Student Wellness
Fitness & Wellness
All students at Castilleja are guided to achieve health and physical literacy and become self-directed critical thinkers who make decisions to live a healthy, active lifestyle.
A developmentally appropriate curriculum allows different learners to safely challenge themselves to find balance, take risks, and explore roles, ideas, and activities. We model and instill a compassion for self and others and a commitment to mindfulness and life-long learning.
As competent, confident, and responsible leaders, students are empowered to effectively collaborate, problem-solve, and communicate when making choices and taking action for both personal and community health and fitness.
Meet the Faculty
Joke van der Hulst
Counseling & Student Wellness
When wellness topics are seamlessly integrated into the entire curriculum, students become more self-reflective and empathetic and develop the skills to effectively relate with others.
The Counseling and Student Wellness department supports girls as they learn to identify, to voice, and to be proud of who they are. In addition, our full-time professional counseling staff offers counseling services for students and supports faculty and staff in reinforcing positive social and emotional development.
Counseling Services
Our doors are open in the Counseling Department and we want to make connecting with us as easy as possible.
Counseling is available to all students throughout the school day, including some after school hours. These services include individual counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention, parent consultation, and parent education.
"The immediate outcome of social and emotional learning may be academic success or improved psychological well-being for the individual student. But, in the end, we all benefit through the creation of a kinder and more compassionate society" Vicki Zakrzewski, Education Director of Greater Good Science Center
Meet the Counselors
The Castilleja SEL Model
- Retreat
- Advisory
- Big/Little Siblings
- Counselors
- Awareness, Compassion, and Engagement Center
- Open Session
- Wellness
- Grade-Level Teams
- Classroom Connections