The Forever Records of Kandy girls' High School

First lady graduate in the island - Priscilla marshall (1898)

First lady doctor to obtain the l.R.C.P. & s.(Edinburgh) nelly r. Jardine (1898)

First guide company to be formed in sri lanka - (1917)

First Brownie Company to be formed in sri lanka - (1918)

First Ranger Company to be formed in sri lanka - (1921)

First sri Lankan guide captain - Gladys vanderstraaten (1921)

First guide in sri lanka to obtain the 'all round cord'- gladys vanderstraaten (1921)

First Malay girl to matriculate in sri lanka - moodah chunchie (1925)

First Chinese girl to graduate - Dorothy angie (1925)

First girl in sri lanka to be awarded the university scholarship - lily fernando (1926)

First Kandyan lady graduate and the first to win the 'tripos' of the Cambridge University - soma seneviratne (1927)

First girl in sri lanka to be trained in physical education at lady willingdon college - nora perera

First sri lankan lady to get a master’s degree in biochemistry - ratnabai arulanaadham (1953)

First and only sri lankan to obtain a Ph.D. in human genetics - eugene jayasekera(1968)

First sri lankan lady to become a fellow of the royal college of dental surgeons - nalini ekanayake(1976)

First sri lankan to be elected secretary of a Y.W.C.A - margueratie piachaud

First home science inspectors - lynda oorloff

First sri Lankan lady draughtsman - stella david

First sri Lankan lady auctioneer - matilda de silva

First sri Lankan to be trained in the Montessori system of education and also to establish the first Montessori school in the island and to obtain a doctorate in Montessori method - lena wickremaratne

First sri lankan catholic journalist nun - rev. Sister Norberto wickremaratne

First girl accepted from srilanka to the y.m.c.a college of physical education - flora rajapakse (1947)

First lady to be president of a multi-purpose co-operative society - anula ellepola udalagama(1970)

-to serve on the national sports council,

-to serve on the university council, peradeniya.

First deputy director/administration, department of animal production and health - lalitha dissanayake(1979)

First school to introduce science to the school curriculum (early 1920s)

First school to introduce domestic science to the school curriculum (early 1920s)

First school to introduce the house system (1921)

First school to introduce the school uniform (1922)

First school to introduce the school tie (1922)

First school to introduce the school badge

First school to introduce kandyan dancing to the school curriculum (1952)

Highlights

First school to introduce the school badge

First school to introduce the house system ----------------------(1921)

First school to introduce the school uniform----------------------(1922)

First school to introduce the school tie------------------------------(1922)

First lady graduate in the island - priscilla marshall ------------ (1898)

First lady doctor nelly r. Jardine -------------------------------------(1898)

First guide company to be formed in sri lanka ------------------- (1917)

First Brownie Company to be formed in sri lanka --------------- (1918)

First Ranger Company to be formed in sri lanka ----------------- (1921)

First sri Lankan guide captain - gladys vanderstraaten---------(1921)

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