence Pieris 1935 1937 J H Hill 1937 1939 Rev Canon Harold De Mel 1940 1947 E C A Navaratnaraja 1948 1957 W T Canegeratne 1957 1958 Samarawicrama 1958 1967 W T Bannaheka 1967 1969 C K Gamage 1970 1983 L A J Jayasundara 1984 1994 R A R Ranathunga 1994 1994 S Kodikara 1994 1995 R S Jayasekara 1995 1996 S Athulathmudali 1996 1998 Neville Kularatne 1998 1999 Asoka Senanayake 2000 2002 S Dissanayake 2003 2006 K Jayasekara 2007 2008 Maj Liyangaskubura 2009 2012 Maj Wanaguru 2012 2014 Maithreepala Liyanarachchi 2015 2017 Buddhika Aththanayake 2017 present St John s College Rugby TeamHouses EditGabriel Yellow Michael Red Rafael Green Uriel Blue Awards EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Cyril Herath Memorial Trophy Edit The Cyril Herath Memorial trophy Johnian of the Year is awarded to the best overall student in the school Cyril Herath served as the country s Inspector General of Police between 1985 and 1988 The Cyril Herath Memorial Trophy has only been awarded twice in the school s history 2011 and 2015 In 2011 Udesh Chandima Perera won this award and Navodh Jayasundara won the Cyril Herath Memorial Trophy in 2015 Notable alumni EditSee also Category Alumni of St John s College Nugegoda One of the first students Ossie Abeyratne became the first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Colombo 1 and another Cyril Herath the 22nd Inspector General of Police This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Name Notability ReferenceSusil Premajayanth Member of Parliament Gampaha 2000 2001 Colombo 2001 present Ray Jayawardhana Dean of Arts and Sciences Cornell University Cyril Herath Inspector General of Police 1985 1988 1 Malini Fonseka actress Member of Parliament National List 2010 2015 Ajantha Ranasinghe lyricist author poet journalist 1940 2016 2 Sunil Ariyaratne film director author poet 1 Soma Edirisinghe film director author businesswomanAnusha Samaranayake first class cricketer 1 S A Dissanayake Inspector General of Police 1963 1966 1 Cyril Dissanayake Deputy Inspector General of Police 1958 1962 1 Lahiru Udara first class cricketer 1 References Edit a b c d e f g St John s Nugegoda celebrates centenary The Island 21 September 2015 Retrieved 27 February 2018 The late and lamented Daily Mirror Retrieved 15 February 2018 External links EditOfficial website Johnian Walk and Old Boy s Talent Show Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St John 27s College Nugegoda amp oldid 1115008554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
