Palma Admissions

Application Process

Current Palma 8th Grade students are not required to fill out the online application or to sit for our admission test.

How do I apply to Palma High School? This page will break it down for you. It is a very simple three-step process, but it is essential for all three steps to be completed in order for your son to be considered for admission.

  1. Please complete and submit our free online application for the 2010/2011 school year. At the end of the application, you will be asked to choose one of four dates for your son to take the Admission Test to Palma High School. By choosing one of these dates, your son will become registered to take this test. When finished with application hit the "submit" button and the application and test date will come to us.
  2. Show up for your Admission Test date that you chose in the online application. You may pay the $75.00 testing fee ahead of time by mailing it to Palma High School/Office of Admission 919 Iverson St., Salinas, CA 93901 or can be paid the day of the test. If you have to miss your scheduled test time, please contact Chris Dalman, Director of Admission at Palma, and we can schedule another test time. You will be mailed the results of your son's test within three weeks of your son taking the test.
  3. Lastly, download or pick up from the school, the teacher's recommendation and release of records form. These forms can be downloaded from the "online application" site or can be picked up at our open house or just stop on by the school. There are two recommendation forms: one goes to your son's current English teacher and the second goes to his current math teacher. Please include envelopes with Palma's address so your teachers can easily put them in the mail when they are completed. Please understand that these recommendation forms are confidential. The last form is the "release of student records" form. This form goes to your son's main office where they will send a copy of your son's latest transcripts and test scores directly to our school. The deadline for these forms to be completed is February 12th, 2010. Failure to have the application material turned in by February 12th may hinder and/or adversely affect your son's admission to Palma.

Once these three steps are completed, the Admissions Committee will review your son's file and make a decision regarding his admission to Palma. Palma's Admission Committee will start meeting in mid January and you and your son will receive a decision soon after.

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Register for an Admission Test

It is important that your son register for one of our placement exams. Please sign up for one of these test times by filling out our free online application as well as signing up for a test time in the process. At the end of the online application, it will ask you to choose one of our four test dates for your son. Choosing one of these four dates will register him for the test. The fee for the admission test is $75.00 and can paid in advance by mailing it to Palma High School/Office of Admission 919 Iverson St., Salinas, CA 93901 or can be paid the day of the test. If you have any questions regarding our testing and these dates, please contact Chris Dalman at Palma High School's Admission Office.

Testing Dates:
  • Saturday, December 12th, 2009
  • Saturday, January 9th, 2010
  • Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
  • Saturday, February 13th, 2010
All testing times start at 8am and are held on Palma's campus.