
V. A. S. Melvani on his appointment as the Head Prefect, alongside, D. V. Udumalagala on his appointment as the Deputy Head Prefect of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia.

V. A. S. Melvani on his appointment as the Head Prefect, alongside, D. V. Udumalagala on his appointment as the Deputy Head Prefect of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia.
The annual prize giving for the year 2025 was held on the 20th of February 2026. The prize giving is the day where the great academic successes of students are rewarded, appreciated and showcased. The event highlighted how far S. Thomas’ College has come in the span of 175 years as said by Warden, Mr. Asanka Perera. The prize giving was brought to a close by the traditional speech by the head prefect of College, Kieran Lawrence. The following Monday was declared the prize giving holiday by the chief guest, Mr. Nandha Fernando.


The Annual Prize Giving for the accomplishments of our students in the year 2024 will be held on Monday the 03rd of February 2025 at 4.15pm in the Main Hall.
The Chief Guests for this event will be Mr. Yohesan Casie Chetty and Mrs. Casie Chetty.
The link to the live stream will be posted here in due course.
The Tamil Drama Inter-House Competition was held on the 22nd of September and De Saram House won the title and retained the sheild this year too.
De Saram House was placed 1st in the Inter-House Tamil Drama Competition 2023. They retained the shield successfully.
Congratulations, Harishna and team

The Tamil Drama Society participated in the Inter-School Drama Competition organised by Royal College on the 24th of september.


Following the end of term for J.N.Dela and L.M.Pereira, a representative of the media unit had a sit down with their successors to the College Offices of Head and Deputy Head Prefect, Dulmeth Perera and Kaveesh Kamalchandra (respectively).
Continue ReadingThe G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examinations are scheduled to be held from the 29th of May 2023 to the 8th of June 2023.
We wish all our students from the batch of 2022 who will be sitting for the exam all the very best.
Good Luck Boys!
Students of the Lower 3 and Upper 3 took a walk on the beach learning about marine life, the importance of cleaning the beach and of course having fun in the sand, as part of their activity day.
See pictures below.
Continue Reading

This award was introduced by the present Warden at the Prize Giving for 2016, the year that the College celebrated the 165th anniversary of our foundation, not only to remember our revered Founder, Bishop James Chapman, the 1st Anglican Bishop of Colombo, but also to recognize a student who exemplifies and demonstrates what the citation that accompanies the Medal states, “the values of faith, courage, service above self, loyalty, and integrity” and thus fulfils the Founder’s Vision of education:
Continue ReadingThe Warden’s Report and Prize list is given below.
Continue Reading(Postponed from December 2021 to May 2022, and results released in December 2022)
(Postponed from August 2021 to February 2022 and results released in August 2022)
The Sri Lanka Schools Debating Competition (SLSDC), organised by the Law Faculty of the University of Colombo, was held between the 27th of August and the 4th of September.
Continue ReadingDespite the numerous obstacles, the rapid changes, and the uncertainties, the students of the International A/level section achieved new heights in the results they produced at the Summer 2021 International A/S Level and A/Level examination held in May. These grades were achieved solely by the students, by performing exceptionally well in the unseen examination conducted by Pearson and marked by external examiners. Further, 99% of the syllabus was covered online with only a few sessions of revision held in school. Yet the boys persevered and did not give up on themselves, their teachers, or the school.
Continue ReadingFollowing a 6 month wait, the results of the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination for 2020 held in March 2021, were released yesterday, and we are indeed delighted to announce that the batch has performed exceptionally well, considering the fact that most of their education was conducted virtually due to the pandemic.
Continue ReadingRecorded by the students of Grade 6, 7, 8 and 9 (Lower IV to Lower VI) together with their teacher Mrs. Lakshani Amarathunga, this video is a compilation of a variety of Jana Gee (Folk Songs).
Continue ReadingWe are pleased to announce that members of the College’s Class of 2020 have performed extremely well at the G C E Advanced Level Examination held in October 2020. The results were released a couple of weeks ago, and an overall summary of the results is given below.
Click here to access the Nursery Website