Culver’s mission is to educate its students for leadership and responsible citizenship by developing and nurturing the individual – mind, spirit, and body – through integrated programs emphasizing the cultivation of character. Culver has an extensive advising program, with a full-time staff that assists students in the selection of colleges. Culver seniors have significant college options and each year are accepted into America’s best colleges and universities.

Culver offers extraordinary diversity among the student body, as well as one of the strongest scholarship programs in the U.S.  Culver offers more than $6 million in annual aid to students. Unique in secondary education in America is the Batten Scholars program, offering six fully funded merit scholarships each year. The scholarship provides full tuition, uniforms, books, travel expenses and supplies for a service project in the U.S. or overseas, and a summer of study either abroad or at a major American university—a value of more than $100,000 over four years.

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Contact Culver at (800) 5-CULVER, or at www.culver.org.

Woodcraft camp: Boys & Girls ages 9-11
Woodcrafters have their own multi-million dollar campus. On the north shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, campers participate in leadership roles and develop self-confidence through a program providing for personal and team accomplishment. Activities include athletics, team competitions, and supervised swimming. Divided by height and weight into juniors, intermediates, and seniors, campers play and compete in cabin and unit activities with others of similar development and ability. After meals, campers have free time to enjoy ping-pong, tetherball, basketball, and relax with friends. Evening activities include concerts and overnight camp-outs. Woodcraft boys wear identical uniforms, with units distinguished by the color of their T-shirts. Woodcraft girls have unique uniforms. Like the Upper Campers, Woodcrafters select instruction form more than 65 electives.

Upper Camp: Boys & Girls ages 13-17
During six activity periods every day, Upper Campers are offered more than 65 elective courses that allow for experimenting, practicing, and succeeding. Campers may find themselves fencing with someone who has never fenced before, swimming with someone who has swum competitively, or cheering for someone who has just gotten up on his first try at waterskiing.

Throughout the entire camp there is a strong emphasis on leadership training, responsibility, reliability, organization, self-confidence, and self-discipline.

Culver also provides many opportunities to practive and hone these qualities. Girls wear identical uniforms and are encouraged to have an activity focus, selecting from horsemanship, aviation, and sailing. Boys choose a major in Horsemanship, Aviation, or Naval School, and this choice determines the uniform they wear and where they live.

Specialty Camps: Boys & Girls ages 11-16
Specialty campers receive five hours of instruction daily in their chosen specialty. Evening activities for this camp include dances, movies, boat rides, hockey games, bowling, and a farewell dinner dance. Specialty Camps are two-week camps for youth wanting specialized instruction in one of 12 offerings: Sailing, Waterskiing, Fencing, Scuba Diving, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Golf and Equestrian Arts.  Additional one-week instensive camps are offered in basketball (with NBA coaches), wrestling and distance running.