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RAHA LMI NIAIO -

MONT HOF DECEMBER

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AMONG US
HISTORY OF RAHULA COLLEGE
ESPORTS
GAMEFORCE
HOW USING SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECTS TEENAGERS

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MESSAGE FROM THE CLUB
PRESIDENT

. 2020-21

--. .... LEO VISITH RATHNAYAKE

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It is a pleasure to release this message to the annual newsletter o f Leo

Club of Rahu la College

lt is a great privilege to be appointed as the president for the year
2020-2021 to lead and guide the club in the correct path. According to
my poin t of view LEO movement is a great platform which teaches the

youth about humanity and that tl)e ones around us are also as us

through leadership, experienc.es and opportunities. I am glad to say that
.- as school based( Alpha Li;!O Club we, according to our motto, "Embrace
•. , Humanity~worked thrciugliout the year for huma ri s and nature.

·.: It is with a grea\ pleasure and 9onor I remember our past presidents,

, other.officials and members who worked hard In their maxim um to
Cuplift _ou~ club.since 20,17 anct,thc lcos who arc not our past members

· but Leos and lions .whci worked hard to establish this
Leo Club specially the Leos of UOM as a school based alpha Leo Club.
l make this a chance to thank all who helped us including our parents,
principal, vice principals, assistant principals, teachers, our advisors,
council members and members of Leo District 306A2 for helping us to

make these 4 months a success.

Leo Visith Rathnayake
President {2020-2021)

LEO CLUB OF RAHULA COLLEGE

RAHULA COLLEGE

HISTORY OF M OTHER RAHULA

IN 1921, FREDERICK GORDON PEARCE (PRINCIPAL OF MAH\NDA

COLLEGE, GALLE), D.T.W. RAJAPAKSHA RALAHAMIANDSIR R.S.S.
GUNAWAROANA ESTABLISHED THE "BUDDHISTS SOCIETY". ON 1 MAY

19231 THE BUDDHISTS SOCIETY OPENED A SCHOOL NAMED

PARAKRAMABHAHUVIDYALAYA, l~ARENTED BUILDING ON MAIN
STREET, MATARA. PARAKRAMAB IJAHUVtOYALAYA'S MOTTO WAS

"MAY I BEA TRUE BUDpHIST". HEW~WALAGEYASAPALAWASTHE

, • FrRs'rSTUDENT. PARAKRAMABHAHU VIDYALAYAWA$5HIFTEOTO

• · THE "SARAM MUDALI WALAWWA" WHICH WAS DONATED BY C. A.

•. :.f·: .. ·. ODIRIS DE SILVA, WITH THE NEW NAMEOF"RAHULACOLLEGE". C.A.
~·..:.'·::lt· ,:· DONATED MATf..R.,A'S. LEADING GIRLS' SCHOOLSUJATHAVIDYA~ YA,
:.'--: :::_~•; · . ODIRIS DE SILVA'S'SECONOSON C.A. ARIYATHILAl<E, WHO ALSO

l\i·h\::::-~ DDNf...TEDT}ilS SCHOOL TO THE GOVERNMENT.
; z.~;~:~/~,~f}q.{(l};l.~?>{RAHULA ,~;;~[i,:.~..~-,.·-i_u. ~·.R-:E-~TLY.H.A;S:,O. V,E~ 5.,0! 0STUDENTS.

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'1; PERIOD ,. ' NAM E
' ... G. WILLIAM DE SILVA
12: 1923 ;"')~3t ,• .,:.·'
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(·l ', • J. R. BHA
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1 41~ 19l7?.i956 ·, • . · D. J. KUMARA

' ' n1__!!}56- 1973' B. p_·;~, 0RIYAWANSA ' \
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B. SURIARACHCHI

\: ;:,::.. ,.!,;· :' / ,' i •7 19ij~] .983 ·:~ A . H. GODAV ITHAR,\__NA

-1.~~~-~-,: :-,\ '•:, 8"' 10 98j -:"~86 :--- P. WIJEWARDANA
r, .• ' . • ,- MAHINDA JAGODA
, , ; '' _., , ·, 1 • 9"' 1986- 1987
•-:;i :•. -'. '- I, , . 10~•• 1987- 1989
N. WEERATHUNGA

