Don Bosco, Perambur is the fulfillment of a dream that several visionaries of the Salesian Society had. Late Mgr. Louis Mathias, former Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore was the one who pioneered Salesian work in Tamil Nadu as a whole and Chennai in particular. It was his dream that North Chennai where many poor people lived should have a Don Bosco School. Very Rev.Fr. John Med S.D.B the then Salesian Provincial sent Rev. Fr.S.Thomas S.D.B. of happy memory to start this school in 1963. Rev Fr. V.C. Jacob SDB was his assistant. The beginning as very humble; they had to sleep on the floor with a mat and had only kerosene lamps for illumination.The school began with Stds VI to IX and slowly it grew from strength to strength.