De La Salle College, Colombo
| De La Salle College | |
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Remain Undivided | |
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130, De La Salle Street Mutwal, Colombo, 01500 Sri Lanka  | |
| Information | |
| Type | Roman Catholic School |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1905 |
| Founder | Rev.Br. Junianus Edward FSC |
| Rector | Rev.Fr. Newman Muthuthambi OMI |
| Grades | 1 to 13 Local Syllabus |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | 1,250 |
| Colour(s) | Red & Blue |
| Affiliation | De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools |
| Alumni | Old 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).
Houses
It was in the time of Rev.Bro.Director Luke Gregory that introduced House System, to encourage boys to take part in extra curricular activities. There are Four Houses known as Edward, Augustine, Luke & Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle Brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports & athletics.
| Edward | Named after Rev.Br. Junianus Edward FSC | |
| Augustine | Named after Rev.Br. Augustine Paul FSC | |
| Luke | Named after Rev.Br. Luke Gregory FSC | |
| Hermenegild | Named after Rev.Br. Hermenegild Joseph FSC | |
Edward House
- Named after the Founder of the school Rev Bro. Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German Br. Junianus Edward was appointed Director of De La Salle Brothers' Mother House in Mutwal, Colombo on 8 July 1904 and was appointed the first Provincial Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers newly erected District of Colombo on 1 September 1919.
- Colour : Green
Augustine House
- Named after the First Director of the school Rev.Br. Augustine Paul.
- Color : Blue
Luke House
- Named after Rev. Br. Luke Gregory.
- Color : Red
Hermenegild House
- Named after Rev.Br. Hermenegold Joseph.
- Color : Yellow
Battle of the DEs
Our big inter-school cricket match was against St. Mary’s College - Pettah, Red & Blue Vs Pink & Blue later it was with St. Joseph’s College, Grandpass. Inter staff matches brought about much camaraderie between the teachers of the competing school. Mr.J.M.Pillar, coached our hockey. Bro. Oliver and Claude Wijesinghe handle the cricket teams. Mathew, Shelton Kingsley, Cabral, Godfrey, Andriesz Brothers, Douglas, Justin, the Foul stone Brothers are some of the cricketers we produced.
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. (Written by Rev.Bro.Edward Norbet for the College Diamond Jubilee Souvenir in 1980)
External links
- Old LaSallians Union
- La Sallian Federation of Sri Lanka
- World Union of Lasallian Former Students
- La Salle Colombo
- Archdiocese of Colombo