The lottery for enrollment in the 2026/27 school year is NOW OPEN!
The lottery opened on January 5, 2026.
Desert Sky Montessori is a Choice Options Charter School and enrollment for fall 2026 is based on a lottery system. Click here for more information about our enrollment process.
We also currently have openings in grades Kindergarten through 3rd. If you are interested in enrolling for the current 25/26 school year, please email Julia Sutter.
Central Oregon’s first and only tuition-free Montessori school
Desert Sky Montessori is unique in that we are the only K–6 elementary school in Central Oregon that provides a free Montessori education for all students, no matter their socioeconomic status. We are a Choice Options charter school in Bend-La Pine Schools. Our lottery opens every January for enrollment in the fall, and we accept families on our waitlist year-round. Learn more about the enrollment process.
How the Montessori method is transforming education
At Desert Sky Montessori, we engage students utilizing the many tools that the Montessori curriculum has to offer.
We meet each individual student at the place their interests and passions guide them to.
The Montessori philosophy holds that adults are “guides” and need only demonstrate, invite, and provide opportunities for children to learn.
In that spirit, we work to create conditions where students can take ownership of their own education, and ultimately of their own life.