Palisades Charter High School

The school was founded in 1961. It was built for $6 million on a filled-in canyon. At the time it was the most expensive high school in the LA City Schools. The founding principal was Herbert L. Aigner (died in 2000)."[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-25-mn-57639-story.html Herbert Aigner; Palisades High Founding Principal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301213913/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-25-mn-57639-story.html |date=March 1, 2022 }}" (Obituary). Los Angeles Times/ January 25, 2000. Retrieved on March 29, 2014. The Class of 2012 was the 50th graduating class.

Prior to the founding, the property was called All Hallows Farm and for many years was owned by the Conway family: Hollywood film director Jack Conway; his wife, actress Virginia Conway — daughter of silent screen star Francis X. Bushman — and their two sons, one of whom, Pat Conway became an actor as well. This property was subsequently rented to actress Debbie Reynolds and her husband, singer Eddie Fisher. It was then taken, some years later, by the State by eminent domain to build the high school.

Several members of the class of 1965 were profiled in a Time magazine article, which led to a best-selling 1976 book by class members David Wallechinsky and Michael Medved, What Really Happened to the Class of '65?Tevi Troy. [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/troy200502090751.asp "Right Read: Michael Medved engages and explains,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830074016/http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/troy200502090751.asp |date=August 30, 2008 }} National Review, February 9, 2005. The book featured interviews with several members of the class, whose experiences were recounted both individually and in groupings around shared themes such as the Vietnam War and the draft, drug experimentation, and sex. Various teachers from the school also were interviewed, among them French teacher Mr. Fred Johnson, and English teachers Miss Jean O'Brien and Mrs. Rose "Mama G" Gilbert, who retired during 2012–13 after 63 years of teaching.{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/rose-gilbert-retires_n_2792530.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303152124/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/rose-gilbert-retires_n_2792530.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2013 |work=Huffington Post |title=Sassy 94-Year-Old Teacher Is Finally Calling It Quits |date=March 1, 2013 }} At age 94, Mrs. Gilbert was the oldest active teacher in the LAUSD.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17595740 |title=At 88, she's a millionaire — and keeps teaching |date=March 13, 2007 |website=NBC News |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}Martha Groves and Louis Sahagun, [http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-rose-gilbert-20131218,0,5784414.story#axzz2nqMV9Ztf "Rose Gilbert dies at 95; revered Palisades High English teacher"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106153513/http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-rose-gilbert-20131218,0,5784414.story#axzz2nqMV9Ztf |date=January 6, 2014 }}, Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2013. The Star Wars character of Maz Kanata was based on her.{{cite news |url=https://www.palipost.com/star-wars-character-based-on-late-pali-high-english-teacher-abrams-tells-palisadian-post/ |title='Star Wars' Character Based on Late Pali High English Teacher, Abrams Tells Palisadian-Post |author=Frances Sharpe |work=Palisadian Post |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924200848/https://www.palipost.com/star-wars-character-based-on-late-pali-high-english-teacher-abrams-tells-palisadian-post/ |url-status=live }} The success of the book later inspired a short-lived television dramatic anthology series of the same title, which ran from December 1977 to July 1978 on NBC.Michael Peck. [http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Televisionary/default.aspx?posting=%7B40909B54-E84C-4BAC-952B-A10AF8282693%7D "Televisionary" (Q&A column)], June 28, 2005.

In 1989 20/20 aired an episode about the students of Palisades High School. Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Palisades High School is characterized here as both an institution of high academic performance and high drug and alcohol use. What 20/20 doesn't ask tonight is how both are possible at the same school.""[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-21-ca-2297-story.html TV REVIEW : '20/20' Takes a Look at Palisades High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003232623/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-21-ca-2297-story.html |date=October 3, 2023 }}." Los Angeles Times. April 21, 1989. Retrieved on March 29, 2014.

Circa 1992 there were so few students that LAUSD was considering closing the school. Pali High parents, principal Merle Price, and Pali High staff decided to advocate for making the school into a charter school.Hardy, Terry. "Top of the Class" (education section). Los Angeles Magazine. Emmis Communications, October 1998. Vol. 43, No. 10. {{ISSN|1522-9149}}. Start: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=510EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 52]. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=510EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 66]. In 1993 the school, along with three feeder elementary schools, received approval from the Los Angeles Board of Education to become a charter school. This was the first time a group of schools in California became charter schools.Chavez, Stephanie. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-29-me-8169-story.html Palisades Schools Get OK for Charter Status : Reform: Program at four campuses is an attempt to raise student achievement standards. It will be watched as a model of how school clusters work.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804031629/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-29-me-8169-story.html |date=August 4, 2024 }}" Los Angeles Times. June 29, 1993. Retrieved on March 29, 2014. The school asked students to abide by a behavior code and instituted new academic programs. By 1998 student enrollment recovered: it had 200 students previously attending private schools.