. , 11"'1989 - 1990 A . M . LIYANAGE
N. AR/YAWANSHA
12 1 1990 - 1998 SARATH GUNARATHNA
" K!THSIRI LIYANAGAMAGE

13"'1998- 2002

1,,1~ 2002 -2010

15"' 2010 - 2016 NIMAL DISSANAYAKE
FRANCISWELAGE
16n' 2016-

RAHULA LEOS

HOW USING S MEDIA
A ~TS'T · ERS

AN10'YEXPERTS SAY KIDS ARE GROWING UP WIT H OR E AN D LESS

1·, '""'.,_:'.:~~:, r ~LF-ESTEEM. ~

MANY PAREN+sv:g~:-~: l~:iao·~+ ~OW EXPOS RETOTECHNO~Y MIGHT

. .AFFECTTODDLtfiS DEVELOPMENTALLY..WE K OW OUR PRESCHO'bLERSARE

PICKING UP NEW SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE LS.AJA STUNNING PACE, ANO

WE DO N'T WANT HOURS SPENT GLUED T IPA"B-ro IMPEDE THAT. BUT

ADOLESCE NCE !SAN EQUALLY IMPORTANT ,DOF ~APID DEVl}O'PMENT,

AND TOO FEW OF US ARE PAYINGATTENT!O 1-tov<9 ~RTEENf-GERS' USE

OF TECHNO LOGY-MUCH MORE INTENSE AND I i,~ATE-THANA3·YEAR· OLD

!t:JPLAYING WITH DAD'S !PHONE- IS AFFECTING THEM . FACT, EXPERTS WORRY

THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIAANDTEXT MESSAGESTHA,T HAVE BECOME SO

INTEGRAL TOTEENAGE LIFE ARE PROMOTING ANXIETY ANO LOWERING

SELF-ESTEEM .

YOU NG PEOPLE REPORT THAT THERE MIGHT BE GOOD REASON TO WORRY. A
SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ASKED

1.4 ·24 YEAR OLDS IN THE UK HOW SOC IAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IMPACTED THEIR
HEALTH AND WELLBEING .THE SURVEY RESULTS FOUNDTHATSNAPCHAT,

FACEBOOK, TW~TTER AND INSTAGRAM ALL ~ 1"0 INCREASED FEELINGS OF

DEPffi StON,ANXIETY, POOR~ DY__!M:A.GEAND LONELINESS. I

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" ~ A PRO GAMER WAS ONCE A BEGINNER

50,-00 NOT BE AFRAIDTOTAl<ETHAT FIRST STEP."

, -ABHIK ABSTAR SUTRADHAR·

THIS IS OUR.1NVITATION FOR THE STRATEGIC, ENERGETIC, •

~ J~!SK T ING s!'MulJ1rASKING YOUN G BLOOD OF SRI LAN KAN

--..c::, , GAMERS . ,...__ ' - · --

THE LEO CLUB a NIVERSITY o"FSRI JAVEWAROENEPuRA,'

LEO CLUB OF RAHULA coll.EGE' LAEO CLUB OF RICHMOND ... ' - • , ;

!::_COLLEGE PROUDLY PRESENTS, 'GAMEFOR CE' FOR_ALL GANIE,

LOVERS WHO ARE EAGER TO SHOWTHEIR TALENTSAND '

ENTHUSIASM . ·_,

-THIS ISTHE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CLEAR YOUR

DOUBTS, CHOOSE YOUR PATH, ASK FOR TIPS AND KNOW HOW

TO MAKE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE .

RAHULA LEOS

MAKE THEM ENLIGHTEN

MAKE THEM ENLIGHTEN POEMS RECEIVED THROUGH THE PROJECT D MAKE

THEM ENLIGHTEN WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING A DESIGN SOCIETY,

ATHUGALPURA LEO SOCIETY, ATHUGALPURA, LEO SOCIETY OF MORATUWA

UNIVERSITY. WE ARE READY TO DISTRIBUTEYOURCREATJO NS TOTHE

SOCJETYTHROUGI-I BOOK ..••
PREPARE THE POEMS, NISANDAS ETC. WORD DOCUMENT . AS ONEAND

SEND US YOUR DETAILS □ WITH THE LINK BELOW □ ON DECEMBER 25

COME JOIN USTO SHARET E FUN WITH THE SOCIETY HROUGH CREATIVE
IDEAS!

