Enrollment Information
The lottery is OPEN for all grades (Kindergarten through 6th grade) for the 2025-26 school year!
!La lotería para inscripión scolar esta abierta! Para mas información por favor de llamar nuestra escuela entre las horas de 7:30 y 4:00.
Lottery closes March 21, 2025 for ALL GRADES.
Desert Sky Montessori is a Bend-La Pine School District Choice Options charter school.
Enrollment LOTTERY
The lottery application period (for all grades, Kindergarten through 6th) is open January 2, 2025 to March 21, 2025 for the 2025-26 school year.
(Please note our lottery window is longer for grades 1-6 than other Bend-La Pine choice/magnet schools!)
Click the button below to enter the lottery! Multiple siblings can be added via this portal. Any student not offered a spot following the lottery closure will roll onto our waitlist for the 2025-26 school year.
Applications received after 3:00 pm PST on March 21, 2025 will be added to the waiting list as well, and spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
For Kindergarten, your child must be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2025.
Lottery Process
Lottery registration for the 2025-26 school year opened on January 2, 2025.
Interested parents are strongly encouraged to attend parent information meetings and tours at our school to learn about the lottery process and our school’s program.
Tuesday, January 28 from 6-7 pm
Tuesday, February 25 from 6-7 pm
Thursday, March 6 from 6-7 pm
Monday, April 7 from 6-7 pm
Tuesday, May 6 from 6-7 pm
Siblings of current Desert Sky Montessori students must enter the lottery for placement. Siblings of Desert Sky Montessori students are given priority.
Notification of lottery results will be sent by our school office in spring.
Acceptance into one of the charter/magnet programs is non-transferable to a different school.
Eligibility
Any student residing within the Bend-La Pine Schools boundaries is eligible to attend Desert Sky Montessori.
If resident students do not request all of the spots available, non-resident students may be enrolled.
For kindergarten, a child must be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2025.
Waitlist
Once the lottery is complete, when an opening occurs, the first name on the waiting list becomes eligible to fill that spot. A family will have one opportunity to rotate to the bottom of the waiting list should they not be ready to accept the open spot at the time offered. The second time a family becomes eligible, they must either accept the opening or be removed from the waiting list.
The waiting list is for one school year. For a family to remain on the waiting list for the following year, they must re-enter for the following year’s lottery.
If you have any questions about the lottery or enrollment process, please email us at enrollment@dsmontessori.org or call us at (541) 350-2090.