Welcome Desert Sky families! We can’t wait to see you soon.
In the coming week, please check your email for important news and updates from the administration and your classroom teacher.
SAVE THE DATES
Sunday, August 30 from 9am–1pm - All-hands campus clean-up. Join your fellow DSM families and help us get the campus ready for the first day of school. Come for a half-hour or stay the whole time. Kids and extended family are encouraged to participate!
Thursday, September 3 from 5:30–6:30 pm - Orientation for new parents only.
Tuesday, September 8 from 2:00–3:30 pm - School open house and social. Our classrooms will be open, we’ll have popsicles to share, and we’d love for you to come meet your teachers and fellow families.
Wednesday, September 9 from 8:15 am–2:45 pm - First day of school for 1st through 6th grades and Kindergarten Group 1. (Group 2 stays home.) This is a FULL day of school (no early release).
Thursday, September 10 from 8:15 am–2:45 pm - First day of school for Kindergarten Group 2. (Kindergarten Group 1 stays home.)
Our office is open from 9 am–3 pm. Call (541) 350-2090 or email info@dsmontessori.org with any questions.
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.