Athletics

Home of the Westmark Lions, the Athletics Department offers a dynamic co-curricular program of fall, winter, and spring competitive sports for Lower (Grade 5), Middle (Grades 6–8), and Upper School (Grades 9–12) students.

The sports offered each season are determined by student interest. An impressive 68% of Westmark School's student body participate in at least one sport, while 23% participate in multiple sports. Our no-cut program is grounded in the goal of creating a positive experience where student-athletes learn to be their best, accept responsibility, put team first, and exhibit good sportsmanship at all times.

Our Westmark Lions improve their physical fitness, develop healthy lifestyles, and practice teamwork, commitment, determination, integrity, and confidence.

Each team is based upon the idea of the “ELM Tree of Mastery”—a concept popularized by the Positive Coaching Alliance, which places value on effort, learning, and mistakes as key to athletic and social-emotional success. Participating in athletics promotes neuroplasticity, which has a direct impact on classroom performance. In keeping with the School’s mission, the Athletics Department encourages students to discover and celebrate their strengths while building social and physical skills that will prepare them for life after Westmark.

Craig Schoof
Director of Athletics, Physical Education, and Wellness