and WGI and is also the 2016 SCPA "A class" silver medalist. Discrimination and lawsuits In 2016, extensive hate graffiti was found at the campus including references to the Ku Klux Klan, Jews, African-Americans, and LGBTQ people. In June 2017, Palisades Charter High School gained national media attention after an African-American student was depicted in a student blog with a noose drawn around her neck. In December 2021, following a false school shooting threat targeting Pali as well as other schools in the area, extensive graffiti was discovered on the campus. Among other things, messages proclaiming "Black Lives Matter" and "Kill the Dean" were spray-painted, along an Anarchy symbol and symbols of other extremist political movements. Notable alumni J. J. Abrams '84 – director, screenwriter, and television show creator Alex Alben '76 – author, columnist, internet executive Amy Alcott '75 – Hall of Fame golfer Scott Alexander – screenwriter David Baerwald '78 – composer, songwriter, musician, producer A. Scott Berg '67 – Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jeanie Buss '79 – president and co-owner of Los Angeles Lakers, serves on NBA's board of governors Stephen M. Daniels '64 – attorney, Chair of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Brian Dailey '69 – artist and international security Peter DeLuise – actor Dane Elkins (born 1999) – professional racquetball player Chip Engelland – '79 - Duke University basketball player, NBA coach Roy Fegan '79 – actor, Hollywood Shuffle and The Five Heartbeats Chris Ferguson – poker player Michael Freedman '69 – Fields Medal in mathematics Richard Gelinas '65 – Nobel Prize biologist (Medicine 1993) Max Graham '87 – record producer and DJ Alex Greenwald – actor and musician Rusty Hamer '64 – actor Susanna Hoffs '76 – member of The Bangles Willa Holland – actress David Holt winter '64 – musician with multiple Grammy Awards for bluegrass and traditional music Raffi Hovannisian, '77 – first Foreign Minister of independent Armenia Nick Itkin '17 - Olympic fencer, junior world champion Elizabeth Keifer '79 – actress Steve Kerr '83 – five-time NBA champion as a player, three-time NBA champion as a coach of Golden State Warriors Perry Klein (born 1971) – American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons Jennifer Jason Leigh – Oscar-nominated actress and director Ahmad Ali Lewis – hip-hop artist, member of 4th Avenue Jones Daniel S. Loeb – hedge fund manager Lauren London - actress Ricci Luyties- professional