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General William J. Palmer High School is a modest-sized secondary school located in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a student body of approximately 1800, and attracts enrollment from all over the city. The flagship high school of School District 11, Palmer has the oldest International Baccalaureate (IB) program in the area, founded in 1993. Palmer is located at 301 North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The present building was built by the Works Progress Administration under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. Originally named Colorado Springs High School, Palmer High School was re-named in 1959 after the city's founder, General William Jackson Palmer.

Palmer Ranked in the Top 1600 Schools in U.S.

For the fourth year, Colorado Springs School District 11's Palmer High School has been named one of the top 1,600 high schools in America by Newsweek.  Winners are determined by taking the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge (AICE) tests given at a school each year and dividing by the number of seniors graduating in May or June. Schools achieving a ratio of at least 1.000, meaning they had as many tests in 2009 as they had graduates, were put on the list on the Newsweek website. Each list is based on the previous year's data, so the 2010 list has each school's numbers for 2009. This year, only 6 percent of the approximately 27,000 U.S. public high schools managed to reach that standard and be placed on the Newsweek list.

Contact Info: Tom Kelly, 328-5002
Elaine Naleski, 520-2208

Annual Notification of Parents' Rights

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Food Allergies-A message from Dr. Gledich

Dear Parents/Guardians of School District 11 Students:
Food allergies can be life-threatening.  It is important that schools, students, parents, and physicians work together to help minimize risks for students with food allergies.  District 11 has implemented a policy (JLCDA, Response to Students with Food Allergies) and we wanted to inform you of this important policy & anaphylaxis plan required by State law. 
If your child has been prescribed medication for treatment of a food allergy or anaphylaxis, please contact your child’s school to obtain a Medication Administration form and an Allergy & Anaphylaxis Plan form.  We strongly encourage you to return these completed forms and supply the school with the prescribed medication needed for treatment of the student’s food allergies or anaphylaxis in a timely fashion.
Additional information related to food allergies and student’s special dietary needs can be found at www.d11.org/fns/specialdiets.htm or available at any CSSD11 School Kitchen.
Please feel free to contact your school with questions or concerns related to your child’s diagnosed food allergy or anaphylaxis plan.
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Estimados padres y tutores de los alumnos del Distrito escolar 1:
Las alergias a los alimentos pueden ser potencialmente mortales.  Es importante que las escuelas, los alumnos, los padres y los médicos colaboren para ayudar a reducir al mínimo los riesgos de los alumnos con alergias.  El Distrito 11 ha implementado una norma de respuesta a los alumnos con alergias a alimentos (JLCDA, Response to Students with Food Allergies) y quisiéramos informarles sobre esta importante norma y Plan para la anafilaxia que exigen las leyes estatales. 
Si a su niño/niña le han recetado un medicamento para el tratamiento de las alergias a los alimentos o la anafilaxia, sírvanse comunicarse con la escuela del niño para obtener un formulario Medication Administration and an Allergy & Anaphylaxis Plan (Administración de medicamentos y Alergicas y Plan para la anafilaxia). Les recomendamos enfáticamente devolver los formularios completos y suministrar a la escuela los medicamentos necesarios para el tratamiento oportuno de las alergias a alimentos o la anafilaxia del alumno.
En el sitio Web www.d11.org/fns/specialdiets.htm se puede encontrar información adicional relacionada con las alergias a los alimentos y las necesidades especiales de nutrición de los alumnos, también se encuentra disponible en cualquiera de las Cocinas escolares del CSSD11.

Bien puedan comunicarse con la escuela si tienen alguna duda o inquietud relacionada con las alergias que les hayan diagnosticado a sus niños o el plan para la anafilaxia

 

Textbook Returns

The textbook librarian is upstairs in the library from 7-3:30. If you still have textbooks checked out from last year, bring them to her.

Odds-n-Ends

Palmer Newsletter
Palmer High School's Newsletter Connections is now only available electronically. The March/April Newsletter 2010 Newsletter is available in PDF.

Palmer High School Classroom Experience Survey Report
To see the results of the student survey, please open this new page and click on the links to open PDFs of the documents.

What Palmer is Reading
We were asked by the BAAC to provide some of the documents Palmer teachers and staff are reading and using in staff development, inservices, classes and just for increasing our knowledge. Here is what Palmer is Reading...what about you?

Numen Magazine Seeking Submissions
Numen Creative Arts Magazine: Numen, Greek for creative energy or genius, seeks to publish creative arts submissions from Palmer students and staff. Submit your poetry, short stories, essays, drawings, and photos to be published and shared with the Palmer community.

2009-2010

District 11 Student eMail Accounts
Acceptable Use Agreement
How do I use my email account?
I accept the AUA so log me in

2008-2009 in Review
Edwin Daniel Sandoval and his story!

2007-2008 in Review
Multimedia Media Class Kick-It Web Site
View Photo Gallery of Grease
Palmer Students Train to Be Olympians
Spaced Out
Art Gallery
Palmer hosts its first Chautauqua
New Commons

Important Links