Book excerpt: The philosophy of Invitational Education suggests that educators can take intentional steps to create a caring culture that invites students to value themselves and their abilities, to learn and develop as productive, healthy human beings. This case study provided an in-depth look into an elementary school that had been identified as being highly inviting. The study's purpose was to describe the invitational processes present at the school, to learn how the school became invitational, to recognize obstacles that the school's educators faced in their efforts at becoming invitational, and to learn how they overcame those obstacles. Data were generated from onsite observations, semi-structured interviews, a focus group, and document reviews. The study found that relationships are crucial in a school that values caring and strives to be invitational and that a sense of community can be created through intentional actions. Finally, the importance of strong principal leadership marked by shared decision making, optimism, and care was found.