{"url":"/agoura-hills/the-vida-school","provider":{"id":"the-vida-school","name":"The Vida School","kind":"organization","about":"The Vida School is a progressive, nature-rooted private school in Agoura Hills. It opened in September 2021 after growing out of a home learning pod formed during the 2020 pandemic. Michelle Garcia is its founder and executive director, and Randi Kearney is head of school. The federal private school survey for 2023–24 counted 61 students and about eight teachers.","website":"https://vidaschool.org","phone":"(818) 577-7457","email":null,"instagram":null,"founded":null,"credentials":[],"languages":[],"image":null},"location":{"id":"main","name":null,"street":"29940 Triunfo Dr","unit":null,"city":"agoura-hills","zip":"91301","neighborhood":null,"coords":[-118.777041,34.114059],"precision":"exact"},"serviceArea":[],"programs":[{"id":"school","type":"school","name":"The Vida School","summary":"A progressive, nature-rooted private school in Agoura Hills for transitional kindergarten through sixth grade.","description":"The Vida School is a progressive, nature-rooted private school in Agoura Hills that opened in September 2021. It serves transitional kindergarten through sixth grade and says it is expanding into middle school. Its approach combines social-emotional learning, outdoor learning, project-based learning and personalized academic rigor, with music, movement and creative work. The federal private school survey for 2023–24 counted 61 students and 8.1 teachers, about eight students per teacher. The school's website says it moved to the historic Cornell Schoolhouse in 2023, in the Santa Monica Mountains. Families book a tour on select days through an online form, then apply, and the school says space is intentionally limited. It is nonsectarian, so it suits families who want a small, nature-focused private elementary school.","categories":["private-school"],"ages":{"min":4,"max":12},"grades":{"min":-1,"max":6},"school":{"sector":"private","enrollment":61},"traits":{"faith":"secular","ratio":8,"methods":["social-emotional","project-based","forest-school"],"goals":["nature-connection"],"feel":"A small progressive school in the Santa Monica Mountains where learning is outdoors, project-based and built on social-emotional work.","topics":["progressive","nature","outdoor-classroom"]}}],"source":{"url":"https://vidaschool.org","fetched":"2026-10-09"},"updated":"2026-10-09","checked":null,"closed":null,"sample":false}