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Despite challenging circumstances, our students and community rose to challenge: 560 gifts were made for a total of $116,000 in vintage Spartan fashion.
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about Open House...With a Fall 2020 Twist
![rows of students in maroon shirt with shield and cross, with priest in background hands raised in prayer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602858372/desmet/cymu28bndocv0h8ar9ys/MASSOFHOLYSPIRITjeffries337editRESIZEWEB.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1602858372/desmet/cymu28bndocv0h8ar9ys/MASSOFHOLYSPIRITjeffries337editRESIZEWEB.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1602858372/desmet/cymu28bndocv0h8ar9ys/MASSOFHOLYSPIRITjeffries337editRESIZEWEB.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1602858372/desmet/cymu28bndocv0h8ar9ys/MASSOFHOLYSPIRITjeffries337editRESIZEWEB.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1602858372/desmet/cymu28bndocv0h8ar9ys/MASSOFHOLYSPIRITjeffries337editRESIZEWEB.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602858372/desmet/cymu28bndocv0h8ar9ys/MASSOFHOLYSPIRITjeffries337editRESIZEWEB.jpg","width":1800}])
We are now hosting a prayer web page to allow our community to post prayer requests. Photo by Kevin Jeffries '21.
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The fall play runs October 15-18 with limited seating and creative solutions to pandemic challenges. Article by Sebastian Kelly '21.
Spartan Voices Blog
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"Hope comes in very small doses nowadays, and these little reminders have become all the more important." - Robert Bergman '93 on finding pennies...and picking them up.
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Entrepreneurial senior Nick Hale explores independent study with business teacher Mr. Lange...leading to the launch of his online sticker shop.
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"It is a funny feeling to realize how close we all are in reality. I’m only one or two steps away from presidents, titans of industry, poor children, and people who are dying of cancer on a cancer ward." Robert Bergman '93 reflects on how connected we really are.
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He grew up learning to fill his life with activity, whether productive or entertaining. Now he recognizes the critical importance of sitting still. Fr. Schroeder sets the context for Formation Fridays and helping our students develop the habit of reflection.
Publications
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The magazine of De Smet Jesuit High School
![Mirror cover with black background with pink ribbon for breast cancer issue]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1541165530/desmet/jmdv9nzwmkwxboud5561/2018-10vol49number2_1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1541165530/desmet/jmdv9nzwmkwxboud5561/2018-10vol49number2_1.png","width":399}])
The official student newspaper of De Smet Jesuit.
![gold box with maroon letters DSN and De Smet Student Network and De Smet Jesuit shield]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1538138807/desmet/bc9izm0xprldys8f5xnw/DSNlogo.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1538138807/desmet/bc9izm0xprldys8f5xnw/DSNlogo.png","width":300}])
Livestream channel for De Smet Jesuit.
Service Blog
![Puerto Rico Blog Day 3]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574340410/desmet/vgqh7pfep3gvu53qhexo/PuertoRico2019-LaEsperanza-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574340410/desmet/vgqh7pfep3gvu53qhexo/PuertoRico2019-LaEsperanza-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574340410/desmet/vgqh7pfep3gvu53qhexo/PuertoRico2019-LaEsperanza-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1574340410/desmet/vgqh7pfep3gvu53qhexo/PuertoRico2019-LaEsperanza-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574340410/desmet/vgqh7pfep3gvu53qhexo/PuertoRico2019-LaEsperanza-1.jpg","width":1536}])
Reflection by Zach Raniszeski '20 about his day in Puerto Rico working at La Esperanza Nature Preserve
![Puerto Rico Blog Day 2]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574255275/desmet/nsohacmtaucojqlxzr8q/PuertoRico2019-SBPwork-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574255275/desmet/nsohacmtaucojqlxzr8q/PuertoRico2019-SBPwork-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574255275/desmet/nsohacmtaucojqlxzr8q/PuertoRico2019-SBPwork-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574255275/desmet/nsohacmtaucojqlxzr8q/PuertoRico2019-SBPwork-1.jpg","width":1024}])
Reflection by Kevin Westphal '20 about his day in Puerto Rico working with the SBP Construction rehabbing homes.
![Puerto Rico Blog Day 1]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574166672/desmet/vdyelobh4bvstzkuemao/IMG_2977.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574166672/desmet/vdyelobh4bvstzkuemao/IMG_2977.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574166672/desmet/vdyelobh4bvstzkuemao/IMG_2977.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1574166672/desmet/vdyelobh4bvstzkuemao/IMG_2977.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1574166672/desmet/vdyelobh4bvstzkuemao/IMG_2977.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574166672/desmet/vdyelobh4bvstzkuemao/IMG_2977.jpg","width":2048}])
Reflection by Geno Erker '20 about his 1st day in Puerto Rico working with the kids in the CODERI Special Education Program.