St. Thomas' College, Matale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Template:Infobox school/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". St. Thomas' College, Matale[1][2] (Sinhala: මාතලේ ශාන්ත තෝමස් විද්‍යාලය), or (STC), is a boys-only secondary school located in Matale, Sri Lanka.[3][4][5][6]

History

The school was established in 1873 under the verandah of a small mud-and-wattle church. The first class of students included 75 boys and 12 girls. In 1876, the school was split into separate boys and girls schools by Rev. Fr. Aloysius J. M. Marrer. The headmaster of the boys' school was Leo de Silva, and the leader of the girls' school was Rosa Perera. The girls' school was named St. Agnes Convent School, which is now known as St. Thomas Girls' School.

In January 1880, a secular priest (also known as a diocesan priest), Rev. Fr. Pius Fernando, from Negombo, arrived at the school. Fernando spent half a century of his priestly life in Matale and died in 1930.[7]

In 1901, the Robinson Memorial Hall was built on land donated by John Croos of Negombo. In 1904, Joseph Gregory Perera, a former student of the school, joined as a pupil-teacher and retired in 1946. He was popularly known as “Joseph Master”. During that time the headmasters were J. M. Direckse, A. S. Scharnignivel, L. D’w. Jayasighe, C. J. Rodrigo and Charles Robinson. Robinson was appointed as headmaster on 1 September 1923, retiring in 1958.

Cadet Platoon (Junior) was inaugurated on 10 December 1938 under the charge of J. B. Madasekara. E. A. Perusinghe, who was a Lieutenant, took over cadeting.[8] The Scout Troop 3rd Matale was inaugurated in 1935 with F. de S. Gunawardena as Scout Master and S. B. Pamunuwa as his assistant.

When Robinson retired, he was succeeded by George Denlow, who left the school after a short stint and was replaced by B. J. Perera.

Education

There are more than 2,000 students studying in the college (July 2014). They have many facilities of studying leading to qualifications such as grade 5 scholarship exams, O/L and A/L.[9]

File:Matale St.Thomas' church.jpg
Matale St.Thomas' church in front of the school

Past principals

Name Entered office Departed office
Charles Robinson
1923
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1958
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Rev. Fr. D. Aidan de Silva
1958
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1962
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
W. B. Gopallawa
1962
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1965
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
A. J. Wijesinghe
1965
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1985
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Upali Weragama
1988
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1996
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
J. H. M. W. Ranjith
1997
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2000
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
E. M. P. Ekanayake
2001
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2005
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Dampiya Wanasinghe
2005
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2016
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
K. A. J. Kulasuriya
2016
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2018
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
D. M. G. B. Dissanayake
2019
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2020
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Dhammika Hewawasam
2020
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
present
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Houses

House Name House Colour
Austin <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 
Bede <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 
Clement <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 
Pius <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 

Competition

The school's main rival is the Science College, Matale. Matches between the two are often called the "Battle of the Golds".[10]

Notable alumni

The school has produced many notable persons who are well known throughout the country. Script error: No such module "Hatnote".

Name Notability Reference
Script error: No such module "Sort". Entrepreneur and philanthropist Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Sort". Actor, singer
Script error: No such module "Sort". Inspector General of Police (1998 – 2002) [11]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Singer, photographer (1982 – present) [12]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) (2019 – 2022)
Chief of Defence Staff (2022 – 2024) 		[13]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Secretary, Ministry of Mahaweli Development (2019– present) [14]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Test cricket player (2007 – 2014) [15]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Actor, Dramatist (1994 – present) [16]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Model, actor (2009 – present) [17]
Script error: No such module "Sort". ODI, T20I cricket player (2017–present) [18][19][20]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Model, actor (2015 – present) [21]
Script error: No such module "Sort". First-class cricketer [22][23]

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Bowlers help Matale Thomians to win
  4. ↑ Matale Thomians-Under 19 hockey champions
  5. ↑ No decision at Matale
  6. ↑ Kingswood stun Matale Thomians
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Education in Sri Lanka

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=St._Thomas%27_College,_Matale&oldid=6254823"