[3] Indo-Portuguese historian Dr. Teotonio de Souza, part of the school's staff in the 1970s, says this was the third institution set up by the Jesuits in Goa.

Its original owner faced difficulties in staffing and running it, and handed it over to the Jesuits on 22 June 1946, in Portuguese-ruled Goa.

Priests running the school and boarders rented houses atop the hill, an inconvenient arrangement especially during Goa's torrential monsoons.

Below that, against a field of golden yellow, are the palms of martyrdom, which pay tribute to the Patron of the School, St. John de Britto.

A red chevron separates the lamp of learning (to dispel darkness and ignorance) at the bottom of the coat of arms.

At the bottom is the school motto, "Facta non Verba" on the scroll below the coat of arms, which means Deeds Not Words.