See the Magnet Programs page for the date of the Magnet Fair.
For more information about our Magnet schools, please contact Magnet Coordinator Ms. Cohen, by clicking or tapping the envelope icon below.
Magnet Applications
The CHOICES application is used to apply to the Magnet Program. Applications are available at LAUSD schools and Los Angeles Public Libraries, or you can apply online at apply.lausd.net.
Applications must be submitted to the Office of Student Integration Services by the deadline.
Late applicants will be placed on a waiting list, which applies to that particular school year. You must reapply for the following year.
Parents are advised not to put any school on their Magnet application that they don't want their child to attend, because LAUSD may accept your child into any choice you list. If your only choice is Palms, list only Palms on your Magnet application.
For 2020-2021, Palms had about 188 Magnet openings for 6th grade students. The number changes from year to year.
Friday, October 1, 2021
e-choices application period begins
Friday, November 12, 2021
e-choices application deadline
December 2021
Confirmation/correct notifications sent
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
e-choices late application period opens
March 2022
Placement and waitlist notifications
April 2022
Accept/decline deadline
If you applied by the October/November deadline, you may be placed on the primary waiting list, which has priority.
If you applied in February or later, you may be on the late waiting list, in order by when the application was received.
After April 15, contact the Palms Magnet Office to find out where you are on a Magnet waiting list or contact the Student Services office to find out where you are on a School for Advanced Studies waiting list.
When openings become available, Palms will notify families in the order of the waiting lists. You will have 3 days to accept. Openings can occur even after school starts, up to 4 weeks into the Fall semester.
If an opening for you does not become available, you will not be contacted.
⬇ Download Waiting List flyer
September 2022
Deadline for 7th grade Modern Media and Communications Magnet applications.
December 2022
e-choices late application period re-opens
January 2023
e-choices late application deadline