This school was the focus of a false email chain letter started around 2002. The message falsely claimed that a satiric message to parents about student truancies and homework problems was actually on the school's answering machine. The message was originally written in response to parent outrage that students who skipped class more than 10 days per 90-schoolday semester (not counting legitimate absences, like sickness) could receive a failing grade in that class. The hoax was covered on several websites, including Snopes,{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/palisades.asp |title=Pacific Palisades High School Answering Machine Message |author=snopes |date=June 7, 2015 |work=snopes |access-date=February 6, 2016 }} and BreakTheChain.org.{{cite web |url=http://breakthechain.org/exclusives/pphsmess.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015022150/http://breakthechain.org/exclusives/pphsmess.html |title=Palisades High School's Answering Machine |archive-date=October 15, 2011 |publisher=BreakTheChain.org |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}

During the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, the Palisades Fire damaged a portion of the school, forcing it to temporarily close. It was estimated that about 40 percent of the campus had sustained damages or been destroyed. Much of the school's main buildings, including the gym, aquatic center, and baseball field stayed intact.{{Cite news |last=Blume |first=Howard |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Fire upheaval forces Palisades High classes online as leaders look for a temporary home |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-15/palisades-high-fire-damaged-school-seeks-temporary-rental-home |url-status=live |access-date=January 15, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web |last=Dolak |first=Kevin |date=2025-01-15 |title=Palisades Charter High School Asks Los Angeles Community for Help With Relocating After Fire |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-news/palisades-charter-high-school-help-relocating-la-wildfires-1236109650/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In a subsequent press release, Principal Pamela Magee stated the school would be searching for a temporary campus to hold instruction until it is deemed safe to return.{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2025 |title=Palisades Charter High School Seeks Temporary Campus to Keep Community United in the Aftermath of Devastating Fires |url=https://www.palihigh.org/ourpages/auto/2025/1/13/62890063/PR%20-%20Palisades%20Charter%20HS.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=palihigh.org |format=PDF}}

School officials worked with the City of Santa Monica to establish an interim campus at the former Sears building in Downtown Santa Monica. The building had been unoccupied since it closed in 2017. Dubbed "Pali South", it opened in April that year after significant renovations.{{Cite web |title=Palisades Charter High School resumes in-person learning in downtown Santa Monica |url=https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2025/04/22/palisades-charter-high-school-resumes-in-person-learning-in-downtown-santa-monica |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=www.santamonica.gov |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Lubell |first=Sam |date=2025-04-23 |title=After the Wildfires, This High School Needed a Campus. It Found a Sears. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/palisades-high-school-sears.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-04-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Seshadri |first=Mallika |title=Months after fire, Pali High moves into Santa Monica Sears building |url=https://edsource.org/2025/months-after-fire-pali-high-moves-into-santa-monica-sears-building/730874 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=EdSource |language=en}}

The campus is bounded by Temescal Canyon Road to the east, Sunset Boulevard to the north, El Medio Street to the west, and Temescal Academy (formerly known as first Temescal Canyon Continuation School and later Temescal High School) to the south.{{cite news |url=https://www.palipost.com/temescal-academy-is-under-way/ |title=Temescal Academy Is Under Way |author=Danielle Gillespie, Palisadian-Post |access-date=April 22, 2010 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213215338/https://www.palipost.com/temescal-academy-is-under-way/ |url-status=live }} 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 Rogers State Beach, the football stadium is called "Stadium by the Sea."{{cite news |url=https://www.palipost.com/records-set-at-ymca-track-meet/ |work=Palisadian-Post |title=Records Set at YMCA Track Meet |date=June 17, 2004 |access-date=February 28, 2013 |archive-date=February 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213215338/https://www.palipost.com/records-set-at-ymca-track-meet/ |url-status=live }}

On April 25, 2021, the music video for Olivia Rodrigo's song "Good 4 U" was filmed at Palisades, directed by Petra Collins.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/9P3tUlkaldg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607205126/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P3tUlkaldg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P3tUlkaldg#t=1m27.3s |title=Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (Behind The Scenes) |website=YouTube|date=June 7, 2021 }}{{cbignore }} The song later debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

