Who We Are

Palisades Preschool is a Reggio-inspired school community serving children and their families, from infant and toddler parent groups to our preschool and TK program for children ages 24 months to 6 years of age.

The preschool originated as part of the Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church located on Sunset Blvd.

It was reborn as Palisades Preschool in the summer of ’99 when a group of dedicated parents joined a director and a teaching staff they believed in and set out to open a new school.

Now, as a part of the Santa Monica palisades, the preschool is housed within St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Lincoln Blvd.

Alumni

Children who attend Palisades Preschool excel at a variety of elementary schools, public and private. Our preschool director, along with alumni parents and specialists, supports each family as parents plan for the next step in their child's education. We hold two annual meetings focusing on the Kindergarten process and one-on-one meetings with the director. We consistently receive feedback that children from Palisades Preschool enter elementary school with the key and most important skills and dispositions to excel and we have built strong partnerships with fellow schools over many years. 

In the last five years, children from Palisades Preschool have gone on to attend the following schools:

  • Roosevelt Elementary

  • Franklin Elementary

  • Canyon Charter

  • Palisades Charter

  • SMASH

  • Marquez

  • Wildwood

  • PS1

  • Westland

  • Crossroads

  • Carlthorp

  • Village

  • Brentwood

  • Saint Paul the Apostle

  • St. Martin of Tours

  • Mirman