AVA is a non-profit private school for children ages 5 - 18 years old. We follow the educational model developed by Sudbury Valley School which is Self-Directed Learning. This means that the student chooses what they do and study all day. At our school children learn Self-Reliance and experience Joy via our program of Respect, Trust, Responsibility, and Freedom. What is self-directed learning?A model of education that centers around emulating the real world and allowing students to operate with maximum autonomy, while also participating in a diverse community with a well-established system of law and order. Students choose for themselves how to spend their time and pursue those activities that interest them with support of mentors as required.