St Peter's College, Gampaha

St Peter's College, Gampaha සාන්ත පීතර විදුහල செயிண்ட் பீட்டர் கல்லூரி
Location
Udugampola, Gampaha Sri Lanka
Information
Type	Roman Catholic secondary school
Established	2 February 1993 (2 February 1993)
Founder	Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis
Rector	Rev. Fr. Trevor Martin
Director	Rev. Fr. Lakmin Prasanga Silva
Grades	1–13, local syllabus
Gender	Boys
Age	5 to 19
Enrollment	1500
Color(s)	Blue, white and gold
Website	http://www.stpetersgampaha.lk

St. Peter's College, Gampaha (Sinhala: සාන්ත පීතර විදුහල, Tamil: செயிண்ட் பீட்டர் கல்லூரி) is a boys-only primary to secondary (inclusive) branch school of St Peter's College, Colombo. It is located in the Udugampola zone of Gampaha, Sri Lanka, and was founded in 1993.

History

The St. Peter's College branch school was the initiative of Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis, the auxiliary Bishop of Colombo. Under the patronage of Archbishop of Colombo Rev. Dr. Nicolas Marcus Fernando, St. Peter's College, Gampaha was founded on 2 February 1993, in the Holy Cross Church premises known as "Gal Palliya".

At its inception there were only two teachers, Deepika Peiris and Sarojini Perera, with 46 children enrolled. The first principal of the college was Thilak Rodrigo and Rev. Fr. Joe Wickramasinghe was the Rector.

On 25 October 2003, the Udugampola branch of St. Peter's College was opened by Gomis, with Rector Rev. Fr. Felician Ranjith Perera, Rev. Fr. Siri Cooray, and the Priest in Charge and Principal, Mathew Bernad Fernando.

In 2012, Cardinal Ranjith gave direction to the school management to shift the primary school in Gampaha to Udugampola. The foundation stone was laid for a four-storey building in Udugampola in order to accommodate the students. This new classroom building was opened on 23 April 2013.

Houses

The four primary school houses are Gregory, Julian, Marcellous and Paris.

The four upper school houses are:

• Anthony – named after Rev. Dr. Anthony Coudert OMI, Archbishop of Colombo (1903–1928) and founding archbishop who supported St. Peter's College.
• Nicholas – named after Rev. Fr. D. J. Nicholas Perera OMI, President of St. Joseph's College, Colombo South (1922–1927) and first Rector of St. Peter's College (1927–1943)
• Maurice – named after Rev. Fr. Maurice LeGoc OMI, Rector of St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10 (1921–1940), founder of St.Joseph's College Colombo South (later renamed St. Peter's College) and Rector of St. Joseph's College Colombo South (1922–1927) after which it was renamed St. Peter's College System.
• Peter – named after Rev. Dr. Peter Marque OMI, Archbishop of Colombo (1930–1937), archbishop at the initiation of the House System.

Athletics and activities

Clubs and societies

Principals

Directors

References

External links

• https://www.stpeterscollege.lk
• http://www.stpetersgampaha.lk