Founded in 1949, Village Christian Schools in the San Fernando Valley of Greater Los Angeles has been a vanguard of quality education in the Greater Los Angeles area for over 60 years. From its humble beginnings in a small church building with only 40 elementary students, VCS has grown into the one of the largest K-12 private schools in the nation. Village is now a school system of three schools (elementary, middle and high school) with nearly 1,000 students on a 110-acre campus, 30 which are developed.

VCS started in the heart of Pastor Phil Gibson, whose dream was that children of regular, ordinary folk, could receive an exceptional Christian education. His original vision was to serve as an outreach to the community by providing quality, private education at an affordable price. As an intentional result of this vision, Village is unique in that it is one of the few Christian schools that admits students and families of different faiths and belief systems. We welcome this diversity as it helps our students gain a greater understanding of all people and prepares them to be effective communicators in the world beyond our campus.

The school started in the buildings of Village Church in Burbank, and quickly expanded and filled the church campus. Within a few years, it became clear that new facilities were needed to house the growing student body. In 1957, the board of directors authorized the purchase of the current property on Penrose and Village Avenue. Over the next decades, Phil Gibson’s dream blossomed fully: families and students gave of their time and effort to pour concrete, construct buildings, attend Loyalty Dinners, held bake sales and formed a Parent Teacher Fellowship. The chapel, with its identifying steeple, was built. The elementary buildings went up, A, B and C wings of high school were built. A cafeteria, auditorium and new gymnasium were constructed.

Since that initial ground-breaking, Village Christian has continued to add buildings and programs to support the mission and purpose of the school. As we look forward to our next 60 years, plans are underway for continued growth.