School was handed over to the MSFS, who made it their mother house". The school at present has a strength of 2950 boys and 93 members on the staff. Instruction is given in Hindi and English from pre-primary to Class Ten. Fr. A.G. Lobo along with Br. Herold began the work of the first floor of the school building in February 1952, adding seven more classrooms, The front tower was built in 1953, surmounted by a cement cross in February 1954 and adorned in May 1954 with a tower-clock, which was brought from France. There were a few eminent teachers on the staff of St. John's, including S.B. Shastry, who won the Best Teacher State Award in 1969 and H.G. Chourse, winner of the best Teacher National Award in 1981-82. The school was declared as a Heritage Building for the city of Nagpur on 16 February 2000, because of its peculiar architectural design. Holy Cross Sisters in St. John’s From the "Family Annals" of the Holy Cross Sister of Chavanod it is traceable that the sisters began their association with St. John's School in 1953. This began with a formal request made by the then Superior of St. John's to the Provincial Superior of the Sisters, who gladly sent a team of three sisters. They were Sr. Vitalis D’Souza, Sr. Angela Lobo and Sr. Mercia Alvares, who took up teaching in the pre-primary and primary sections of St. John's school. Since then the sisters continue to render their valuable services in St. John's until today. Since there was no convent of their own, the sisters had a lot of difficulties in finding a proper accommodation. Initially, from 1953 to 1957, they stayed at Victoria Building which was on rent. From 1957, the sisters stayed at a hostel on Mount Road extension which they opened for working women. In 1971 they began staying at St. John's. Since June 1990 the sisters have continue their association with St. John's while residing at S.F.S. New venture The existing primary building is situated at the south of the main school building. As it was old and dilapidated, the management had thought of constructing a new building for the pre-primary and primary sections of St. John's school for quite some time. A serious thought of constructing a new building for the primary section of the school was given during the time of Fr. K.V. Joseph,