News & Announcements

• The Fall semester starts at 8:00am on Thursday, August 14, 2025 with a special bell schedule and a long homeroom period.

• Use caution when dropping off students. Never double park. You are welcome to use the carpool lane, or you can drop students off near school and let them walk the rest of the way. Please respect our neighbors who live adjacent to school.

• Students don't need their P.E. clothes on the first day of school. They should bring their planner and something to write with.

• Remind students that if they bring a smartphone or smartwatch, it must be turned completely off at all times on campus. A pouch for the device will be provided. Parents must never phone or text their child during school hours.

• If a student has questions or isn't sure where to go, they can ask any adult. Adults wearing bright vests will be easy to spot.

• If new students don't want to wait in the Cafeteria line, they can bring their own lunch.

• Most students have their schedules settled, but sometimes the counselors have to make changes because a class has fewer-than-expected or more-than-expected students. The teachers know that a few students may have their schedule adjusted during the first week or two, and they make sure that nobody is left behind in class.

• Parents who need help accessing the Parent Portal and Schoology should contact Ms. Kim-Marie Johnson-Roussell, our Parent Community Representative (see palmsms.lausd.org/kjohnson-roussell).

Camp Palms on August 5 and 6, 2025, is a two-day program for incoming 6th grade students, helping them become familiar with the Palms campus.

Parent Check-In (Registration) on August 6, 7, and 8 is when parents of students in each grade level turn in their forms and receive student schedules and books.

The annual Meet and Greet picnic is a welcoming event for all new Palms families: parents, students, and siblings.

For details, click this news title and download the flyers.

Watch the Superintendent's Opening of Schools address, previously broadcast from The Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Palms teachers often ask for help purchasing supplies for their classrooms, using a site called DonorsChoose. Click the title of this news item for a list of start-of-the-year fundraisers.

You've finished middle school and you and your family should be very proud.

You're ready for high school, and Palms wishes you the best of luck and much future success.

In 1976, Palms students, parents, and staff buried a Time Capsule under the quad. It's been 50 years since then, so we will dig up that Time Capsule in Spring 2026, and bury a new Time Capsule of our own.

Preparation start now. We need parents to help with planning and to track down former Palms students from 1976.

See our Time Capsule page for details and for the Time Capsule Volunteer Form.

Read the May/June 2025 issue of Palms Press, the newspaper created by students in the Journalism elective taught by Ms. Skidelsky. This is the last issue for this school year.

Visit the Palms Press web page to read and download this issue and all back issues.

The Palms community is invited to enjoy a meal and help Palms at the same time. On Monday, June 9, 2025, it's the final Dining for Dollars event of the school year, at one of our favorite restaurants: Panda Express.

The offer is good for all online orders (for pickup or delivery) at any U.S. Panda Expression location, so tell your friends and relatives about it, no matter where they live.

Fill in Fundraiser Code 9004447 during checkout and Panda Express will donate 28% of sales to Friends of Palms.

The Panda Express location closest to Palms is at 3812 Midway (Venice and Overland) in Culver City.

8th grade students: You will return your iPad and charger during the culmination rehearsal on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

6th and 7th grade students: If you will be returning to Palms Middle School for Fall 2025, you will keep your iPad and charger. If you will NOT be returning to Palms Middle School for Fall 2025, you will turn in your iPad and charger by Friday, June 7th, 2025, to your homeroom teacher.

The same applies to Chromebooks.

The librarian from the Palms-Rancho Park Public Library, part of the Los Angeles Public Library system, will be visiting Palms during morning break on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in the Library.

Students are welcome to stop by to say hello or ask questions about our city's public libraries, including the many summer programs.