De La Salle College, Colombo
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130, De La Salle Street Mutwal, Colombo 01500 Sri Lanka 
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| Type | Roman Catholic School |
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Latin: Indivisa Manent (Remain Undivided) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1905 |
| Founder | Rev.Br. Junianus Edward FSC |
| Rector | Rev.Fr. Newman Muthuthambi OMI |
| Grades | 1 to 13 Local Syllabus |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | 1,250 |
| Colour(s) | Red & Blue |
| Affiliation | De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools |
| Alumni | Old LaSallians |
| Website | delasalle.lk |
De La Salle College, Colombo is the only school in Sri Lanka dedicated to the Patron Saint of Christian Teachers St. John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the congregation of De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools in Latin: "Fratres Scholarum Christianarum"(FSC).
De La Salle College the pristine glory of Mutwal, was inaugurated on 01st February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below. They showed the way to mould & shape each student.
It was in the time of Rev.Bro.Director Luke Gregory that introduced House System, to encourage boys to take part in extra curricular activities. There are Four Houses known as Edward, Augustine, Luke & Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle Brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports & athletics.
Our big inter-school cricket match was against St. Mary’s College - Pettah, Red & Blue Vs Pink & Blue later it was with St. Joseph’s College, Grandpass. Inter staff matches brought about much camaraderie between the teachers of the competing school. Mr.J.M.Pillar, coached our hockey. Bro. Oliver and Claude Wijesinghe handle the cricket teams. Mathew, Shelton Kingsley, Cabral, Godfrey, Andriesz Brothers, Douglas, Justin, the Foul stone Brothers are some of the cricketers we produced.
The Mazenodian-LaSallian (The Battle of the DEs) was an annual cricket encounter between De Mazenod College, Kandana and De La Salle College, Mutwal in since 1955. It is known as The Battle of the DEs due to the names of the two schools. (Written by Rev.Bro.Edward Norbet for the College Diamond Jubilee Souvenir in 1980)
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