Palisades Charter High School

Luv this school, it’s great! My one is graduating, my other attends I would recommend it to anyone wit ha students.

Graduated here! I loved this school for their block schedule. I don’t know if the school still runs on the same block schedule. I came here recently to attend a memorial for Mama G and it appeared as nothing changed since I graduated, and I mean that as a good thing. The school is at a beautiful location and I remember taking little hikes and running around the school and to the football field for PE. Also, I remember taking an AP Environmental Science course and smelling french fries from a car that runs on vegetable oil, which I thought was pretty interesting back in the day. I don’t know if they still do that. Overall, I would say I had a pleasant high school experience and sometimes even wish I could go back in time and do high school again! Go Dolphins!
Whenever I watch the TV sitcom Modern Family, I get to see little bits of the school and love being able to reminisce.

As a former student I can advise parents and students who are currently attending and are prospectively considering this school to stay away! This school is plagued by a multitude of scandals and internal problems that will impact your child. You can email me for details.

My niece was sent here for her first year and thank God her mother took her out of there as soon as possible. The teachers are rude and play favorites with the students while many of the students are stuck up and mean to their fellow students. Definitely not a place to send your child to if you want them to have a happy high school experience.

graduated here class of 2009 and i loved it! my brother is now just about to graduate
Quality education with teachers that care! Although i am a strong believer in the student wanting to learn themselves for any type of teaching to be beneficial! It really is how much effort the student puts into it to get just as much back out of it. In my opinion, My class has it’s variation in education success just as much as any other school.
Definitely use all the resources at the college center!
also pali goes by a block schedule with three classes on one day and another three classes the day after. I thought this took a little time to get used to at first but it was really a lifesaver after a while. that way i got an extra day to complete homework for my classes

Thank GOD this is my daughters’ last year! Very disappointing experience for both of us. I grew up on the West Side, and Pali was always such a good school so I didn’t really think twice about sending my daughters there but my, how things have changed! First of all the school accepts WAY too many students, now that they are a charter AND a Magnet AND LAUSD public they’re way over 2,000 students – yikes! Ever need a return phone call or to actually SPEAK with a real person such as a counselor FORGET ABOUT IT! Even with the volume of students there they only have a single counselor for each grade level, that’s pretty outrageous.
Save yourself (and your child) a lot of headache and aggravation– send them somewhere else!

This review is primarily for their graduation ceremony, which I attended this past Wednesday night. First off all, those awful bleacher seats. If this is your 50^th graduating class, I’d expect you to have things down by now. There are no assigned seats and you have to find your way to sit somewhere in the bleachers. People who get there early (we got there 45 minutes before the start and seating was already a mess), tend to sit at the edge of the row, and then put their stuff on the bleachers, so from the top, you can’t tell if someone is or isn’t sitting there, and if the seat is being saved. We had to go and ask people how many seats they thought were available… awful awful idea.
What Pali should have is someone monitoring the bleachers, and telling people to scoot in or over, as they can know how many people truly fit in one row of bleachers (I’m gonna guess more than ten).
Next, the graduates should be walking on a taller stage. Yes, high schoolers have growth spurts, but no, a stage 2 feet off of the ground isn’t good enough. You don’t have any screens to zoom in on the event, so the least you could do is get a taller stage. It also looked way too crowded on it. And why not have the graduates walk up the stage, instead of in front of it? Give them 15 seconds of fame at least.
Next year, please please please send out letters to parents of teenage girls telling them NO HEELS. It was ridiculous (but hilarious) to see students falling because they couldn’t walk, or stalling the line. Especially when the girl well 3 times! AND ripped her shoes! Not only will the ceremony go smoother, but you will save poor girls from embarrassment, that way in 10 years they will be remembered for something other than «the girl who fell at graduation».
Lastly, it would have been easier to just let the parents out on the field. I mean, the graduates are there, the parents are up there. For smart parents who know the school, the will figure out that there is a walkway underneath the street. For those who don’t come to Pali often, we will walk around the fence to cross the street (at least rip the fence down to make it easier to get to the quad).
Seriously, 50^th graduation? Seems like your 5^th.
Oh right, one last note. I know you have students helping you make signs, but at least get students who know how to spell (and I hope those students aren’t graduating… yikes). I don’t know how many parents were looking at the sign that said «Administiation» instead of «AdministRation». Embarrassing, don’t ya think?

Great place to learn. Great teachers!

Great teachers, lovely school, diverse student body and supportive community. Palisades Charter High School offers everything that is necessary for a well-​rounded, academically challenging high school education!

I graduated from Pali a while ago, so my information about the school might be a little outdated now, but I loved every minute of my experience here! I had teachers that gave their most to every class I was in (except maybe math, but then again, that could have been me. I never was much of a math student). The staff at the school kept things running smoothly and the campus clean and beautiful! I recommend this school to anyone considering their options for high school — honestly, my father chose Pacific Palisades to live when we moved to California, purely because of Pali High! It’s one of the best :)

MY HIGH SCHOOL!!! yup, this is the place. right next to Santa Monica, and like a 3 minute drive to the pier. AWESOME. We have a great education, and almost everyone is really down to earth and nice. If you are considering any schools, look into this one. P-​House! whoohoo