Fr. Faustino De Souza, Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth at Sancoale after establishing several houses was constantly reminded by his sister Sr. Prisca to do something for his own village inspired to send the sisters to his own native village of Anjuna.

These work of the sisters found favour with the villagers and they were also encouraged by the Parish Priest of Anjuna, Fr. Alfred Araujo and of Vagator, Fr. Ethelvides Baptista.  Later Fr. Alvaro Pinto also encouraged their work.

As there was a group of young girls running a centre in the Parish and having sewing machined, the Parish Priest got the sisters to take charge of the sewing machine to teach the girls, some of whom became professionals.

As the sisters were  already running four other schools and there was  shortage of personnel, Fr. Faustino asked his nephew Mr. Michael De Souza to take charge of the School.  Accordingly he was officially appointed Headmaster on 1^st May 1965. On 29^th Oct 1968 the Gaonkars of Anjuna held a meeting and  gave a plot of land to the convent on condition that they keep boys in the school.

From there on it was the upgrade the school to higher classes.  Each year a class was added.  There was plenty of co-operation from the Education Department and also the church.  Permission was given by Archbishop Raul Gonsalves  for co-education and the school was able to send up students for the S.S.C examination of the Pooona Board in March 1970, securing 100% results.

St. Michael’s had always a vision – prepared and stressed on by its Founder, Rev. Fr Faustino De Souza whose strong sense of direction and purpose – formed not only the sisters of the congregation but moulded those who came into the school be they students or staff competitions of various types were held with a view of giving students an opportunity to display talents – drawing competition, poetry, dance, singing were just a few.

By 1972, it began an Inter-School Elocution Competition.  At a time when there was a craze for such a competition, St. Michael’s inspite of not having the required infrastructure was able to attract speakers from every part of Goa.  As many as 40 students  from far and near represented their schools and the corridor of the school vibrated with eloquent speeches. To this day is an annual feature though now it curtails itself to only the society schools. On the sports front, the school went from strength to strength and over the years the school has been represented at taluka, district and even State level.

The need to improve keeps the school focused on catering to individual needs and providing a platform for students to shine.