Loyola School, Jamshedpur

Loyola School, Jamshedpur, India, is a private, Jesuit, KG - 12 school situated on a large, leafy campus in the Beldih Triangle in Jamshedpur, in state of Jharkhand, India. Students, staff, and alumni of Loyola, Jamshedpur, are known as Loyoleans. The institution was established in 1947 by Americans from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1540. The school had previously been a boys school with the exception of girls studying only in standard 11 and 12, but in 2001 turned co-educational.Loyola School, Jamshedpur, ranks among the "top 15 most respectable schools nationwide", by a survey conducted by Education World and IMRB (Indian Market Research Bureau).The school crestThe "chakra" or wheel on the left-hand corner is found in the centre of India’s Tri-colour and stands for progress. The symbol on the right is the logo of the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits - which gives the universal trait of the Jesuits - being all things to all people. The symbol in the bottom left corner is a ladle from Tata Steel's blast furnace in Jamshedpur and signifies that the school is located in India’s Steel City. The symbol in the right-hand corner of two wolves drinking out of a cauldron is taken from the coat of arms to be found in the Castle of Loyola, Spain, the birth place of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits.