Palisades School District Calendar 2026-2027

Palisades School serves roughly thirty children in the deep walls of Moses Coulee. The district's one school reaches from preschool through sixth grade, with students grouped across a small number of classrooms. A teacher may work with several ages, and a schoolwide event can include every family in this remote Douglas County community.

The landscape gives students a visible context for geology and local history. Dramatic basalt cliffs and the coulee carved by ancient floods surround a settlement whose history includes wheat farms, a railroad spur and schools dating to the early twentieth century. Students grow up in a place where geologic evidence can be seen from the road and the school represents one of the few permanent public institutions.

For 2026–27, students attend Monday through Thursday from early morning to midafternoon. The district provides no regular after-school or Friday care, so the four-day week directly shapes household work and childcare. After sixth grade, students leave the local district for the remaining middle- and high-school years. Palisades gives children a compact first stage of education; the next stage begins with a longer journey beyond Moses Coulee.