School Profile

  • First school to introduce the House System(1921)
  • First school to introduce the Uniform(1922) 
  • First school to introduce the School Tie(1922)
  • First school to introduce the School Badge (1922)
  • First Girl Guide company to be formed in Sri Lanka(1917)
  • First school to introduce Kandyan Dancing to the school Curriculum (1952)
  • First school to introduce the Domestic science to the school curriculum (1921)
  • First Lady graduate in the Island- Priscilla Marshall (1898)
  • First lady Doctor to be obtain the L,R.C.P.S.(Edinburgh) – Nelly R. Jardine (1989)
  • First Sri Lankan Guide Captain – Gladys Vandersraate(1921)
  • First Guide in Sri Lanka  to obtain the ‘ All Round Cord’-  Gladys Vandersraate(1921)
  • First girl in Sri Lanka to be award the University scholarship-Lily Fernando
  • First Lady graduate and the first to win the ‘Tripos’ of the Cambridge University – Soma Senevirathne (1927)
  • First girl from Sri Lanks to be train in Physical Education at Lady Willindon College- Nora Perera
  • The first school to introduce Netball
  • First Sri Lankan lady to get Masters Degree in Bio Chemistry- Ratnabai Arulanandham (1953)
  • First and only Sri Lankan to obtain a Ph.D Human Genetics -Eugene Jayasekara (1968)
  • First Sri Lankan lady to become a fellow of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons – Nalini Ekanayake (1976)
  • First Home science iIspectress- Lynda Oorloff
  • First lady Auctioneer – Matilda de Silva
  • First Sri Lankan lady Draughtsman- Stella David
  • First Sri Lankan to be elected secretary of the Y.M.C.A. -Marguerlte Pichaud
  •  First Sri Lankan to be trained in the Montessori System of education and also to establish the first Montessori school island and obtain a doctorate in Montessori method – Lena Wickramarathne
  • First Sri Lankan Catholic Journalist Nun- Rev. Sister Norbeta  Wickramarathne
  • First girl accepted from Sri Lanka  to the Y.M.C.A collage of Physical education – Flora Rajapakshe(1947)
  • First lady to be president of a Multi Purpose Co=operative Society (1970)- Anula Ellepola Udalagama
  • First deputy Director/ Administration, Department of Animal Production and Health- Lalitha Dissanayake(1970)
  • First professional lady Piolet- Menaka Fernando (1990)
  • First school to introduce ” Butterflies” under Girl Guides’ movement for the students of grade 1 and 2 (1913)