This article describes the potential for schools to transform health trajectories through interventions creating positive and supportive school climates. In addition, new models such as the Whole School Whole Community Whole Child Model promote whole child well-being, including cognitive, social, emotional, psychological, and physical development. Full-service community schools can serve as a hub coordinating and integrating all available resources to better respond to the needs of children and families. Present in every neighborhood, schools are a way to reach every school-age child and improve their health trajectories, providing an important platform for life course intervention research.

Suggested Citation: Wong, M.D., Quartz, K.H., Saunders, M., Meza, B., Childress, S., Seeman, T., & Dudovitz, R.N. (2022). Turning vicious cycles into virtuous ones: The potential for schools to improve the life course. Pediatrics.