IT'S GREAT CHANCE TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR MEMORIES'!!I

ATHUGALPURA LEOS
UQMLE05

RAHULALEOS

THE JINGLING OF BELLS AND THE IMPECCABLY ADORABLE DECORATIONS AT

EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY INDICATES THE'ON SETOF CHRISTMASl EVE. WE AR E

GOING TQC ~L_EBRATE CHRISTM. AS 2. 011}i_lN A }=EW DAYS AN0'n: IS THE BEGINNi ~.

O F,.THE NEWYE AR EVE CELEBR.i11(llil'Af'!.D1 SANTA CLAU S, THE NAM ETHA1i HAS
~EE~ VEN TO.TH ~ HARBIN.(iE~.,9.lji,H~ e_aJN_ESS AN D JOY ADDS:fHE SPECIAl!
~ · - . . .· SANTACLAUS BRIN~. li WITH\1.aE. ~
•~ --:. E~EM_ENT OF. INN0CEN C TO OUR LIF~

ECIA MESSAGE OF HOPE, HAPPINESS,

JOY, AND MERRl'1,ENT! HE SA~ .1,':!sVER l! HAli MAGICAi! ELEM ENT OF

INNOC~i:iCE f..ROM ~ R LIFE. 15.EE. PJHE Cf:!_I I HIN YOU ALW} Y._S AL.J¼,E Al)tD ..

MA~E SLJ_RETHAliY0U ADD, A LITTLE O FTH £, EMEN1i I.N EVERYTJ:!lN GYO.,g,~RE

D~ G. FR~ HIS SPA~ LING EYE~0 -ldlS SPEvTACL!E/ SN0W·WHITE BEARD,

l - 'AND UNIQUE RED GOWN EVERYTHl_t.lG-IS PROBABLY DESIG ED iTOCONVEY-A
MESl AGE! ' - - --

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• · LET'~FIND OUT, HQ_W SANTA--C ..,..,. S IS,T. HE ._ _INF~ RCEMEN1 0 F GENl:Rq ?1TY

.. AND WHAT MESSAGE H~ ~1fio-c oN'{~Y~ 1v 1NG A HAW Y AND

- , •• , ~ t.i4 PROSPEROUS i!l!f:51111.W' • __ . .

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M E~?~ES HIDDEN IN_JVERY GESTURE OF SANTA CLAUS! . ·

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e -,,. S_?RKLING EYES _ ! . , _,

~~li:~:THE ~ KLING EYES OF SANTA ~EPRESENl;HE INNOC:NCE~FA l'J::..,. .··

ENCOUW,GES US TO REDISCOVER•!HAT HIDDEN TREASURE TROVE OF,,CHILDIS~ ,:

B~ VIORWITHIN US AND INCORPORATE THAT SPECIAL ELE~ENT OF . · •

INNOCi NCE IN WHATEVERYOU ARE DOING. THOSE LOVING EYES REFt;ECTTHE

'•• • CONCEa N FOR LIFE WJTHIN LIFE. · · -~· _i '.,,..
• R AH U LA LEO S
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SPECTACLES LOW ON HIS NOSE

-COME AGAIN AT HIS OUIRKYWAYOFWEARING THOSE BELOVED PAIRS OF

SPECTACLESIYOUWILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE, AND HOW ITSAYSTH AT HE
IS NOT GOING TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ANY OF THE SET LENSES OF

PERCEPTION AND STEREOTYPE. IT REPR ESENTS THAT HIS WAYOF LOOKING AT
, , , , THE WORLD IS BROAD, AND THAT'S REAL~ A BEAUTIFUL IDE. .

