Holy Family Girls School, Wennappuwa
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| Holy Family Girls' School | |
|---|---|
 Holy Family Girls School | |
Sri Lanka | |
| Information | |
| Former name | Wennappuwa Girls’ Elementary English School |
| Motto | Living in Gratitude with Simplicity and Fidelity |
| Established | 1930 |
| Staff | 90 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrollment | 2300 |
| Website | www |
Wennappuwa Holy Family Girls' School is a girls' school in Wennappuwa in the North Western Province in Sri Lanka, which was established in 1930 under the Holy Family sisters of Bordeaux.[1] It was an English Medium school until taken over by the government in 1960.
The school motto is Living in Gratitude with Simplicity and Fidelity.
Holy Family girls’ School was established in 1930 as Wennappuwa Girls’ Elementary English School. At the beginning there were classes from standard I-IV, with 60 students. The Kindergarten was started in 1930. Being a private school, the students paid for the education they received, and the teachers were paid by the bishop of the diocese.
The school was taken over by the Sri Lankan government on 23 September 1974.
Principals
- Rev. Sr. Benigna Ekanayake 1930-1954
- Rev. Sr. Malachy Walsh 1955-1966
- Rev. Sr. JohnBerchmans Kerewgodage 1967-1970
- Rev. Sr. Mechtilde Marie Fernando 1971-1974
- Rev. Sr. Olga Tissera 1975-1977
- Rev. Sr. Mary Patronilla Gunesekara 1978-1995
- Rev. Sr. Mary Ethel 1995-1996
- Rev. Sr. Mary Ida 1999-2003
- Rev. Sr. Henrietta Perera 2003-2010
- Rev. Sr. Vijitha Kakulthotuwa 2010-2013
- Rev. Sr. Priyangani Perera 2013-2019
Present day
The school has 2300 students and 90 staff. The principal is the Rev. Sr. Shirani.
There are Science, Commerce, Arts, English and Media associations. The teachers in charge of the Girls’ Guide Unit conduct their meetings both in Sinhala and English language.