Palisades Charter High School

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Palisades Charter High School
Established	1961
Type	Public
Principal	Dr. Gloria Martinez
Students	2,760 students^[1]
Grades	9–12
Location	Pacific Palisades, California USA
Colors	Royal blue, Columbia Blue and White^[2]
Mascot	Dolphin
Yearbook	SURF
Newspaper	Tideline
Website	[1]

Palisades Charter High School (usually abbreviated as "Pali High," "PaliHi," or uncommonly as "PCHS" / "PHS" ) is the main public high school serving the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, California.

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.

The school is located at 15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, California, 90272.

Paul Revere Charter Middle School feeds into Palisades.

1 History
2 Campus
3 Student body
4 Notable alumni
5 Trivia
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The school was founded in 1961. The Class of 2004 was the 40th graduating class.

[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.

[edit] Student body

As of 2006, "Pali High" ethnic composition is 42.90% White/Cacusian, 25.90% Hispanic, 21.50% African-American, 7.50% Asian, and 2.20% "other."^[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

"Pali" is the alma mater of many football 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 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
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 - actor
Daniel S. Loeb - hedge fund manager
Katey Sagal - actor
David Wallechinsky - writer
Forest Whitaker - actor, director and producer
William James Adams Jr (will.i.am) - member of black eyed peas
Alex Greenwald - actor and musician
Matthew Berry - writer
J.J. Abrams - television show creator

[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. Below are a few examples.