Palms Middle School

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Palms Middle School also known as just "Palms" is a grades 6-8 public middle school in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and is under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Palms campus also houses an affiliated gifted magnet.

Several neighborhoods, including Palms, Cheviot Hills and Beverlywood, feed into Palms Middle School.

The principal, as of 2006, is Bonnie Murrow. Palms Middle School has a creative music program extending to, an orchestra, two bands (the Gold Band and the Blue Band), and a chorus. It also has a drama program, a yearbook committee, and many more. The instrumental music teacher is Ms. Julie West, an alumini from UCLA and the choral music teacher is Ms. Monica Chi.

Palms Middle School feeds into Hamilton High School and Venice High School.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Austin Croshere, current Golden State Warrior
• Kevin Ollie, current Philadelphia 76er
• Steve Lewis, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, Track and Field, 400 meters and silver medalist in 1992 Olympic Games.
• Lauren London, Actress.
• Nikki Reed, actress.
• Cedric Bozeman, UCLA and NBA basketball player

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[edit] External links

• Palms Middle School

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