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De Smet Jesuit specializes in the formation of well-rounded young men.
Thanks to ample space, established technology, and an innovative faculty, De Smet Jesuit has been grateful to remain open for students this school year.
Students lead efforts during Black History Month to renew a commitment to justice by the De Smet Jesuit community.
NHS seniors share study tips and a video to help reduce stress as students prepare for exams.
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our students
Pray Serve Engage
Guided by our Jesuit tradition, our program balances action and reflection, faith and reason, the worldly and the divine.
our students
Create Lead
Rich with opportunity, our program inspires multi-dimensional leaders eager to get involved and serve others.
- 24
- hours
average response time from teachers
- Junior Service Program
students volunteer for an organization on a weekly basis
- 130+
- College credit hours offered
in 7 out of 8 departments. View our Curriculum Guide
- 74%
of students participate in at least 1 sport
- 98%
- graduates
go on to college or military academies
- >90%
- Teachers also
serve as coaches, club moderators, trip coordinators
our students
Learn Seek
In and beyond the classroom, our program cultivates intellectual curiosity and experiential grit.
From Our Community
- Science Teacher
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.
- Mom to 2018 Graduate
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.
- Class of 2019
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.
- Class of 1976
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!
- Class of 2020
- Italy 2019
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.