Welcome to Turning Point Academy Of Granbury
Turning Point Academy Of Granbury is a Christ-centered K-12 school, dedicated to providing a nurturing environment where students can grow academically, spiritually, and emotionally. Our mission is to empower students to excel in their God-given talents, equipping them to impact their world for Christ.
Head Of School Welcome
Dear Current and Prospective TPAG Families,
“One’s philosophy is not expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.” – Eleanor Roosevelt This year, I was blessed with the opportunity to obey the Lord and create a school where He was at the foundation of all. I’m grateful that I made that choice and that the staff, teachers, parents, and students who God has brought to this place together and you have thoughtfully chosen to play an essential role in making the Turning Point Academy of Granbury what it is today. TPAG isn’t the easy choice for anyone. Our staff and teachers are amazing, brilliant, godly people who could choose to work anywhere for a larger paycheck…or nowhere and focus their passion and creativity on their own children or grandchildren. Instead, our teachers choose to pour out their knowledge, love, and time into our student body. How grateful we are for their decision. If parenting is the hardest job you’ll ever love, then homeschooling is the highest mountain you’ll ever joyfully summit. The fresh air will invigorate you, while the altitude will make you dizzy. The exercise will make you stronger as your legs encourage you to take a rest. When it is all said and done, the view from the top will remind you that it was well worth the sacrifice. The choice to homeschool isn’t a choice made lightly and certainly isn’t the path for the faint of heart. Thank you for your courage. Some choose TPAG thinking that it will lessen the incline of that mountain. Unfortunately, TPAG is no beach vacation. But, have no fear! Just as Sir Edmund Hillary had his sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, to help him successfully navigate the climb of a lifetime, we are here to help you and your student successfully reach the summit and take in the incredible view. Can you imagine what it felt like to reach the top of Mt. Everest? Is there anything you can’t do after you take on and conquer such an incredible feat? Hillary said, “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” He implies that you become extraordinary through the choice to do the extraordinary. I am so thrilled to have the privilege of watching ordinary students choose to do hard things and become extraordinary young adults, spouses, parents, contributors to their fields, leaders in their churches…people who choose to put God first, who don’t shy away from a challenge, and who succeed. Now, that’s a view! I hope that you will join us for the climb.
In Him,
Shawna
Founder and Head of School
Mission
MISSION
Our mission is to equip, support, and encourage parents and engage, inspire, and prepare students using the powerful and proven tool of classical and Christian education in a hybrid school format.
GOALS
▪ To create an academic program that follows classical methods in both the subjects taught and classroom pedagogy.
▪ To empower parents to help their children reach their God-given potential by creating critical thinkers who are logical, thoughtful, and articulate.
▪ To foster love of the Lord, passion for learning, and strength of character in children.
PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE
TPAG strives to partner with parents to raise young men and young women who... Love God - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. - Matthew 22:37
Love Others – TPAG students love others by treating them as they would like to be treated, by showing others respect, by caring for our school and church home, and by serving our community.
Reason Well – “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” – Aristotle
Learn Independently - A classical education taught in a hybrid model captures the attention and imagination of students in developmentally appropriate ways. It promotes independent scholarship, inspiring them and equipping them for a lifetime of learning.
Engage Society – TPAG students learn to understand and critique culture against a Biblical worldview to represent Christ well, communicate truth winsomely, and argue persuasively.
Embody Virtue - Inside and outside the classroom: In all things Christ preeminent.
Delight in Beauty – TPAG students learn to discern and love beauty as manifested in art and all of creation.
Our Core Values
Classical Christian education is a time-tested educational philosophy which affirms a biblical worldview, incorporates methods based on our understanding of student development, cultivates virtue, orients student reasoning through the Trivium, and interacts with the historical Great Books.
Classical education emphasizes the seeking after of truth, goodness, and beauty and the study of the liberal arts and the great books. The classical approach focuses on teaching students how to learn and how to think.
The classical philosophy of education was followed to produce countless great leaders, inventors, scientists, writers, philosophers, theologians, physicians, lawyers, artists, and musicians over the centuries.
What makes classical education so effective? It is the philosophy's approach to what, how, and when students are taught. Regardless of their learning style, children learn in three stages (grammar, logic/dialectic, and rhetoric), known as the trivium. In the grammar stage (K–6), students are naturally adept at memorizing facts, so it is the proper time to teach them the foundational truths (who, what, where, when) of each subject through chanting and singing. In the logic stage (grades 7–8), students are naturally more argumentative and begin to question...everything. They want to know the “why” of something—the logic behind it. During this stage, students learn formal logic and critical thinking, and how to argue winsomely. The rhetoric stage (grades 9–12) is naturally when students become independent thinkers and communicators. They study and practice critical writing and classical rhetoric, the art of persuasive speaking and effective writing.
It is this approach to teaching students based on their developmental stage that makes this approach so effective.
If you'd like to learn more about classical education, we highly recommend Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson and An Introduction to Classical Education by Christopher Perrin.