Bend Children’s Festival is coming Saturday, May 9 to Drake Park!
Desert Sky’s beloved marquee event—rebranded as Bend Children’s Festival—is back this year with Bend’s largest Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament!
Join us on Saturday, May 9 from 11am–3pm for all kinds of kid-friendly fun, including games, grub, and high-energy entertainment to spark creativity and joy for all ages.
Kids’ fun zone with bounce houses and double slide
Parkour obstacle course with Abstract In Motion
Fun interactive activity with Wildheart Nature School
Face painting with Out of the Box Arts
DJ, fairy hair, temporary tattoos, lawn games, kids’ marketplace booths, raffle and silent auctions
Delicious food and treats
And of course, the fiercest (and friendliest) Rock Paper Scissors Tournament that’s a blast for all ages!
Get tickets, tournament entries, and more details at Bend Children’s Festival.
The waitlist for Fall 2026 enrollment is now available!
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. The lottery closed on March 20th. However, we accept children on the waitlist all year long. If you missed the lottery date, you can still be added to our waitlist.
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.