As of 2010, approximately 43% of the student body, 1,180 out of 2,742 students, were bused to Palisades Charter High School from more than 100 Los Angeles zip codes.{{cite web |url=http://www.palisadespost.com/news/content.php?id=5529 |title=Pacific Palisades -- Palisades-Post |access-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911090952/http://www.palisadespost.com/news/content.php?id=5529 |archive-date=September 11, 2012 }} In 1994, approximately 70% of the student body, 1,176 out of 1,680 students, were bused from South-Central and East Los Angeles.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-19-we-5997-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |first1=Carol |last1=Chastang |first2=Diane |last2=Seo |title=WESTSIDE COVER STORY : Driven to Learn : Minority Students Endure Long Days to Be Bused to Westside Schools, but Sometimes They Get Blamed for Campus Problems |date=June 19, 1994 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714050112/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-19-we-5997-story.html |url-status=live }}

According to U.S. News & World Report, 49% of Palisades Charter's student body is "of color," with 32% of the student body coming from an economically disadvantaged household, determined by student eligibility for California's reduced-price meal program.{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/jefferson-union-high/westmoor-high-2360/student-body |title=Westmoor High School |website=usnews.com |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-date=August 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815023600/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/jefferson-union-high/westmoor-high-2360/student-body |url-status=live }}

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{{Asof|1998}}, most of the school's classes were university preparatory in nature. It hosts a mathematics, science, and technology magnet program. The school also has humanities and marine biology courses.

The school includes a New Media Academy that was, as of 1998, one of three in LAUSD. Pali High uses its charter school status to increase the visibility of this program. By that year DreamWorks had financed it with $100,000. The location fees generated by Aaron Spelling{{'s}} use of the school for Malibu Shores were used to, by 1998, install a new computer lab.

As of 2002, Palisades High School offered a surfing class that can be taken for physical education credit. It was established around 1998 by Ray Millette, a marine biology teacher and surfer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-19-me-outthere19-story.html |title=A Class That Trades Gym Shorts for Wetsuits |last=Weiss |first=Kenneth R. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 19, 2002 |access-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003232633/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-19-me-outthere19-story.html |url-status=live }}

Palisades Charter High School is known for its music program. Its marching band has medaled three years in a row at the SCSBOA championships: in 2013 winning silver, in 2014 winning gold for 3A, and in 2015 winning bronze. The school also has a winter drumline that competes in both SCPA and WGI, and is also the 2016 SCPA "A class" silver medalist.

In 2016, extensive hate graffiti was found at the campus including references to the Ku Klux Klan, Jews, African-Americans, and LGBTQ people.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hate-graffiti-pacific-palisades-20160314-story.html |title=Extensive hate graffiti found on high school in Pacific Palisades Outrage |author=Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 10, 2018 |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224111723/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hate-graffiti-pacific-palisades-20160314-story.html |url-status=live }}

In June 2017, Palisades Charter High School gained national media attention after an African-American student was depicted in a student blog with a noose drawn around her neck.{{cite news |url=https://abc7news.com/news/noose-drawing-on-african-american-student-sparks-outrage/2073791/ |title=Noose Drawing on African-American Student Sparks Outrage |author=Staff, KTLA |access-date=March 10, 2018 |archive-date=July 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719042426/http://abc7news.com/news/noose-drawing-on-african-american-student-sparks-outrage/2073791/ |url-status=live }}

In December 2021, following a false school shooting threat targeting Pali as well as other schools in the area, extensive graffiti was discovered on the campus. Among other things, messages proclaiming "Black Lives Matter" and "Kill the Dean" were spray-painted, along an anarchy symbol and symbols of other extremist political movements.{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/police-respond-threat-palisades-high-school |title=Police Respond To Threat At Palisades High School |author=Emily Rahhal, Patch Staff |access-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231064421/https://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/police-respond-threat-palisades-high-school |url-status=live }}

