DeSmet Jesuit High School
| De Smet Jesuit High School | |
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233 North New Ballas Creve Coeur, Missouri, (St. Louis County) 63141 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′40″N 90°26′42″W / 38.6612°N 90.4449°WCoordinates: 38°39′40″N 90°26′42″W / 38.6612°N 90.4449°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto |
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam For the Greater Glory of God Men for Others |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1967 |
| Founder | Most Rev. Joseph Cardinal Ritter |
| Oversight | Society of Jesus |
| President | Corey Quinn |
| Principal | Trevor Bonat |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 964 (2015) |
| Color(s) | Maroon and White |
| Athletics conference | Metro Catholic Conference |
| Mascot | Sparty |
| Team name | Spartans |
| Rival |
St. Louis University High School Christian Brothers College High School |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average ACT scores | 26 |
| Newspaper | The Mirror |
| Yearbook | Spartan Olympiad |
| Tuition | $13,970 (2014-2015) |
| Affiliation | ISSL, ISACS, NAIS, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Admissions | Director, Tim Sullivan |
| Athletics | Director, Kevin Roberts |
| Website | desmet |
De Smet Jesuit High School is a Jesuit, Catholic, college preparatory high school located in Creve Coeur, Missouri, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
The school began classes in the fall of 1967. It was named in honor of the Belgian Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J.
Honors courses are offered in math, English, foreign language, social studies, fine arts, and science, totaling 130 college credit hours. Honors students at De Smet average a score of 31 on the ACT, and grades for honors courses are weighted when calculating grade-point average. The entire curriculum is college prep, but there is a full-service learning center to assist students needing extra help. All students lease a tablet PC, featuring a pen and multi-touch display as well as speech/audio recognition. Moodle is used to facilitate teacher communication with students and parents.
De Smet Jesuit fields 52 teams in 19 sports, 4 of them non-cut. DeSmet competes in the large school division in the Missouri State High School Activities Association, and has historically had much success in competition. The school competes in the Metro Catholic Conference along with fellow private schools Chaminade College Preparatory, Christian Brothers High School, St. Louis University High School, and St. John Vianney High School.
The basketball program has won 5 basketball state championships (1973, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1999), three of them under Rich Grawer who went on to coach at University of Missouri and St. Louis University. His 1979 team went undefeated, 32-0.
In 2016, the school hired Blake Ahearn as its head varsity Basketball coach. Ahearn, an alumnus of the school, was both a standout player in high school and in college at Missouri State University. He also spent a short time in the NBA, including stints with the Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, and Utah Jazz.
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