On the first day of this school year, our students stepped into classrooms without the constant buzz of cellphones in their pockets. The Scranton Prep community spent this past year discerning where we saw Mr. Haidt’s assertions in our own young people’s experience of school, and how we might respond as Jesuit educators. We used the Jesuit School Network’s” “Profile of the Graduate at Graduation” as our guide, which defines the desired characteristics of a graduate from a Jesuit high school as intellectually competent, religious, open to growth, committed to justice and loving to others. The Educational Cost of DistractionAs educators, we saw how smartphones were sapping students’ attention. They represent a step toward restoring the culture of learning and community that are constitutive of Catholic and Jesuit schools.