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2008 Fact Sheet
- Woodcraft Camp -
- Upper Camps -
- Specialty Camps -
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| Mission: |
Culver Summer Schools & Camps prepare youth for
leadership and responsible citizenship in society by developing and nurturing the whole
individual - mind, spirit, and body - through
integrated programs that emphasize the
cultivation of character. |
| Objectives: |
The teaching of self-discipline, personal responsibility, fairness, appreciation for diversity, respect for self and others and the development of character. |
| Founding: |
Culver Summer Schools & Camps began as Culver Naval Camp in 1902. Woodcraft Camp was founded by Boy Scouts of America Founder Dan Beard, under the guidance of Boy Scouting Founder Lord Baden Powell, in 1912. |
| Organization: |
The Woodcraft and Upper Camp programs are organized around a unique military system that fosters leadership and incorporates hands-on, practical leadership training and experience. |
| Woodcraft
Camp: |
Six week
camp for boys and girls ages 9 to 13: June
20 - August 1, 2008 |
| Upper
Camp: |
Six week
camp for young men and women ages 13 to 17: June
20 - August 2, 2008 |
| Specialty
Camp: |
One week
camps offering specific instruction in one
of 9 areas: August 3 - August 9, 2008, All
camps are for young men and women 11 through
16, except Scuba Camp which is open to campers
12 to 16. |
| Enrollment: |
Nearly 37% (506)
of the total 2007 camper population came from outside the U.S., with 42 states
and 31 countries represented. In all of the camps combined, there were 531 girls
and 838 boys, for a total of 1,369 campers. |
| Type
of Program: |
Boarding camps with more than 65 recreational and academic electives. |
| Campus: |
The upper camps use the campus of The Culver Academies. Woodcraft Campers use many of the same facilities but live on the 250-acre Woodcraft Camp. |
| Facilities: |
1,800 acres; 38 instructional buildings
including one of the country's largest indoor riding halls, the Vaughn Equestrian Center.
The Summer Camps are located on the north shore of Indiana's second largest natural lake,
the 1,864-acre Lake Maxinkuckee, which is used extensively for camp programs. Along Maxinkuckee
is a boathouse, a fleet of 120 sail and power boats, eight personal watercraft, and the
largest three-masted square rigger on an inland U.S. lake. The $10 million Huffington
Library offers the latest in educational technology, and the Henderson Ice Arena offers
outstanding hockey and ice skating facilities. |
| Tuition: |
Woodcraft
Camp and Upper Camp tuition for 2008 is $4,500.
The Specialty Camps tuition is $1,000. |
| Financial
Aid: |
Need-based financial aid is available
for the six-week Woodcraft and Upper Camp. About 17 percent of Culver's campers receive
assistance.
Click
here for more information on Financial Aid. |
| Head
of Program: |
Tony Mayfield, camp director, can be reached at 1-800-221-2020
or by e-mail at summer@culver.org |
| Location: |
Culver, Indiana: 100 miles north of Indianapolis and 100 miles southeast of Chicago, 10 miles west of U.S. 31 on IN 10. |
| Staff: |
All camps offer a 5:1
camper/staff ratio. Culver offers a staff of carefully selected college students, college graduates and adults. The vast majority of the staff are certified teachers and counselors who come from around the
US and world. All staff members provide each child with excellent instruction, supervision, guidance, and individual attention. |
| Medical
Care: |
Culver has a 40-bed health center, which is staffed around the clock by registered nurses and two resident physicians. |
| Religion: |
Culver is nondenominational, but religion is an important part of the summer, and all faiths are respected. Weekly religious observance is required. Adult counselors are committed to the spiritual development of campers through personal reflection, individual counseling and small-group experiences. |
| Governance: |
36-member Board of Trustees presided over by James A. Henderson '52, chairman and CEO of Cummins Engine Co. |
| The
Camps/History: |
Culver Summer Schools & Camps began in 1902. Culver offers progressive, or graduated, instruction so that campers are actually taught activities, rather than just practicing skills they bring from home. Because of the large number of campers, each camp offers beginner, intermediate and advanced instruction to meet the needs of each individual. The highlight of each camp is the Sunday Parade, to which parents are invited to see their youngster progress through the presentation of patches and awards, which signify achievement.
