Turning Point School

Located in the heart of Culver City, CA, Turning Point School serves students in Preschool through 8th grade from the greater Los Angeles region. Grounded in scientific research and positive psychology, we build on each child’s strengths, turning authentic experiences into transformative growth. Brain research shows that early childhood and adolescence are the two most critical periods of a person’s cognitive, emotional, and social growth. At Turning Point, we thoughtfully and purposefully construct a path for students to effectively bridge these stages—in the classrooms, on the playing fields, and in our various creative spaces. Our methods are research-based, our approach is systematic, and our outcomes are carefully measured. Turning Point is a positive community, and our students remain happily engaged from the time they arrive at drop-off until they go home at the end of the day. Yet, happiness is far more than an easy morning routine. It is what results from the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, guideposts that help us all—students, educators, and parents—make our way toward purposeful and courageous lives. When our students are engaged in enhanced, meaningful learning and the deep satisfaction that accompanies authentic growth and achievement, we can observe it on their faces and in their body language. We call this a “state of flow”— it makes them better able to select more challenging goals, perform better, and persist longer on challenges. It helps them navigate difficult situations more resiliently and inspires them to share their authentic selves and genuine talents with others. It is a profound marker of future success of all kinds and creates the traits we want to see in those who will, one day in the not-too-distant future, inherit our world.*Turning Point School is not affiliated with any other organizations of the same name.