Lottery Process

• Lottery registration for the 2025-26 school year opened on January 2, 2025 and closed on March 21, 2025. The waitlist opened on March 22, 2025.

• Interested parents are strongly encouraged to attend parent information meetings and tours to learn about the lottery process and our school’s program. Please note that these information nights are for PARENTS ONLY. (We appreciate you leaving the little ones at home!)

  • 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.