Palma School, home of the Chieftains, is a private school located in Salinas, California. Palma School is a catholic boys school with approximately 630 students and 13 varsity sports. Palma School is dedicated to providing young men an excellent college preparatory education in a Roman Catholic environment that embraces the Essential Elements of an Edmund Rice Christian Brother Education and challenges each individual to develop spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically, and socially.