'· . - • -: ANCi,-JHb SESNOW-WHITE DENSE BEARD SYMBOLIZES THE GREAT WEALTH ..
• SNOW •W HITE BEAR~ ' ••

::,.; YOUR WISDOM COULD BETO EVERY SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE . IT SHOWS THAT ,

PURITY OFYOUR HEART IS THE GREATEST WEALTH, AND IS AS SOOTHING AND

PLEASANT TO TH E EYES AS THOSE WEIRD, BUT A WONDERFUL SNOW-LIK E
'• BEARD. SANTAct:iiJs KEEPS ITTH IS DENSE TO SHOW0THATTHERE'S TOO

- - MUCH JOY IN LIFE IFYOU HAVE THE COUR AGE TO LOOK AT IT RECISELY

(f) ••' - -LARGE RED GOWN ,,, ·
- -CHRISTMAS 2019 IS' AR OUND THE CORNERAND IT CO. MES TO FILL USWITH A

I JTREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO TACKLE ONE MORE YEARAHEAD WITH

.A H_APPY HEART. EACH ONE OF US HAS THAT ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM ·•

· WITHIN US, BUT WE LOSE IT SOMEWHERE WHE N WE ARE STUCK AN

UNPLEASANT IN LIFE. AND, THE SANTA CLAUS DRAPED AROUND IN THAT

' LARGE RED GOWN SYMBOLIZES THAT BANK OF ENERGY WITHIN'

SANTA CLAUS, WITH HIS BIG FAT BAG OF GIFTS, HE REPRESENTS ABUNDANCE
AND HAPP INESS!WHAT IS A GIFT? IT'S A WAY OFSPREADING HAPPI NESS AND
BRINGING ABOUT A SMILE ON THE RECIPIENT'S FACE. ANO, THE SECR ET SANTA,
EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTM AS, COMES UP WITH WO NDERFUL GIFTS THAT CAN

MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. HIS FU N·FILLEDWAYO FGIFTING IS ALWAYS
- -:.:EXHILARATING! ._,

\ RAHULA LEOS

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AMONG

The best way to overcome hardship is to get
together with your loved ones.

But the novel coronavirus pandemic has made that
quite impossible to do. Some may be quarantining in

homes and apartments all alone, away from family

members, friends, colleagues or classmates.

They might not be able to join t heir on line classes
either as they don't have connections

We, the Leos of
Saegis Campus
University of Moratuwa
Panadura Alubomulla
Rahula College

Joined together to help our beloved once to see their
relieved sighs of happiness as they connect with their
disconnected comm unity.

AN INVISIBLE SOCIAL MISSION IN THIS PANDEMIC PERIOD

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HEL!LOYOUNGSTERS;

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•• ROM SANTA'

• THEREFORE;

• ON THE 24TH OF DECEMBER 20.20 AT 6PM V,ISITTHE .l_S,1THE

1! SEASON' FACEBOOK EVENT.PAGE AND C' OM. Pl:ETE,TH..E
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CROSSIJtORD CHRISTMAST~.~E-~lJZZLE AND GUESS THE NA_lyl~S

OFTHE CHRISTMAS GIRL AND _CHRISTMAS BOYTHAT SANTA HAS·

HIDE!

IFYOU WANTTO GET A GIFT FROM SANTA, DO JOIN WITH US j_ND

STAY TUNED TO GETTHE FREE HINTSTHROUGH CHRISTMAS

SONGS FROM SANTA AS SUPPORT IN COMPLETING THE

• CHRISTMAS TREE CROSSWORD PUZZLE TO WIN ~IFTS ~

BETTER BE QUICK

STAND A CHANCETO WIN A SANTA GIFT!

#TISTHESEASON

#LEOSOFPOLGASOWITA

#RAHULALEOS

#LEODISTRICT306A2

#LEOMULTIPLE306

RAHULA LEOS

LET'S TOAST TO YESTERDAY'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND
TOMORROW'S BRIGHT FUTURE. WISHING YOU HEALTH,
WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS INTHE NEWYEAR AHEAD. WISHING
A VERY HAPPY NEWYEAR TO THE ONE WHO ADDS SUNSHINE
TO OUR FAMILY. MAY 20 21 BE AN EXTRAORDINARY ONE!

HAPPY NEWYEAR!

HEARTIEST GREETINGS FROM RAHULA LEOS

RAHULA LEOS