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Camp
Options:
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Woodcraft
Camp:
Boys
& Girls
Ages 9-13 |
Woodcrafters have their own multi-million dollar campus. On the north shore of Lake Maxinkuckee (which means clear, deep blue water), campers participate in leadership roles and develop self-confidence through a program providing for personal and team accomplishment. Activities involve 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 relaxing with friends. Evening activities include parades, movies, awards presentations, treasure hunts, canoe and other special trips, dances, concerts and overnight camp-outs. Woodcraft boys wear identical uniforms, with units distinguished by the color of their T-shirts. Woodcraft girls have their own unique identical uniforms. Like the older campers in the Upper Camp, Woodcrafters select their instruction from more than 65 electives (see ELECTIVES section). |
Upper
Camp:
Boys & Girls
Ages 13-17 |
During six activity periods every day, Upper Campers are offered more than 65 elective courses (see ELECTIVES section) that allow room 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
water-skiing.
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 practice and hone these qualities.
Girls wear identical uniforms and are encouraged to have an activity focus, selecting from horsemanship and sailing.
Boys choose a "major" in Aviation, Horsemanship or Naval School, and this choice determines the uniform they wear and where
they live. |
Specialty
Camps:
Boys & Girls
Ages 11-16 |
Specialty Campers live in cabins. They are given daily instruction in their
chosen specialty area. Evening social activities for this camp include dances,
movies, boat rides, hockey games, bowling and a farewell dinner dance.
Specialty Camps are one week camps for youth wanting specialized instruction in one of nine offerings:
| Equestrian Arts: |
focuses on the balanced seat, proper grooming and
equipment use and maintenance, basic stable management skills and safety
techniques. Instruction begins at the skill level of the rider in combined
training, polo and trail riding. |
| Fencing: |
focuses on bouting and anaerobic and aerobic endurance
in all three Olympic weapons--epee, foil and saber--for beginners through
advanced students. |
| Golf: |
provides the right start for the beginning player
and a stroke-saving program for the advanced player with the fundamental
elements of the game emphasized. Campers learn the language of the game,
course rules and etiquette, equipment selection and care and execution
of controlled swing movements. |
| Hockey: |
fundamentals with emphasis on rules, strategies,
individual and team skills, and instruction for goal tenders. |
| Sailing: |
instruction in safety, sportsmanship, strategy, theory and nomenclature of sailing at all skill levels. |
| Scuba Diving: |
instruction and practical experience with the fundamental
principles and procedures of skin and scuba diving. |
| Soccer: |
instruction in the rules, tactics and strategies
and fundamental skills with an emphasis on sportsmanship and team play. |
| Tennis: |
focuses on improving knowledge and understanding
the mechanics of the basic strokes, rules, strategies, concentration,
personal discipline and proper court demeanor. |
| Water Skiing: |
instruction in basic rescue techniques, life saving, swimming and diving, and the opportunity to improve skills and gain experience in skiing and knee boarding. |
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Woodcraft
&
Upper Camp
Electives: |
Electives provide campers
the chance for individualized instruction in more than 65 areas including water
skiing, horseback riding, hockey, soccer, leadership, English, scuba diving,
snorkeling, reading, fencing, riflery, archery, baseball, basketball, cheerleading,
football, golf, ice skating, softball, beginning and competitive swimming,
diving, sailing, tennis, track and field, volleyball, weight training, wrestling,
lacrosse, nature study, band, drum, bugle, piano and other instrument lessons,
theater arts, dance, Bible study, native American dancing, native American
lore, canoeing, fishing, rocketry, sign language, journalism, computer programming,
scouting, driver training, polo, lifeguard training, photography, arithmetic,
algebra and advanced algebra, geometry, public speaking, poetry, voice lessons,
studio art, ceramics, computer art, stagecraft, lighting and sound, indoor
racket sports, aerobics, first aid and CPR. |
Woodcraft
&
Upper Camp
Leadership: |
Leadership courses are offered to all six-week campers, providing the incentive for self-discipline, academic excellence, competition, and acceptance of leadership responsibility.
