491 NW State St
Bend, OR 97703

My son was in the TAG program. He was supported, challenged and had a wonderful group of friends. Mr Pagano was easy to talk to when we needed anything. Overall, sports, academics, teachers and school were great.

Exceptional school in every way! Every time I walk in the door (which is often because it's a very community minded school) I wish I could stay! The staff are warm, inviting, patient and knowledgable. The curriculum is top notch. Students learn to be confident and creative with a solid foundation all academic areas.

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.

I went here for a short but wonderful 1 1/2 years, left second semester of my sophomore year and I just say, it's a lovely school. The staff is amazing but it does depend on what you look for in staff members, as they're not strict and act like high schoolers themselves while still being kind and helpful. The building is new and one of the most gorgeous I've ever seen, the area surrounding is nature filled and just lovely. Kids do tend to skip, very often, as the staff isn't very strict when it comes down to it unless you skip constantly. It's an open campus which is a score but I have one issue that just makes it hard to give it a perfect rating, and that's the teaching styles. You cover one subject for a VERY LONG TIME, unless in A.P classes, they really draw out the units which honestly made it more difficult for me to learn as I found myself spacing off for days as the teachers went over the same things repeatedly. Besides that, this school is absolutely amazing c:

The principal at this school does not communicate well with parents and the special ed program is egregiously poor.