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Coming Soon: Open Transfer, Choice Schools and Language Programs Application Period

Coming Soon: Open Transfer, Choice Schools and Language Programs Application Period

The Bellevue School District is excited to announce that the Open Transfer, Choice Schools and Language Programs application period for the 2026-2027 school year will open on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. The application period will close on Friday, January 16, 2026, at 4:30 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 2026-2027 school year, you do not need to apply. For additional information, please review the Nonresident Students Frequently Asked Questions

Who Should Apply?

Open Transfer

For the 2026-2027 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.

Choice Schools and Language Programs

You may also submit a Choice School/Language 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 Houses 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 event during the Open Transfer, Choice Schools and Language Programs application period.  

For all open house and information session dates, times and locations please visit the open houses webpage


Learn More 

  • Ardmore Elementary School
  • Bellevue Big Picture School
  • Bennett Elementary School
  • District News
  • Enrollment
  • Highland Middle School
  • International School
  • Jing Mei Elementary School
  • Lake Hills Elementary School
  • Language Programs
  • Newport Heights Elementary School
  • Newport High School
  • Puesta del Sol Elementary School
  • Sammamish High School
  • Sherwood Forest Elementary School
  • Tillicum Middle School