It was founded in 1946 as the only boys' school by the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church, in the State of Hamburg.

The motto of the SAS is: bonitatem et disciplinam et scientiam doce me, domine which is engraved above the official main entrance.

[4] Right after World War II, the Catholic church started to negotiate with the British occupation authorities as well as the Senate as the city civil government again.

The premises of the SAS at the Bürgerweide street used to be home for an elementary school which was destroyed during the Operation Gomorrah, a massive bombing in 1943 by the RAF Bomber Command.

Mostly during the big break and lunchtime but also if a class is cancelled, students walk to the store and grab something to drink or to eat.