Private School in Culver City, CA

Turning Point School, Culver City:
Located in Culver City in Western Los Angeles County, CA, Turning Point School offers primary (from 2 years, 10 months), kindergarten, elementary and middle school through to 8th grade, as well as before and after school programs and summer camp. At Turning Point School, we strive to address the comprehensive educational needs of the whole, multi-faceted child. Here, the child is the focus, the teacher the facilitator. In an intimate and focused learning environment, students are able to realize their individual potential.

Primary Division Programs (From 2 years 10 months) & Kindergarten Programs:
All educational experience shapes achievement long into a student’s future. In the Primary division of the Turning Point School experience, students find themselves immersed within the nurturing, Montessori-based environment upon which the school was founded.

Students are able to choose from a variety of work—puzzles, art, manipulatives, book corner time, kitchen area experience, construction in the block corner, computer use, or dramatic play. Additionally, students may work within specific Montessori areas including practical life, sensorial, language, and mathematics. Concepts involving community, exploration, and observation help to construct a base knowledge for each student in all areas of study.

Elementary Division Programs (Levels K-1 – Level 5):
The Elementary Division is very much the center of the Turning Point School community. Over the course of their elementary years, our students develop the fundamentals of learning and form a sense of self. They move from decoding to comprehension. They begin to express themselves in writing. They gain strength. They begin to explore connections to the world around them.

Our teachers work to engage the young individuals they teach. Quick to praise success, they make learning intriguing. Through experiences that consciously blur the distinctions between subjects, students, home, and school, students older and younger have a chance to apply their skills and knowledge in different contexts.

We are looking for Middle School students with a variety of backgrounds and talents who will be able to make significant contributions to the Turning Point community through their academic achievement, creative talents, athletic abilities, positive social behavior, and participation in the school’s programs.

Middle School Division Programs (Level 6 – Level 8):
We expect our oldest students to be leaders—both for themselves and within their community. Over the course of Levels 6-8, our students are given the opportunity to apply themselves in increasingly sophisticated ways. As is appropriate for a developmental stage characterized by increasing independence, our teachers guide Middle School students toward finding their own path, prepared to take on the challenges that will face them in whatever upper school they choose to attend.

We support the development of independent thinkers, with a strong sense of personal responsibility and identity. Turning Point’s Middle School division is a small community where stable, close, mutually respectful relationships with adults and peers are considered fundamental for intellectual development, cognitive and personal growth.

Lessons focus on the core subjects of foreign language, language arts, literature, mathematics, science and social studies.

Daycare Programs:
Turning Point School offers daycare twice daily, from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and from 2:45-6:00 p.m. In the afternoon session, daycare personnel provide a safe, interactive after-school environment in which learning continues, whether it be through stimulating activities for children of Primary age, or through homework supervision for students in Levels K-1 through 8.

After-School Classes:
Recent course offerings have included four sports classes, gardening, woodworking, story time, cooking, magic, choir, arts and crafts, newspaper, karate, dance, French, and Brownie Girl Scouting.

Summer Camp:
The summer camp features age-appropriate activities in athletics, art, music, dramatic play, socialization, special days and field trips.