 On 4 March 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Sacred Heart School unanimously approved the changing of the school's official name to "Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu".Previously, its name was "Sacred Heart School of the Society of Jesus" or "Sacred Heart School – Jesuit (SHS-J)".After its renaming, SHS-AdC became the ninth Jesuit school in the Philippines to bear the prestigious "Ateneo" name.