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• J. J. Abrams '84 – director, screenwriter, and television show creator
• Alex Alben '76 – author, columnist, internet executive
• Amy Alcott '75 – Hall of Fame golfer
• Scott Alexander{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Scott_Alexander/1114128%23fullBio |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125225754/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Scott_Alexander/1114128%23fullBio |title=Scott Alexander |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |work=archive.is |access-date=April 18, 2009 |url-status=dead }} – screenwriter
• David Baerwald '78 – composer, songwriter, musician, producer{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
• Aimee Bender – writer{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-16-et-bender16-story.html |author=Marc Weingarten |title=Trying to connect |website=Los Angeles Times |date=August 16, 2005 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524030852/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-16-et-bender16-story.html |url-status=live }}
• Karen Bender – writer{{cite web |url=https://www.thefourthriver.com/blog/2019/3/8/wonderful-strangeness-an-interview-with-karen-e-bender |author=Kelsey Leach |title=Wonderful Strangeness: An Interview with Karen E. Bender |website=The Fourth River |date=December 8, 2018 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524030852/https://www.thefourthriver.com/blog/2019/3/8/wonderful-strangeness-an-interview-with-karen-e-bender |url-status=live }}
• A. Scott Berg '67{{Cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/15-0507/0507feat2.html |title=retrieved April 18, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-date=July 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712155418/http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/15-0507/0507feat2.html |url-status=live }} – Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
• Lucas Braun '19 – professional baseball player{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2023 |title=Matadors Reflect on MLB Journey |url=https://scvnews.com/matadors-reflect-on-mlb-journey/ |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=SCVNews.com |language=en-US }}
• Jeanie Buss '79 – president and co-owner of Los Angeles Lakers, serves on NBA's board of governors
• Brian Dailey '69 – artist and international security
• J. D. Daniels – The Mighty Ducks and Going Places former child actor
• Stephen M. Daniels '64 – attorney, Chair of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
• Scott Davis – tennis player
• Peter DeLuise – actor
• Dane Elkins (born 1999) – professional racquetball player{{Cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/brentwood/brentwood-ca-junior-racquetball-team-wins-4-gold-at-national-singles-championships |title=Brentwood Ca Junior Racquetball Team Wins 4 gold at National Singles Championships |date=June 3, 2014 |website=Brentwood, CA Patch |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080816/https://patch.com/california/brentwood/brentwood-ca-junior-racquetball-team-wins-4-gold-at-national-singles-championships |url-status=live }}
• Chip Engelland '79 –- Duke University basketball player, NBA coach
• Roy Fegan '791979 Palisades High School Yearbook – actor, Hollywood Shuffle and The Five Heartbeats
• Chris Ferguson – poker player
• Michael Freedman '69 – Fields Medal in mathematics
• Richard Gelinas '65 – Nobel Prize biologist (Medicine 1993)
• Max Graham '87 – record producer and DJ{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-13-me-91-story.html |title=Palisades Father's Dramatic Story Drives Home Risks of Teen Drinking |website=Los Angeles Times |date=December 13, 1988 |access-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124235633/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-13-me-91-story.html |url-status=live }}
• Alex Greenwald – actor and musician
• Rusty Hamer '64 – actor{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19640417&id=PMgtAAAAIBAJ&pg=2980,541096&hl=en |title=Rusty Hamer Is Worried About Obscurity at 17 |last=Thomas |first=Bob |date=April 17, 1964 |work=Reading Eagle |page=13 |access-date=August 9, 2015 |location=Reading, Pennsylvania |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003232620/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19640417&id=PMgtAAAAIBAJ&pg=2980,541096&hl=en |url-status=live }}
• Susanna Hoffs '76 – member of The Bangles
• Willa Holland – actress
• David Holt winter '64 – musician with multiple Grammy Awards for bluegrass and traditional music
• Raffi Hovannisian '77 – first Foreign Minister of independent Armenia
• Nick Itkin '17 – Olympic bronze medalist, foil fencer, junior world champion
• Elizabeth Keifer '79 – actress
• Steve Kerr '83 – five-time NBA champion as a player, four-time NBA champion as a coach of Golden State Warriors
• Perry Klein (born 1971) – football quarterback in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons
• Jennifer Jason Leigh – Oscar-nominated actress and director
• Ahmad Ali Lewis – hip-hop artist, member of 4th Avenue Jones
• Daniel S. Loeb – hedge fund manager
• Lauren London – actress
• Ricci Luyties – professional indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player, head coach of UC San Diego Tritons women's team
• Jeff Madsen – poker player, former youngest winner of World Series of Poker bracelet
• Ron Mael and Russell Mael – musicians (the band Sparks)
• Michael Medved '65 – film critic, radio host, commentator
• Penelope Ann Miller '81 – Tony Award and Golden Globe-nominated actress
