There is a small reservoir, Palmer Lake, located in the middle of the town. There are several restaurants available for you to enjoy along with some eclectic stores. Don’t miss the “Fruit Cake Toss” every Christmas.
Prices start in the low $100’s for as older 1 bedroom, 1 bath home and move up to the $150’s for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. The new build communities start in the $200’s for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house.
Palmer Lake School began in the late 1800s and was also housed in several one-room schoolhouses. The original buildings are still in existence today and currently have been remodeled as residences in the town of Palmer Lake. This school also served 1st through 8th grades only.
Palmer Lake School District #33 paid tuition for their high school students to attend the new high school in Monument. In 1935, Palmer Lake built a new elementary school at 115 Upper Glenway. Since then, there have been three additions to the Palmer Lake Elementary School. This school has served elementary students since its inception, with the exception of 1980-1985, when it was closed and all elementary students attended classes at the facility on Lake Woodmoor Drive. In 1986, Palmer Lake Elementary was renovated and reopened for elementary students. The latest addition took place with 1992 with the addition of the new cafeteria.
On July 28, 1948, Palmer Lake School District #33 and Lewis Consolidated School District #5 of Monument voted to consolidate. At this election, it was decided to give the new district a new number by adding 33 and 5. Thus, the district became #38 and was renamed “The Lewis-Palmer Consolidated Schools.”
In 1957, a new high school was built at 66 Jefferson Street in Monument (the current site of Grace Best Elementary). It continued to serve as the district’s high school until 1980, when the newly constructed high school was opened at 1300 Higby Road in South Woodmoor. In 1980, the old high school (now GBES) became the middle school. Lewis-Palmer Middle School was located at the GBES site until 1994, when the new middle school opened at 1776 Woodmoor Drive. That is still the site for Lewis-Palmer Middle School. In 1995, after considerable remodeling and renovation, Grace Best Elementary opened in the old high school and middle school facility at 66 Jefferson Street in Monument as the district’s fourth elementary school.
In 1973, Lewis-Palmer Elementary School opened as a middle school for grades 4-8.
In 1988, Kilmer Elementary School opened to accommodate the growth in the eastern part of the district. Kilmer currently serves approximately 350-400 students. In 1994, a new facility for Lewis-Palmer Middle School was completed and opened for students in Woodmoor.
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In 1996, the Lewis-Palmer Charter Academy opened as a charter school in District 38. It began serving preschool through 9th grade students. In 2000, the name of the school was changed to the Monument Academy. Their current enrollment is 430 students, with approximately 150 students of that total coming from outside District 38 boundaries.
In 1999, a $23 million bond election was passed to build the two newest schools in the district. Prairie Winds Elementary in the King’s Deer subdivision and Creekside Middle School in the Jackson Creek subdivision were built and opened for students for the 2001-2002 school year. This provided additional classroom space at each elementary school and provided the district two middle schools with plenty of room for student growth at that level.
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