Leadership, Sportsmanship, Championships
Waring’s athletics program fosters the development of character and personal responsibility through sports. It promotes teamwork, sportsmanship, fitness, and individual mastery of athletic skills. As an integral part of Waring’s mission, athletics promotes the leadership and interpersonal skills necessary to a community built on respect, camaraderie, stewardship, sacrifice, discovery, and pride in individual accomplishment.
All Waring students are required to participate in some form of athletics, depending on when they enter the program. Athletics take place in the afternoon, and students choose between an athletic offering or Theatre. Depending on the time of year, other elective offerings are available instead, such as robotics, debate, YMCA strength and conditioning, kickboxing, and other choices. Selections and ability to choose are age-dependent.
Many Waring graduates have learned the value exercise adds to their well-being and as alums they continue to stay active long after they leave. Outside of staying active independently, Waring sends its fair share of athletes on to the next level to compete in collegiate athletics.
Collegiate Athletes Reflect on Their Time at Waring School
How did athletics fit into life at Waring? What values were learned competing for Waring? How did Waring Athletics affect their college experience? What do you value about your Waring sports career?
Director of Athletics
Mike is Waring School’s Director of Athletics. He attended San Diego State University where he earned a BA degree in Science and played Division I soccer. His senior year, his teammates named him captain. In high school, Mike excelled in athletics at Beverly High and was inducted into their Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
For more than 20 years, Mike has coached all levels of soccer in Massachusetts–from the Boston Breakers Women’s Premier Soccer League Reserve Team (National Champions, 2010) to the Aztec Soccer Club, which he founded. Under his supervision, nearly 500 Aztec Soccer alumni have gone on to play collegiate soccer.
Mike joined Waring in 2007 and holds a MA degree in Athletic Administration from Ohio University. His goal in seeking excellence in educational athletics is achieved by placing the teaching of life lessons on the same level as performance outcomes. This is based on his own personal experiences as a former division one collegiate student-athlete and 25 years of coaching youth club sports, interscholastic athletics, and collegiate athletics (two-time Coach of the Year). Mike’s personal interests include music, 18th-century American history, boating, and coaching competitive soccer players.
