Open Transfer and Choice School and Program Application Window Open Soon!

The Bellevue School District is excited to announce the Open Transfer and Choice Schools/Program application period for the 2025-2026 school year will open on Monday, December 9, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. The application period will close on Friday, January 17, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.  

If your student is currently enrolled in a BSD school and you intend for them to remain at their current school or continue in the approved feeder pattern for the 2025-2026 school year, nothing further is required. However, continuing students who do not reside within the Bellevue School District boundaries, will need to submit nonresident paperwork when requested. For additional information, please review the Nonresident Students Frequently Asked Questions. 

For the 2025-2026 school year, if you are a BSD resident and any of these statements apply, you are required to submit an Open Transfer application: 

• You would like to request enrollment for a new student (kindergarten - 12th grade) in a BSD school other than your attendance area school.  

• Your student is currently enrolled in a BSD school, and you would like to request enrollment at a different school. 

• Your student is currently attending a BSD school through an approved transfer and is changing levels (elementary to middle school or middle school to high school), and you would like to request enrollment in a school other than the assigned attendance area school or the approved feeder pattern school. 

You may also submit a Choice School/Program application for each appropriate choice school and/or program you are interested in. 

• Incoming kindergarten students may apply to each bilingual and dual language immersion program. 

• Incoming sixth grade students may apply to both Big Picture School and International School. 

After reviewing the information in the links below, please contact studentplacement@bsd405.org for additional questions. 

Open House and Information Nights  

Students and families are invited to learn more about Bellevue School District schools and programs during upcoming open houses and information events.  

• Each school will host an open house during the Open Transfer and Choice School/Program application period.  

• Families are invited to the Language Programs Fair on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, to learn more about the variety of language offerings available for students.

• Families with students between the ages of three to age five are invited to attend a Preschool Information Session on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, or Thursday, December 5, 2024.  

For all open house and information session dates, times and locations please view the open house webpage. 

Learn More 

Open Transfer 

Open Transfer FAQs 

Choice Schools and Programs