creating and completing a service project focused on a meaningful response to a social need within a clearly-defined local, national or international community.
Service & Success “
Graduating seniors are ready for the future that awaits them in an ever- changing global
world beyond Culver Girls Academy’s Graduation Arch, the symbolic passageway from Culver Girls Academy to the larger world beyond.
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By then, the virtues and the lessons represented by the Crest have moved well beyond
ymbolic of service and success, the star and laurel wreath shown
the image sewn on their blazers, and are now etched deeply into their minds and emblazoned on
on the CGA crest frame the CGA Leadership and Life Skills program
their hearts. Indeed, the young women who graduate from Culver Girls Academy now personify
designed to prepare students for success in their senior year at
the virtues and values of the Crest they have worn with so much pride. They have become
Culver, and beyond. By senior year, the lessons of leadership have
shining stars — true Culver daughters — deserving of laurels and praise.
been learned and integrated, and the young women are teaching and empowering others, mentoring, modeling high standards and holding others accountable.
Seniors at Culver Girls Academy are prepared to lead their
peers and their school. This doesn’t mean they “rule the school.” Rather, they practice servant leadership and lead others by example, modeling the high standards to which they hold others, as well as themselves, accountable. Now it is their turn to be the leaders of
W ith a good group,
Culver: communicating a vision, setting goals, and delegating responsibilities. Most importantly, seniors are training and
the best thing the leader
empowering younger students to become the future leaders who
can do is step aside and
will follow in their footsteps.
let everyone shine.
” – Madeleine Balchan ’10 Court Dorm
During this pivotal year, guest speakers and interactive
workshops challenge students to ready themselves for transition to the next stage of life.
Seniors also serve the world around them through completion
of a required Senior Servant Leadership Practicum, a critical part of the preparation for leadership and citizenship for both boys and girls at Culver Academies, and a capstone of their Culver career. A senior’s Servant Leadership project affords her the opportunity to integrate the best of what she has learned about herself and about leadership by
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Mentoring Special Olympics 2010
Senior 15 Leadership | THE CREST