Our school is not cookie-cutter.  What works for one does not work for all, and each student comes with his unique gifts. In order to effectively reach them, we need to know our students in our classroom and meet them where they are. This speaks to our flexible academic placement as we get to know our students, we place them in courses that meet them where they are and help them reach where they need to be.

De Smet Jesuit prepared our son for the independence and responsibility of going away to college. He needed an all-male setting. In the four years our son spent at De Smet Jesuit, we watched him grow into a very respectful, well-rounded young man. The relationships and bonds our son formed in high school truly are for life—a brotherhood he will have wherever he may be.

If you have a passion for business, De Smet is a great place to be. I was given the opportunity to manage the concessions stand and literature retail projects where I learned a lot about the concessions business such as setting margins and keeping an inventory. Personal finance taught me the fundamentals of how to properly manage my finances and the economics course was challenging and gave me enough knowledge to easily get an A in my first college economics course.

Aside from family, I feel that my four-year experience at De Smet Jesuit served to solidify my value system and my relationship with God and others in my life.  Any chance I have to talk about my Jesuit education and how it has helped form who I am is a chance I cannot turn down.  To talk about it with fellow future alumni - priceless.  Giving back is part of “Men for Others” and the chance to give back to my high school, even in this small way, was very enriching for me.  I welcome the opportunity to help the seniors I met in the future in any way I can.  Hopefully, the NYC trip will happen again next year and I will be part of it.  Thanks again!

The trip to Italy had a great impact on me. I was able to appreciate the world we live in better, and it was cool to see some of the stuff I read in my history classes. I learned that I like to visit history sites, and I learned a lot about the Italian culture, what they did, and what they ate.