The Culver Cannon

Imagine mounting a horse you’ve never ridden before and having two minutes to be coached on a horse you have never ridden and then using your hands, legs and seat -- not making any noises -- to prompt the horse to perform a series of complicated moves and then being graded on how you do.

Welcome to the world of Interscholastic Equestrian Association Dressage.

Culver Academies, known for its Black Horse Troop and Equestriennes, this school year has joined a select group of American high schools that field dressage teams.

Culver Academies Black Horse Troop and Equestriennes have accepted an invitation to appear in the Presidential Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20.

Culver Girls Academy senior Addison Dollahan W’21 of Sheridan, Indiana, has been awarded a Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship that will pay for full tuition for four years of college along with required fees and a book stipend.

Culver Academies students bought toys and clothing so that 160 children from disadvantaged families living in and around the town of Culver will have a merrier Christmas morning.

A Culver Military Academy alumnus told students about how he’s walking across America to elevate the conversation about food insecurity while raising awareness and money to help solve the problem.

“Action!” the director shouts. Actors begin performing their roles, lighting and fog from a smoke machine provide a surreptitious feeling as a boom operator captures the sound and the dolly grip captures the 90-second scene in one take.

This isn’t a scene from a Hollywood set but on the Eppley Auditorium stage as Culver Academies students learn the craft of filmmaking in a class called “Film Studies I.”