Dear Prospective Jesuit High School Families, The fi rst Jesuit school was founded nearly 470 years ago, in Sicily in 1548, just eight years after Pope Paul III established the Society of Jesus as a religious order. In fact, the Jesuits were the fi rst religious order in the Catholic Church to make formal education a central part of its ordinary work. By the time of the American Revolution, more than 200 years later, the Jesuits ran about 800 schools around the world, most of them schools of secondary education. From the beginning, Jesuit schools were cultural forces, instilling in their students a love of learning and an intellectual confi dence borne of academic rigor and an engaged, personal style of instruction. Jesuit graduates through the ages have gone on to become important leaders in cities and societies around the world. Today in the United States there are more than 50 Jesuit high schools continuing this great tradition, with all of the classic ingredients: outstanding academic preparation; community service, social engagement, and promotion of the common good; and the integral development of the human qualities that form strong leaders. Jesuit High School of Tampa has fulfi lled this same mission for the young men of the Tampa Bay area for 118 years. Since 1899, Jesuit High School has aimed to foster the development of our students to their full potential, to bring them closer to God, and to help them become leaders in the world they will inhabit as adults. In short, Jesuit offers a total formation of mind and heart. Our mission as a Catholic, Jesuit, college preparatory school is to labor to form men engaged in the world who are dedicated to serving God by being open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and just. The current era of secondary education is an exciting one, with the infusion of technology and the increasing emphasis on student engagement in the learning process. At Jesuit, we are responding in a dynamic way to the changing needs of education in the 21st century, while at the same time remaining true to our heritage of forming men of faith and “Men for Others.” Throughout this informational overview, you will read about the programs, students, and staff who are part of the exciting developments in the many areas that comprise Jesuit High School. You will see plenty of evidence to show that the all-around excellence which Jesuit schools have embodied for centuries continues to be embraced on Himes Avenue – ad majorem Dei gloriam! Yours in Christ, Rev. Richard C. Hermes, S.J. President Jesuit High School www.jesuittampa.org
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