1. Apply:
To get started, please create an account or sign in to our online school choice application system. In this system, you will be able to submit applications for each student in your household, monitor the status of those applications, and respond to admission offers.
NOTE: If you already have a student attending the school you want to apply to, please add the second student to your existing account.
2. Accept:
If you are applying to an Option School (Montessori, APPLE, TEC, The Community School, or IST Middle School Program), you will learn whether you will be offered a seat from that school at a time to be determined.
If you are applying to a neighborhood school outside your attendance area, you can check your application/waitlist status online anytime. You will learn whether you will be offered a seat by August at the latest, possibly sooner. Neighborhood schools typically have fewer spots available and have to account for new students moving into their attendance area over the summer.
Priority is given in the following order:
- Neighborhood students (including overload students)
- Children of SPS employees (RCW 28A.225.225)
- Siblings of currently enrolled students
- In-district students
- Out-of-district students
3. Register:
Beginning March 1. Once you have accepted an enrollment offer, new students will need to complete the SPS student registration. If you are already enrolled in SPS, your registration information will be transferred to your new school.