- ABOUT CULVER
The Buxtons welcome you
to Culver Academies.
- ADMISSIONS
- How to Apply
- Tuition & Fees
- Financial Aid
- Scholarships
- Batten Scholars Program
- The Program
- Scholarship Recipients
- Alexandra Ding
- Natalie Haugen
- Caleb Jadrich
- Joy Yu Shen
- Malcolm-Robert Snyder
- Adam Stathakis
- Nicholas Curtain
- Rowan Farrell
- Jennah Janney
- Nicholas Payne
- John Van Duyn
- Delaney Fagan
- Nicolas Grandel
- Katherine Hansen
- Matt Janney
- Nicholas MacNab
- Alexander Simkins
- Karen Zhu
- Varun Devatha
- Noah Trevino
- Brian Tao
- Jessica Greenman
- About the Sponsor
- Duchossois Scholarship
- Huffington Scholarship
- Little Scholarship
- Roberts Scholarship
- Summer Scholarships
- Batten Scholars Program
- Campus Visit
- STUDENT LIFE
Patrick Shanahan '12 talks
about his Culver experience.
- ACADEMICS
- Overview
- Academic Departments
- Academic Advising
- Academic IT
- Academic Skills Center
- Center for Character Excellence
- College Advising
- Fine Arts
- Horsemanship
- HUFFINGTON LIBRARY
- Humanities
- Overview
- Courses Available
- Curriculum
- History of Humanities
- Harkness Learning
- Summer Reading List
- Meet the Faculty
- Dr. Jacquie Erwin
- Mitch Barnes
- Catherine Battersby
- Richard Battersby
- John Buggeln
- Jennifer Cerny
- Gary Christlieb
- Kurt Christiansen
- Joshua Danforth
- Kevin Danti
- Andrew Dorrel
- Harry D. Frick III
- Joseph Horvath
- Ed Kelley
- William Roth
- JJ Schmiedlin
- Andrew Strati
- Brad Trevathan
- Matthew Gerber
- Emily Uebler
- John Uebler
- Peter Myers
- Oliver Eaton
- Darryl Einhorn
- Alex Mies
- John Rogers
- Peter Trau
- Jordan Nies
- Philip Szalwinski
- Julie Pesta
- Maddie Williams
- Ms. Elizabeth Bennett
- Leadership
- Learning Support
- Math
- Modern & Classical Languages
- Science
- Wellness Education
- Academic Advising
- Registrar
- Academic Calendar 12-13
- Academic Calendar 13-14
- Courses Available
- THE DIFFERENCE
- GIVING TO CULVER
- Overview
- Meet the Staff
- Mike Hogan
- Mary Kay Karzas
- Ruth Benner Hix '68
- Thomas Mayo '75
- Dale Spenner
- Steve Sturman
- Cathy Zurbrugg
- Elizabeth Gillett
- Jackie Smith
- Laura Yeager
- Michael Petrucelli
- Judy Campbell
- Chris Gurnick
- Dorothea Noyes Ragsdale
- Erica Hahn
- Kimberly Kephart
- Cindy Krou
- Kevin Kucera
- Ashleigh Mills
- Michelle Miller
- Mary Jane Kutch
- Sharon Rankert
- Polly DuVal
- Sue Roth
- Bob Shriner
- Leeann (Zahrt) Wright '98
- Jeanette Shown
- Julie Crews Barger
- Michael Perry
- Jeff Kenney
- Robert B.D. Hartman
- Amy Davis
- Stephanie Heckaman
- Mary Beth Ryan
- Alan Loehr
- William F. Hargraves III
- Antonio Giraldi
- Lisa Barenie
- Doug Haberland
- Jan Garrison
- Lensie Howell
- Mary Kunkle
- Trent Miles
- Gary Mills
- Karla Hernandez
- Tom Smith '83
- Cindy Brooke Kilduff '80
- Sandy Lewandowski
- Maria Benner
- Why I Give
- Athletics
CMA Regional Basketball Champs
- SUMMER
Meet The Staff
Matthew Thompson
Athletic DirectorMatthew Thompson joined Culver in the summer of 2011 as the Director of Athletics. Most recently, Matt spent four years as the Associate Athletic Director, Physical Education teacher, and coach at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA. Prior to his time at BCDS, Matt served as the Director of Athletics, Spanish teacher, and coach at the Knox School in St. James, NY. Over the course of his career, Matt also spent time as an athletic administrator and women’s soccer coach at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Centenary College (NJ).
Matt holds a BA in English from Dickinson College (PA) where he was a two-year Captain of the varsity soccer team and currently ranks fifth on the school’s all-time scoring list. Matt also possesses an MS in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University where he served as the Assistant Ticket Manager for the athletic department.
Matt and his wife, Jana, reside in Culver with their two children Ethan (2006) and Maya (2010).






