437 Drake Rd, Bend, OR 97703

Amazing! This is an incredible school with dedicated staff that love what they do. It is a magnet school, os you must either live in the neighborhood zone or get in through the district lottery. They use the Scottish storyline method which fosters so much creativity in their academics. One review mentioned a negative experience because of the lack of a tour.; Highland @ Kenwood is a magnet school with a lottery that has to be submitted by a mandated spring deadline. There are only a few open houses for all Bend magnet schools and they are always on the district website in the the spring. Tours are not given to public wanting to just walk in. In addition, the safety at the school was recently updated with new construction and new district safety protocols. The building will be 100 years old in the fall of 2019.

High lakes principal and staff bullied my special needs niece and basically made it to where she is now missing all her fifth grade graduation activities. With only a couple more of weeks left in the school year, she was forced to go to another program even though she has been at this school since kindergarten. The principal fat shames children with medical conditions and shares personal information that should not be told to others. 10/10 would not recommend as this school and the district do not acknowledge their own issues and cause harm to special needs students and families.