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The Mirror

The student news site of De Smet Jesuit High School

The Mirror

The student news site of De Smet Jesuit High School

The Mirror

DuRT team member Tommy Zeigler '25 and coach Rob Behm accept the official materials Jan 4 to kick off the 2025 First Robotics Competition (FRC) season.
Robotics team explores new depths with this years FRC challenge
Torin Lopez, Staff Writer • January 6, 2025

The 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is making waves with its new theme centered on water exploration and conservation. On January 4, the...

Winter break marks start of renovations to prepare for middle school
Winter break marks start of renovations to prepare for middle school
Charlie Frein, News Editor • December 13, 2024

  The main hallway on the school's first floor is going under construction starting at the beginning of winter break. This construction...

Alex Renschen '25 goes to a driving range and eyes it out with 24 year old with autism, John McNulty.
Unlikely Friendship
Liam Mahfood-Thurman, Web Editor • December 14, 2024

An Email from Head of Junior Service Projects John Hawkey ‘96 went out to all seniors about an opportunity to help out an alumni. All that...

'27 Peter Marvin competes in the 50 yard freestyle at Ladue meet
Diving into Deep Water
Andrew Dolan, Editor in Chief • December 6, 2024

He looks around in his first high school meet trying to figure out where to go. Competitors rush past him trying to get to the blocks. A teammate...

Luke Koenig '24 ego lifts in De Smet Jesuit weight room.
Athletes are being over trained
Hank Hardage, Opinions Editor • May 1, 2024

Sports are a huge deal in America, as over 60-70% of kids ages 3-18 play sports at some point during the year. Nowadays, it is rare to see children...

Advanced Placement are offered at the school, but are not worth it for those are naturally bad test takers.
AP is not worth it
Luke Koenig, Editor-in-Chief • May 1, 2024

This past year, 1.2 million people took AP (Advanced Placement) tests which are exams that are scored 1-5 for students enrolled in a class for...

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Austin Spinner plays the piano during Honors Jazz Band class.
Freshman joins jazz band
Jack Mabry, Staff Writer • December 15, 2024

When freshman Austin Spinner first walked in for an audition for Jazz band last May, the head of honors Jazz band Mr. Moramarco knew something...

Members of the newspaper staff went on a five-hour adventure to try all of the best sandwiches St. Louis has to offer. Hank Hardage '26, Luke Koenig '24, Will Timmons '24 Liam Mahfood-Thurman '26, and Andrew Dolan '26.
Newspaper staff rates the top sandwiches in STL
Luke Koenig, Editor-in-Chief • April 25, 2024

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