Southlands College '10 Batch
Southlands College,
Galle
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Southlands College is the premier Girls school in Southern Sri Lanka. It was started during the British rule in 1885. Miss. Lucy Vanderstraaten was the first Principal. The school began in two larger down-stair rooms in a house in Fort with a group of some 50 children. At the beginning it was named “Wesleyan Girls School”.
Many dedicated Methodist missionary principals and local principals have rendered their valuable service during a period of 118 years to make Southlands one of the best Girls schools in Sri Lanka.
During this long period Southlands College developed in the academic field as well as in many extra-curricular activities. In addition to the normal primary education of the school, Southlands pupils had the privilege of learning music, singing, western and eastern drama, dancing physical training and a number of sports as tennis, netball and cricket. Home economics, Needle work, Handicraft and Guiding etc were yet others since all those subjects were introduced to the main school curriculum in that era.