Culver believes that leadership can be taught, and campers are expected to become involved in the opportunities for leadership experiences. Through participation in athletic competitions, inspections, parades, ceremonies and numerous other activities, campers observe and participate in leadership behaviors that build character and confidence.
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| Camp Facilities: |
Woodcraft Camp is organized into cabin groups: five cabins comprise a boys' division or a girls' wing. Girls and boys each live 12-to-a-cabin with a resident counselor. Sixty A-frame cedar cabins for boys and girls are set on their own campus. Woodcraft Camp consists of the Woodcraft Museum and Nature Study Laboratory, an activity center/storm shelter, an observatory, a library, arts and crafts buildings, a dining hall, athletic facilities, an overnight scouting preserve, extensive nature trails, and an administration building housing a nurse's station. The Woodcraft Camp also has an Indian Council Fire Ring, its own beach on the lake and its own fleet of boats, including Ski Nautique ski boats, a flotilla of canoes, row boats, Sunfish sailboats, and safety craft. Woodcrafters also use the Upper Camp facilities, including the ice arena, gymnasiums, pools and recreation center, the riding hall, classrooms and the auditorium.
Upper Campers live on The Culver Academies' campus, with girls in the dorms of Culver Girls Academy and boys in the barracks
of Culver Military Academy. Each unit has live-in adult counselors. The Culver campus includes a parade ground,
athletic fields, 15 tennis courts, a track, 9-hole golf course, two miles of lakefront, bridle paths, and nature
trails. The 36 buildings include three gymnasiums, an indoor swimming pool, an indoor ice arena for hockey and figure
skating, a multi-purpose building with indoor tennis courts, a rifle range, dance studio, a beautiful
chapel, dormitories and classroom buildings. Specialty Campers live in the Woodcraft cabins and use the facilities
of the Woodcraft and Upper Camp.
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Academic Program
& Facilities: |
The camps use The Culver Academies' Eppley Hall of Science, Eppley Hall of Humanities, Gignilliat Memorial Hall, and Huffington Library, which house fifty-three classrooms and laboratories, the Student Computer Center, and the Writing Laboratory.
The Eugene C. Eppley Auditorium includes two theaters. The school's Music and Arts Building contains a small auditorium, soundproof practice studios, an exhibition gallery and art studios. The new Huffington Library, with a 150,000-volume capacity, contains the latest educational technology, a computer lab, CD-ROM programs, a multimedia presentation room, a satellite dish that provides access to many educational programs, and a national database.
With a stable of 100 horses, one of the country's largest indoor riding halls, 600 acres set aside specifically for 10 miles of riding trails, and facilities that are considered to be among the best in the nation, campers can receive basic riding instruction. They can also develop or sharpen their skills in polo or combined training through instruction from Culver's full-time equestrian instructors.
The fleet of boats includes a 54-foot square rigger, and 120 sail and power boats of all sizes.
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| Daily Schedule: |
Six instructional periods each day are followed by a competitive intramural sports program and social activities. Culver's military framework provides unusual opportunities for leadership, character training, inter-personal skills development and responsibility.
Specialty campers receive five hours of instruction daily from outstanding teachers and coaches and, because of the quality of instruction, candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Specialty Campers are offered participation in a variety of evening recreational and social activities that take advantage of Culver's excellent facilities.
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| Admission: |
The Admissions Office can be reached toll-free at
1-800-221-2020 or by e-mail at summer@culver.org
For new campers, the admissions committee must receive and approve a completed camp application, two personal recommendations and a medical history form. Returning campers need a re-enrollment application and medical history form. |
Governance/
Accreditation: |
The Camps are accredited by the American Camping Association and are members of the Association of Independent Camps and the Midwest Association of Independent Camps.
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