![Members of the Great Ignatian Challenge student team, along with president Fr. Ronny ODwyer S.J., deliver food to St. Patrick Center.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webDSC_8571-1200x800.jpg)
Hank Hardage, Opinions Editor
February 20, 2024
![Andrew Harzy 24, Anthony Mercurio 24, and Scottie Rupp 24 prepare lunch at St. Center.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webDSC_0062-1200x800.jpg)
Liam Mahfood-Thurman, Entertainment Editor
February 12, 2024
![President Fr. Ronny ODwyer S.J. announces to the faculty this morning that De Smet will begin serving students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades beginning in the fall of 2025.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/web-MIDDLE-SCHOOL-ANNOUNCEMENT-berns-11-Enhanced-NR-1-1200x800.jpg)
Luke Koenig, Editor-in-Chief
February 6, 2024
![Beau Keeman 27, Saul Rico 25, and Cayden Smotherson 25 won the state championship Feb. 3 at the Missouri Scholastic Esports Federation Winter Bash in the game Apex Legends.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/webESPORTS-STATE-higgins-8-1200x800.jpg)
The De Smet Jesuit Apex Legends Esports team won the State Championship at the Scholastic Esports Federation’s Winter Bash on Feb. 5. The...
![Jack Trout 25 and Michael Schmidt 25 walk out of the tunnel in the home opener football game against Chaminade on Sept. 8.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/webCHAMINADE-ortbals-38-edit-1200x800.jpg)
New opportunities await, as the schools athletic trainer Alex Brody opened the doors to its new athletic training shadow program for students...
![James Pantazi 26 and Jack Gaffney 26 load items into the storage pod. All of the food collected was donated to St. Patrick Center.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/webGIC-WEIGH-IN-timmons-1200x800.jpg)
It’s official, The Great Ignatian Challenge wrapped up Nov. 21. As a result, the school helped raise over 40,000 pounds of canned food to help...
![Adding 6th, 7th, and 8th grades to De Smet Jesuit in the fall of 2025 remains a possibility. The school should know for sure by February.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/webHALLWAY-berns-1200x800.jpg)
De Smet Jesuit and President Fr. Ronny O’Dwyer S.J. have announced an update on the potential middle school expansion. Along with further collaboration...
![Teens could have a healthy physique, but when they look in the mirror, all they see is an inferior version of themselves.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/webbody-dysmorphia-cartoon-cutout-arm-edit-1200x800.jpg)
He doesn’t feel comfortable wearing normal clothes without a “pump,” an insecurity that comes from a history of bullying from being skinny....
![Caden Gulley 24 will take part in the Missouri esports state championship in Super Smash Brothers Dec. 9 at State Technical College of Missouri.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/webCaden-Gulley-medley-Enhanced-NR-1-1200x800.jpg)
Senior Caden Gulley will compete in the esports state championship in Super Smash Brothers Dec. 9 at State Technical College of Missouri in Linn,...
![The baseball field will have full artificial turf, additional spectator seating, new batting cages, and new restrooms and concessions. The turf on the infield is scheduled to be completed by the start of the baseball season. Photo courtesy of Hastings + Chivetta Architects, Inc.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/webbaseball-field-1200x703.jpg)
It's official, construction is underway on the new synthetic turf infield for the baseball field. Preliminary work began Monday and is scheduled...
![Jordan Ramsey-Williams El 24 gets his blood checked by a Mercy Hospital technician before donating on Nov. 3, 2022. This years fall blood drive will be on Nov. 3.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/webBLOOD-DRIVE-proost-41-1200x800.jpg)
Stucco will work in collaboration with Mercy to host a blood drive on Nov. 3 in the gym from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with hopes of surpassing their...
![Head football coach John Merritt leads the students in a chant of STUFF THE BUS during the Great Ignatian Challenge kickoff assembly Oct. 18.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/webGIC-ASSEMBLY-ortbals-118-1200x800.jpg)
The second annual Great Ignation challenge is underway. It kicked off at an all school assembly Oct.18 and will end Nov.17. All processions go...
![De Smet Jesuit is exploring the idea of adding an academic program for boys in grades 6, 7 and 8.](https://desmetmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/webEMERSON-ENTRANCE-berns-4edit-1200x800.jpg)
De Smet Jesuit is exploring the idea of adding an academic program for boys in grades 6, 7, and 8. President Fr. Ronny O’Dwyer S.J. officially...