Get involved this year
Volunteers are the heart of our community, and we’re looking for parents and extended family members who want to contribute meaningfully to Desert Sky.
Board of Directors - If you can commit time every month to help the school maintain focus on our vision, mission, and policies, submit an application to join a meeting and learn more from our Board members.
Friends of Desert Sky - If your passion is planning events and bringing people together, email FODS to find out how you can help with our upcoming Harvest Festival and Bend Children’s Festival.
Room Parents and Family Volunteers - We have many opportunities to support our classrooms, students, and campus projects. Sign up to be a volunteer, tell us your interests, and we’ll find a wonderful fit for your talents.
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.