About Us
Palisades Elementary School
We are a small public school in the Mānana ʻUka community, more commonly known as Pacific Palisades.
In 1965, we opened our doors to 450 students from 380 families. Later in the early 1970s, the Palisades community exploded bringing in over 1,500 kindergarten through sixth grade students. Later, as our community grew older, our enrollment decreased to the lower 400s.
Today, we service over 420 students.
Striving for excellence, Palisades Elementary School met the criteria as a “recognition, high performing school” under the STRIVE HI index for SY 2013-14. In addition, we closed our achievement gap by 45%.
Palisades is part of the Leeward District and our students belong to the Pearl City Complex. Highlights of our student population are 31% Hawaiian (the largest group), 8% special needs, and 5% English Language Learners. All teachers are highly qualified with an average of 13 years of teaching experience.
Our faculty and students participate in various Pearl City Complex Schools’ activities throughout the year, including the annual basketball, track meet, and Math Olympiad events that our parents and students eagerly attend with high school spirit.
Palisades Elementary has an active PTO Board that coordinates activities for the school and also financially supports various school and grade level events.
As we transition to the Smarter Balanced Assessment, analyses of school-wide assessments, and reflection and observation of best practices continue to be our goal in providing a well-rounded curriculum to achieve our vision of college and career ready lifelong learners.
An Oli Aloha for Pacific Palisades Elementary School
'EIA MAKOU, NA LIKO I KA MALIE,
Here we are as buds in the peaceful calm,
'EIA MAKOU, NA PUA I NA PALI,
Here we are as children (flowers) in the uplands,
'EIA MAKOU, NA MOHALAPUA,
Here we are as flowers in full bloom,
ALOHA E, ALOHA E, ALOHA E.
Our greetings and love to all.
-Kupuna Ron Wise, August 12, 2016
Palisades Elementary School Kula Mele
We're proud to be at Palisades School.
We try to live by the Golden Rule
We are the best in Pearl City Town.
And better people can't be found.
We'll always hold dear these happy days,
Learning about the world and its ways.
We've been given inspiration to reach our highest goals.
In Spring 2016, Palisades Elementary School received a six year term with no revisit. Part way through the term, we will be sending in a progress report to WASC.
ACS WASC accreditation is a process schools use to monitor student learning and set school improvement goals. Schools assess their program and the impact on student learning with respect to the ACS WASC criteria and other accreditation factors.
Every six years, accredited schools conduct a self-study and host a self-study visit. The self-study process culminates in the refinement of a school-wide action plan. Appropriate reports and reviews throughout the six-year cycle of accreditation support this process.