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Open Transfer, Choice Schools and Choice Program Applications Begin December 11

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The Open Transfer and Choice Schools and Programs application period for the 2024-2025 academic year will take place from Monday, December 11, 2023, to Friday, January 19, 2024.

For families with a student currently enrolled in the Bellevue School District, who would like to remain at their current school, choice school or choice program for the 2024-2025 school year, no action is required.

For currently enrolled families who are not Bellevue residents, nonresident paperwork will need to be submitted as requested by Student Placement.

Topics in this section:

Open Transfer
Apply to Choice Schools and Programs

Open Transfer

Bellevue School District residents (families who live in Bellevue) and children of eligible nonresident employees who wish to transfer may apply to attend a school other than their assigned attendance area school.

Nonresident families (families who do not live in Bellevue) may also apply and will be added to a waitlist for consideration after all resident students have been placed.

Only one application may be submitted. The following are a list of neighborhood schools families may choose to attend:

  • Elementary: Ardmore, Bennett, Cherry Crest, Clyde Hill, Enatai, Lake Hills, Medina , Newport Heights, Phantom Lake, Sherwood Forest, Somerset, Spiritridge, Stevenson, Woodridge
  • Middle: Chinook, Highland, Odle, Tillicum, Tyee
  • High: Bellevue, Interlake, Newport, Sammamish

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Choice Schools and Programs

Resident families and eligible Bellevue School District employees may apply for their student to attend the following:

 

For Kindergarten Entry

  • Arabic Bilingual Program, located at Ardmore Elementary School
  • Mandarin Dual Language Program, located at Jing Mei Elementary School
  • Spanish Immersion Program, located at Puesta del Sol Elementary School
  • Spanish Dual Language Program, located at Lake Hills Elementary School
  • Spanish Dual Language Program, located at Sherwood Forest Elementary School
  • Spanish Dual Language Program, located at Stevenson Elementary School
  • Information about BSD’s new bilingual programs in Hindi and Korean are being planned! More information coming soon!
    • Hindi Bilingual Program, located at Ardmore Elementary School
    • Korean Bilingual Program, located at Newport Heights Elementary School

For Grade 1-3 Entry

  • ArabicBilingual Program, located at Ardmore Elementary School (no need for current students to reapply)

For Grade 6 entry

  • Bellevue Big Picture School
  • International School

Nonresident families may apply for the following:

 

For Kindergarten Entry

  • Arabic Bilingual Program, located at Ardmore Elementary School
  • Spanish Immersion Program, located at Puesta del Sol Elementary School
  • Spanish Dual Language Program, located at Lake Hills Elementary School
  • Spanish Dual Language Program, located at Sherwood Forest Elementary School
  • Spanish Dual Language Program, located at Stevenson Elementary School
  • Information about BSD’s new bilingual programs in Hindi and Korean are being planned! More information coming soon!
    • Hindi Bilingual Program, located at Ardmore Elementary School
    • Korean Bilingual Program, located at Newport Heights Elementary School

For Grade 1-3 Entry

  • Arabic Bilingual Program, located at Ardmore Elementary School (no need for current students to reapply)

For Grade 6 entry

  • Bellevue Big Picture School

Both resident and nonresident families may apply for the following:

 

For Grades K-12 Entry

  • Bellevue Digital Discovery will accept applications for the 2024-2025 school year for grades kindergarten through 12, from both resident and nonresident families, beginning on December 11, 2023. There is no need for families currently enrolled in Bellevue Digital Discovery to reapply.

More information will be available on the Student Placement webpage prior to start of the Open Transfer, Choice School and Choice Program application period.

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Open House Events

Students and families are invited to learn more about schools and programs at the following open houses. Event times will be shared on individual school and program webpages.

Elementary school open house dates coming soon!

Choice Schools and Programs

High School

Middle Schools

Elementary Schools and Preschool Programs

Online School

  • Bellevue Digital Discovery Information Night
    • Date: Monday, January 22, 2024
    • Time: 6:00 p.m.
    • Location: Microsoft Teams meeting. Please contact [email protected] for more information and to receive a meeting link.
    • Who should attend? Incoming kindergarten through 12th grade families

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The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.