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Vision Statement

The Vision of De Smet Jesuit High School, an an exemplary school in the Ignatian tradition, is the pursuit of the Magis in all our endeavors.

• We are a Catholic faith-filled, diverse learning community unswerving in our commitment to the teachings of Jesus Christ and the educational ideals and pedagogy of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
• All students seek to grow in the ideals of the Graduate at Graduation by becoming "Men for Others" - men of competence, conscience and compassion "who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors."
• Our community welcomes students and their families, faculty and staff from all cultural, racial, social, geographic and economic sectors of the metro-area.
• All students eagerly embrace the responsibility of helping their fellow students succeed, since together they form a brotherhood through their commitment to the person of Jesus Christ.
• Our college preparatory academic program, co-curricular program and school facilities are unsurpassed and provide a foundation for each student to be accepted at an institution of higher learning consistent with his intellectual abilities and personal interests.
• Every member of the faculty, staff and administration brings passion and energy to their ministry of teaching, models the values of the Graduate at Graduation, and is totally dedicated to cura personalis and the development of his or her students as whole persons - mind, body and spirit.
• All adult members of our community - parents, alumni, faculty, staff, administration, trustees and friends - are active and engaged partners for life in the mission of the school.