1.SCHOOL: BRIEF HISTORY
Jesuits first arrived on the African continent in the 16th Century under the direction of Saint Ignatius himself, and traveled to present-day Ethiopia. Wherever they have gone, they have established social works, notably educational institutions and refugee services. The Society of Jesus in Eastern Africa was formally established in 1986. The Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were joined under one superior and called the Eastern Africa Province of the Society of Jesus.

The Jesuits of this province planned to have a school in each of the five countries. The first Jesuit secondary school was established in the Sudan (now Southern Sudan) at Wau. Loyola High School (Dar es Salaam) took shape in 1989 when the late Fr. Louis Plamondon, S.J. was appointed to organize the building project.

The decision was made to build the school in Tanzania. Places such as Arusha, Iringa, Mwanza, Moshi, Dodoma, Morogoro and Dar es Salaam were sites considered. It seems that after every consideration, Dar es Salaam was the area in the greatest need of good schools. The Tanzanian government offered various plots, but the Jesuits finally decided on the suburb called Mabibo Farasi.

Building the school at Mabibo was designed to serve mostly the needs of the local Mabibo population. The Jesuits wished to offer quality education for those with the ambition to study but are not able to afford such education.

The present layout consists of a 5.5 hectare, two-tiered plot built up and supported by retaining walls to keep the recently moved land in place.

Construction of the first building (Block V) began in 1994 and it was completed by 1995. The Jesuit residence was built followed by block VI and the temporary Canteen in 1996 and then Block IV in 2000. Block III was completed in 2002.  The chapel has just been completed (handed over to the school on May 4th 2011). The canteen is yet to be constructed, while the playgrounds are not yet completed.

In July 1995, Fr. Richard Twohig, SJ from the Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus, arrived as the first Headmaster of the school. He admitted the first batch of students: 70 girls and 70 boys for the first Pre­-Form One (now known as HDP) program. Hence Loyola is a mixed school.

In 1999 the first Pre-form One intake sat for their Form Four National Examinations. They were ninety-one students.

In July of 2000, Loyola continued it’s charting of new waters by establishing Advanced Level and admitting the first batch of Form Five students.

Loyola was officially inaugurated by the Provincial Superior Fr. Fratern Masawe, SJ on October 5, 2002. In March 2005 the Board members decided to change the Pre-form One program into "Human Development Program" (HDP).

At present Loyola has a total of one thousand four hundred and thirty eight (1438) students, out of whom 439 (34.01%) are girls and 949 (65.99%) are boys. Two major reasons that make it difficult to achieve the school goal of having and equal number of boys and girls are: (1) most parents prefer a boarding school for their daughters to a day school. They are more ready to let boys study in a day school because since they can more easily put up with the struggles of daily transport than girls can. (2) Girls have more alternative of getting good schools than are boys because the majority of good schools in the country are girls’ only schools.

As said above, all the students here come from their homes daily. Some stay close to the school but the majorities have to travel or walk long distances. Among the furthest are those who come from as far as 24 km

The school has a website www.loyola.ac.tz  which has had some financial difficulties in maintaining it. However, the school is working on it to renovate and make it more resourceful.

2.HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (HDP)
HDP is a one year program that is run by Jesuit Fathers for students who have completed primary education and wish to grow in a special way in human and moral values. The core subjects during this program are Values Education, Universal Moral Education (General Social Ethics) and Religious Education. English, Mathematics and Kiswahili are some of other subjects. During this program we also give opportunity to students to discover their talents and develop them. Parents who want to exercise their rights by choosing to enroll their children into this program must have as their first objective, the human and moral formation of their children. It should be understood that this program is an independent program that focuses in human and moral formation.
The aim of the Human Development Program (HDP) is to provide quality education according to the Jesuit tradition; a tradition which has influenced many great people throughout the history. Following the characteristics of Jesuit education, HDP provides formation in values, in attitudes, and in an ability to evaluate criteria; that is, it includes formation of the will. HDP provides education of the whole person that implies physical development in harmony with other aspects of the educational process. The aim of HDP is to form a balanced person with a personally developed philosophy of life that includes ongoing habits of reflection. Jesuit education stresses and assists in developing the role of each individual as a member of the human community.

The core values aimed at during the HDP program are: Excellence in all things, Personal and intellectual integrity, Faith that leads to service and Respect for each individual.

3.TEACHERS
There are 63 teachers out of whom 17 (30%) are female, and the rest are male. Of these, 51 hold a bachelor’s degree, 5 hold a master’s degree and 7 hold a diploma.

4.FACILITIES
The school has the following buildings / facilties:-
32 classrooms
8 laboratories (2 each for Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Computer)
1 Geography Room
1 Administration Block with 12 offices.
1 Sick Bay
1 Temporary Canteen
1 Multi-Purpose Hall
3 Examination Halls
1 Chapel – St. Ignatius Chapel.
1 Maintenance Block.
1 library

5.PROGRAMS:
Among the programs at Loyola High School are the following:
Feeding: All are offered with breakfast and lunch. The program began in 2003 to address the problem of some children failing to buy food for him/herself when the system had been such that each one would buy for themselves.
Grant in Aid (GIA): The school supports approximately 5% of students every year through an endowment fund invested in the United States. These children have their school fees paid either entirely (about 3%of them) or in part (about 2%). Those supported are those from poor families that cannot afford the cost of education.
PTA Orphans Fund: This is a fund started last year by the Parent-Teacher’s Association. It is supported by the parents each of whom contributes about 3 US dollars per year per each child who is studying at the school. The fund is designated to support children who become orphaned after joining here, and thus risk dropping out of school because of the death of their parents. So far the fund has been able to help only one student even though there are 31 such ones identified. The reason for not being able to reach out to others is the scarcity of the funding. GIA has taken most of such cases.
CYP: Committed Youth for the Poor is an organization started by students themselves to support poor people in general and poor students in particular. The organization gets money through conducting raffles, showing movies to fellow students, soliciting funds from students and staff through special forms etc.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: This is a program which reaches out to the outside community where students learn to put their generosity into practice. They normally go out to different places notably orphanages, remand prisons for children, homes of the sick and elderly etc. to visit those who need love but do not get it easily.

SCHOOL MOTTO

“Men and Women for Others”

MISSION STATEMENT

Inspired by Jesuit intellectual tradition Loyola high School educates young people to become morally responsible men and women for others who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good.

SCHOOL VISION

Loyola stands for excellence in both academics and discipline. The goal held out to all students at Loyola High school is integrated personal development as individuals and as members of the larger society. Each student therefore is challenged to develop fully with a vibrant desire to work for the development of the neighbour and of the nation, and that each student progressively becomes a better person and therefore a person for others.

School Prayer

Oh God, Almighty Creator,
We thank you for love and care,
Which we receive each day of our lives,
We ask you to guide and strengthen us
In our studies and all that we do,
Bless our families, our school and our country,
With your peace and with your love.
Amen

School Anthem
God bless Loyola bless us all
God be with always
God make us one, God make us prosperous
God make us shine with excellence
That each of us may always be
A person for others,

Integrity, self-discipline
And respect for others,
In all these things, to love and serve
And reach out to others,
That each one of us may always be

A person for others,
May we join our hands in one accord,
With the young, the old, always,
In aiming higher, ever industrious,
To make Tanzania a home for all,
That all our gifts may be shared
With people of the World