Gateway College to celebrate 10th anniversary

Established in 1997 in a converted house with 33 students and eight members on the tutorial staff, Gateway College, Colombo will celebrate its 10th anniversary during the coming academic year.

Teachers, parents and past pupils of the school will carry out several activities throughout the academic year to mark this important milestone, a media release from Gateway said.

The tenth anniversary celebrations were started by the school management and staff with a teacher training workshop and get-together at the Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya. The parents and the Alumni have taken the lead to organise a carnival from December 8-10 to raise funds for the College swimming pool.

A festival of games will be held next year with the participation of all stakeholders and a walk will be organised to promote child protection in July 2007.

Every year teachers of Gateway are sent to the United Kingdom on teacher exchange programs. They are provided with the opportunity to visit schools of excellence in the UK observing the British curriculum in practice in the host country. They return with a wealth of experience and exposure and are able to make improvements to the Teaching Learning Program. Gateway maintains teacher exchange programs with Tonbridge Girls Grammar School, Sutton High School and Aberdour school, the release said.