St. Michael's College National School

St. Michael's College National School[3] (SMC; Tamil: புனித மிக்கேல் கல்லூரி தேசியப் பாடசாலை; known as St. Michael's College) is a national school in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1873 as a private school and nationalized in mid-70s. The school's founder and architect was French Jesuit missionary, Ferdinand Bonnel.

St. Michael's College National School
புனித மிக்கேல் கல்லூரி தேசியப் பாடசாலை
Address
Father Webber Street

Batticaloa, Batticaloa District
,
Eastern Province
,
30000

Sri Lanka
Coordinates7°42′41.30″N 81°41′45.70″E
Information
School typePublic national 1AB
MottoQuis ut Deus
(Who is like God)
Religious affiliation(s)Christianity
DenominationRoman Catholicism
Founded1873[1]
FounderFerdinand Bonnel, Jesuit
StatusNationalized in 1961
School districtBatticaloa Education Zone
AuthorityMinistry of Education
PrincipalMich.Pius Anantharajah
Grades1-13
GenderBoys
Age range5-19
Enrollment3,000+
LanguageEnglish, Tamil
HousesBonnel, Marian, Miller, Crowther
SloganA College second to none
SongSons of Bless'd St.Michael[2]
SportsBasketball, Cricket, Tennis
YearbookPaadumeen
Websitesmc.edu.lk

History

French Jesuit missionaries founded the school in 1873. Later, it was taken over by American Jesuits. In 1960, most of the private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government but SMC chose to remain private. Jesuits had to pay the wages of teachers and had to manage other expenses. Therefore, in the mid 70s, they decided to hand over the school to the government.[4][5]

Sports

The St. Michael's College is famous for basketball and has won several inner-school basketball championships. Their victories made the school popular and were dubbed as The Invincibles.[6] Jesuit missionaries introduced basketball to Batticaloa, and installed the first basketball court within the school premises. There were several Jesuit priests who played basketball and were good at it. Fr. Hamilton, Fr. Ralph Riemen, SJ, Fr. Eugene John Hebert, SJ, and Fr. Harold J. Weber, SJ were among the best contributors.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Account Suspended". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
  2. "Account Suspended".
  3. "sch.lk domain names".
  4. "History of St.Michael's College, Batticaloa". Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. "History of St.Michael's College, Batticaloa". Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. LTD, Lankacom PVT. "The Island". www.island.lk.
  7. "Dailymirror.lk ::: Breaking News". sports.dailymirror.lk.
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