St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya

St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya is a National school for girls situated in Milagiriya in Colombo. It was initially established as a Parish school affiliated to St. Paul's Church (Milagiriya). Today the school comprises of a multi-religious community and all students, irrespective of their religion, come together and organise Buddhist, Christian and Islamic religious programs daily and annually ^[1][2]

Principals through the years

The following are principals from the time of foundation to the present:^[3]

• Miss Stella Coban (1887-1922)
• Miss Eda Ondatchi (1992-1937)
• Mrs. Agnes Spittel (1937-1940)
• Mrs. Honor Rover (1940-1947)
• Mrs. Thelma Bud Jansz (1947-1955)
• Mrs. E.P. Roper (1955-1958)
• Mrs. Grace Paul (1958-1964)
• Mrs. Pearl Ratnayake (1964-1967)
• Mrs. Barbara Gunasekera (1967-1985)
• Miss K. Pitigala (1985-1989)
• Mrs. Hema Wellalage (1989-1990)
• Mrs. Gothami Fernando (1990-1995)
• Mrs. I.P. Alahakoon (1995 to 2004 )
• Mrs. Geetha Gunawardena (2004 to date)

Extracurricular activities

Clubs and societies

• Sinhala & English Media Unit
• Science Society
• Commerce Society
• Art Society
• Interact Club
• Drug Preventing Society
• Buddhist Society
• IT Club
• Environmental Society
• Christian Society
• Islamic Socitey

Sports

• Basketball
• Karate
• Table Tennis
• Gymnastics
• Athletics
• Chess
• Badminton
• Swimming
• Hockey
• Netball

Notable alumni

• Yashoda Wimaladharma - Famous Actress
• Damitha Abeyratne - Actress
• Gayani Madusha - Singer
• Menik Kurukulasuriya - Actress
• Ama Wijesekera - Actress
• Chandani Seneviratne - Actress
• Uresha Ravihari - Singer
• Sujani Menaka - Actess
• Shashi Prabodha - Actress

General References