De Smet Jesuit High School

De Smet Jesuit High School
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Address
233 North New Ballas Creve Coeur, Missouri, (St. Louis County), 63141 United States
Coordinates	38°39′40″N 90°26′42″W / 38.6612°N 90.4449°W / 38.6612; -90.4449Coordinates: 38°39′40″N 90°26′42″W / 38.6612°N 90.4449°W / 38.6612; -90.4449
Information
Type	Private, All-Male
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic, Jesuit
Established	1967
President	Rev. Walter Sidney, S.J.
Principal	Gregory Densberger
Asst. Principal	Mike Dressler, Ken Luecke, Pete Musso
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,130[1]  (2009)
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Athletics conference	Missouri Catholic Conference
Mascot	Sparty
Team name	Spartans
Rival	St. Louis University High School
Accreditation(s)	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Newspaper	'The Mirror'
Yearbook	'Spartan Olympiad'
Tuition	$10,440 (2009-10)
Admissions Director	Anne Gibbons
Athletic Director	Kevin Fober
Website	http://www.desmet.org

De Smet Jesuit High School is a Jesuit Catholic, college preparatory high school Creve Coeur, Missouri in western St. Louis County. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

The school began classes in the fall of 1967.^[3] It was named in honor of the Belgian Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J.

Notable alumni

• Henry Edward Autrey - United States federal judge, Eastern District of Missouri
• Bill Mueller - Retired MLB third baseman
• Steve Stipanovich - Retired NBA basketball player
• Bob Keppel - Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
• Pat Noonan - Major League Soccer Forward for the Colorado Rapids
• Chris Klein - Major League Soccer Midfielder for the Los Angeles Galaxy
• Blake Ahearn - NBA point guard for San Antonio Spurs
• Will Bruin - Major League Soccer Forward for the Houston Dynamo

External links

• De Smet Jesuit High School
• Jesuits of the Missouri Province
• Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)

References

1. ^ http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/15703
2. ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ DeSmet Jesuit - School History