Palisades Charter High School
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| Palisades Charter High School |
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| Established | 1958 [1] |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Dr. Gloria Martinez |
| Students | 2,760 students[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California USA |
| Colors | Royal blue, Columbia Blue and White[3] |
| Mascot | Dolphin |
| Yearbook | SURF |
| Newspaper | Tideline |
| Website | palihigh.org |
Palisades Charter High School (usually abbreviated as "Pali High," "PaliHi," or uncommonly as "PCHS" / "PHS" ) is a secondary school in Los Angeles, California, United States. The public high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highlands, Kenter Canyon and portions of Brentwood (including Brentwood Circle). Residents in Topanga, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, may attend Palisades or Taft High School.
The school serves grades 9 through 12. Formerly directly administered by the Los Angeles Unified School District school, with the land still owned by the district, the school is now an independent charter school, no longer administered by LAUSD. Its current charter status expires on June 27, 2010 [2]. Its current enrollment numbers 2760 students, and many of them endure long bus rides to attend one of the most highly-ranked public high schools in the Los Angeles area. In 2005, "Pali" was recognized as a California Distinguished School.
Disregarding a majority vote of the stakeholders, which came down 1740-1010 against, the board of directors voted to change the starting date of school for the 2007-2008 school year, which upset the student body, many of whom took action in executing a walkout.
The school is located at 15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, California, 90272.
Paul Revere Charter Middle School feeds into Palisades.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1958. [1] The Class of 2006 was the 42nd graduating class.[citation needed]
[edit] Campus
The campus is bounded by Temescal Canyon Road to the east, Sunset Boulevard to the north, El Medio Street to the west, and Temescal Canyon Continuation School to the south. It is bisected by Bowdoin Street, which runs between the school's football field and the academic center of the school. Located only a mile from Will Roger's State Beach, the football stadium is called "Stadium by the Sea."
[edit] Student body
As of 2006, "Pali High" ethnic composition is 42.90% White/Caucasian, 25.90% Hispanic, 21.50% African-American, 7.50% Asian, and 2.20% "other".[4]
Students attending the school live in 116 different zip codes!
[edit] Notable alumni
"Pali" is the alma mater of many athletic stars including Jay Schroeder of the Los Angeles Raiders, Kiki Vandeweghe, General Manager and NBA Forward for the Denver Nuggets (he started as Center graduating in 1976), record holding Cal receiver Geoff McArthur, and former UCLA quarterback/national high school record holder, David Koral.
Other famous people that attended Pali include the following:
- Jeff Madsen - poker player, youngest winner of a wsop bracelet at 21 years 1 month and 9 days
- Jeff Bridges - actor
- Ted Stryker - KROQ DJ
- Christie Brinkley - model
- Peter DeLuise - actor
- Kent Steffes - Professional Beach Volleyball Player
- Susanna Hoffs - member of the Bangles
- Jennifer Jason Leigh - actor and director
- Steve Kerr - Former NBA player
- Michael Medved - film critic and commentator
- Penelope Ann Miller - actress
- Scott Alexander - screenwriter
- Michael Kim (director) - Korean music video director
- Daniel S. Loeb - hedge fund manager
- Katey Sagal - actor
- David Wallechinsky - writer
- Forest Whitaker - producer, director, and Academy Award winning actor
- will.i.am (William James Adams Jr.) - member of the black eyed peas
- Alex Greenwald - actor and musician
- J.J. Abrams - television show creator
- Chris Ferguson - poker player
- Amy Smart - actress
- Lauren London- actress
[edit] Trivia
Many movies have been filmed at Palisades, including Carrie (1976),Crazy/Beautiful (2001), Havoc (2005), Old School, The Glass House, and Freaky Friday (2003).
This school was the focus of a false email chain letter started around 2002. This was reported on several web sites, including truthorfiction.com, snopes.com, and breakthechain.org.
"Whatever happened to the class of 1965", a 1977 book by Michael Medved was written about Pali High. It was a best seller and also a short lived series in 1977 or 1978.
One english teacher, Rose Gilbert, has been teaching there since the school opened!
[edit] Sending schools
As some LAUSD zoned high schools do not have enough space to educate all residents in their attendance boundaries, some schools that send excess students to Palisades [3].
They are, as of spring 2007:
- Belmont
- Crenshaw
- Dorsey
- Fairfax
- Fremont
- Hamilton
- Hollywood
- Jefferson
- Los Angeles
- Manual Arts
- Santee Education Complex
- Van Nuys
- Washington Preparatory
[edit] References
- SportsLine.com on Geoff McArthur Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- collegesports.com Player Bio: David Koral :: Football Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- CLASS Speaker: Jay Schroeder Retrieved August 6, 2005.
- ^ a b [[1] LAUSD School Profile Page]. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
- ^ School Profile. Student Body. Retrieved on July 8, 2006.
- ^ School Description. Campus. Retrieved on July 8, 2006.
- ^ School Profile. Student Body. Retrieved on July 8, 2006.
[edit] External links
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District 3 |
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| Alternative K-12 schools | Marlton School |
| Magnet 6-12 schools | Los Angeles CES |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | Widney |
| High schools | Crenshaw | Dorsey | Hamilton | Los Angeles | Palisades Charter | University | Venice | Westchester |
| Middle schools | Burroughs | Palms | Revere Charter | Wright |
| Elementary schools | Coeur d'Alene | Westminster Avenue |
