De La Salle College, Colombo

De La Salle College
Latin: Indivisa Manent Remain Undivided
Location
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
Old Boys	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 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     

External links

• Old LaSallians Union
• La Sallian Federation of Sri Lanka
• World Union of Lasallian Former Students
• La Salle Colombo
• Archdiocese of Colombo