• Jon Moscot '09 – American-Israeli major league baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
• Deroy Murdock '82 – syndicated columnist, political commentator
• Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson – musicians, formerly of chart-topping early '90s band Nelson
• David Newman – film score composer '71
• Thomas Newman '73 – film score composer
• Eddy Oh – musician, member of JJCC
• Philip Price '78 – musician, lead singer of the band Winterpills
• Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy) – musician, member of LMFAO
• David Roback – musician, Rain Parade, Opal, Mazzy Star
• Stephen Rosenbaum '83 – visual effects supervisor
• Antonio Sabàto Jr. (born 1972) – Italian-American model, actor, and aspiring politician
• Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal – former Doublemint Twins and sisters of Katey Sagal
• Katey Sagal – Married with Children and Sons of Anarchy actress
• Michael Sandel '71 – professor at Harvard{{cite web |author=Christopher Shea |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Michael-Sandel-Wants-to-Talk/48573/ |title=Michael Sandel Wants to Talk to You About Justice |publisher=Chronicle.com |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=January 29, 2016 |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814040515/http://chronicle.com/article/Michael-Sandel-Wants-to-Talk/48573/ |url-status=live }}
• Kim Schrier '86 – US Congressional Representative of Washington's 8th congressional district
• Jay Schroeder '79 – former NFL quarterback – Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals{{Cite web |url=https://www.palipost.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011254/http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=4201 |url-status=dead |title=Home |date=August 3, 2023 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |website=Palisadian Post }}
• Geoff Schwartz – former NFL offensive lineman – Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchwGe20.htm |title=Geoff Schwartz – Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814053118/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchwGe20.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=August 14, 2018 }}
• Mitchell Schwartz – 3-time all-pro NFL offensive lineman – Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchwMi00.htm |title=Mitchell Schwartz – Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814052343/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchwMi00.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=August 14, 2018 }}
• Adam Shankman '82 – director and choreographer
• Stephen Silberkraus – Nevada State Assemblyman, District 29{{Cite web |url=http://redrock.clarkcountynv.gov/electionresults/enr.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105110842/http://redrock.clarkcountynv.gov/electionresults/enr.aspx |url-status=dead |title=retrieved November 04, 2014 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 }}
• Tony Sills – PGA Tour golfer
• Amy Smart '94 – actress
• Alan Smolinisky – entrepreneur, real estate investor, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers{{Cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/robert-plummer-alan-smolinisky-join-dodgers-ownership-group |title=Plummer, Smolinisky join Dodgers' ownership |publisher=Dodgers.com |date=September 19, 2019 }}
• Kent Steffes – Olympic gold medalist, beach volleyball (1996), professional beach volleyball player
• Randy Stoklos '78 – professional beach volleyball player
• Ted Stryker '89 – KROQ-FM DJ
• Syd – DJ producer and singer[http://massappeal.com/odd-futures-syd-the-kyd-talks-music-identity-and-the-internet-11146/ Odd Future's Sud tha Kyd talks music identity and the Internet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065011/http://massappeal.com/odd-futures-syd-the-kyd-talks-music-identity-and-the-internet-11146/ |date=September 22, 2012 }}. massapeal.com. p. 1.
• Hallie Todd '79 – actress (maiden name: Hallie Eckstein)
• Michael Trope '69 – trial lawyer, co-founder of Trope and Decarolis; previous sports agent
• Kiki Vandeweghe '76 – UCLA and NBA forward, general manager of Denver Nuggets{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Martha |date=May 13, 2007 |title=Love of writing and students fires her up |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-13-me-teacher13-story.html |access-date=October 3, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US }}
• David Wallechinsky '65 – author and essayist
• Chris Watts '82 – visual effects supervisor
• Forest Whitaker '79 – Academy Award-winning actor
• will.i.am (William James Adams Jr.) '93 – musician, member of The Black Eyed Peas
• Gregg Zuckerman '66 – mathematician at Yale and the Institute for Advanced Study

As some LAUSD zoned high schools do not have enough space to educate all residents in their attendance boundaries, some schools send excess students to Palisades.

They were, as of spring 2007:

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• Belmont
• Crenshaw
• Dorsey
• Fairfax
• Fremont
• Hamilton
• Hollywood
• Jefferson
• Los Angeles
• Manual Arts
• Santee Education Complex
• Van Nuys
• Washington Preparatory

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094454/http://www.dolphinsafterdark.org/history1.html A History of Pali High...]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225248/http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=2790 Mrs. Gilbert's still working at Pali--"Go Mama G!"] from the Palisades Post
• [http://www.palilax.com HOME] Official Palisades Charter Lacrosse Team website

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