For more information about our Magnet schools, please contact Magnet Coordinator Ms. Cohen, by clicking or tapping the envelope icon below.
Choices and Opciones, a TV program about the LAUSD Magnet Program, featured Palms Middle School in October and November 2012.
The show, in English and in Spanish, was repeated on 6 dates and shown on the KLCS TV station.
Gifted/High Ability Magnet
The Palms Middle School Magnet is an LAUSD Gifted/High Ability Magnet, serving students who demonstrate the ability to work two years above grade level in academic subjects.
The advanced curriculum of the Gifted/High Ability Magnet is also available to students in the School for Advanced Studies and other students who enter the Honors program.
See also the LAUSD information page about the Palms Gifted/High Ability Magnet. Note: The information may be as of last year.
See the Magnet Schools section for information about
⬇ Download Choices School Fair Flyer
- LAUSD's Magnet Program
- e-Choices Application
- The Magnet application process
- The Magnet Fair
- Parent / Teacher / Student conferences
Ms. Cohen, Magnet Coordinator
Visitors Day for all schools:
- Thursday, October 20, 2022
- 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- No sign-up required
- ⬇ Download flyer
If you have questions, please contact Friends of Palms or Magnet Coordinator Ms. Cohen.
If you like what you see, read about Enrollment and Magnet Applications.
2022-2023 Visitors Days chair: open position - please volunteer!
Thank you for your interest. All fall tours are now booked solid.
See also the tours for all school programs and for the Modern Media and Communications Magnet.
If you have questions, please contact Friends of Palms or Magnet Coordinator Ms. Cohen.
If you like what you see, read about Enrollment and Magnet Applications.
2022-2023 Visitors Days chair: open position - please volunteer!
⬇ Download Waiting List flyer
Watch the Gifted/High Ability Magnet Information Meeting from October 2021.
Take the tour to learn about our Magnet schools.
Palms Magnet Schools Virtual Tour
Fill in the Magnet Interest Form to receive more information.
You can also take the Palms Virtual Tour.
For a magnet school to be a Model of Excellence at least 75% of its students had to score at the proficient or advanced level in both English and Math on California Standards Tests. For a school to be a Center of Merit at least 50% of its students had to score at the proficient or advanced level.
Palms has not only met the Model of Excellence goal but has exceeded it significantly year after year.
Each year since 2011-2012, LAUSD has recognized the Palms Gifted/High Ability Magnet as an Excelling Magnet or an Achieving Magnet (the top 2 categories) based on the School Performance Framework (SPF). This rating combines measures of English Language Arts test scores, math test scores, rates of student attendance and suspension, and academic growth over time (AGT).
