University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy - Jesuit Education

Jesuit Education

The school bases its academics on the teachings of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. Students are taught to be "Men for Others", and by the time of graduation, the school aims to instill in its seniors five key values. Ideally, a student should be open to growth, intellectually competent, loving, religious, and committed to doing justice. Approximately 500 Jesuits have taught at U of D Jesuit since the school's founding in 1877, though today there are fewer Jesuits] than lay faculty, all the faculty works to teach these values to every student. As related in The Second Hundred Years, by Fr. P Joseph Keller, S.J., et al., a chronicle of U of D Jesuit's first century, lay faculty first joined the staff during World War I, and by the school's 100th anniversary in 1977, the lay to Jesuit ratio stood at nearly 3 to 2. In 2007 the school celebrated its 130 year anniversary, making it the oldest Catholic high school in the city of Detroit. The school's history, mission, and successes were highlighted by Time (magazine) in its November 9, 2009 issue.