Girls' High School, Kandy | |
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Coordinates | 7°17′13″N 80°37′36″E / 7.2869°N 80.6268°E |
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School type | National / Public 1AB |
Motto | A Deo Auxilium ("Our Help Cometh from the Lord", adapted from Psalm121:1) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Methodist / Wesleyan |
Established | 21 May 1879 |
Founder | Samuel Langdon, Methodist Church of Great Britain |
Educational authority | Ministry of Education |
School code | 03379 |
Principal | Renuka Edirisinghe |
Grades | Grade 1 – 13 |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 6 to 19 |
Enrollment | 6000+ |
Language | Sinhala, English, Tamil |
Schedule | 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
Houses | Eaton Langdon Lawrance Sansom |
Color(s) | Dark blue, light blue, green, and yellow |
Song | Forty years on when we think of time olden |
Athletics | Yes |
Sports | Yes |
Brother School | Kingswood College, Kandy |
Pupils | Ladies of High School |
Abbreviation | KGHS |
Website | www |
Girls' High School, Kandy is a national girls' school located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1879 by Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and is the oldest school for girls in Kandy.[1]