TRANSFER OPTIONS

APS Now Accepting Online Applications for Elementary Option Schools

• Applicants will be able to save and return to their application.
• Applicants will be able to print their responses.
• Applicants can access their responses to their application through a link in the confirmation email.
• Gmail has a filter on K-12 Insight. Applicants with a Gmail address should check their spam folders if they do not receive the automated confirmation email within 24 hours.
• VPI and Pre-K Montessori are not available through this online application, and are available in paper form at the APS Welcome Center (2110 Washington Blvd).
• Families should call the APS Welcome Center at 703-228-8000 or email schooloptions@apsva.us for any questions related to the elementary option schools application.

Guidebook for Parents (SY 2017-18) – designed to assist parents by providing information about the options available to students, the countywide registration process and timelines for application.School Board Policy 25-2.2 Options and Transfers effective for admissions, options and transfers for SY 2018-19

Pre-Kindergarten

• Montessori
• VPI ( Virginia Preschool Initiative)
• Arlington County Child Care Office (DHS)

Elementary School

• Elementary School Options
• Overview of Option Schools and Transfers
• How to Apply to Area and Countywide Elementary Schools – Countywide and area school options include Arlington Traditional, Campbell, Claremont Immersion, Drew Model, and Key Immersion.
• Transferring to another Neighborhood Elementary School
• Elementary School Information Sessions – encouraged for families who are considering applying to another school other than their neighborhood school, including the elementary countywide schools and programs.

Middle School

• Middle School Options
• Overview of Option Schools and Transfers
• How to apply to Option Schools – H-B Woodlawn, Immersion, and Montessori programs
• Transferring to Another Neighborhood Middle School
• Middle School Information Sessions – encouraged for families who are considering applying to another school other than their neighborhood middle school, including the middle school countywide schools and programs.
• Secondary Option Schools Online Application

High School

• High School Options
• Overview of Option Schools and Transfers
• How to Apply to Option Schools – AP Network at Wakefield, English/Spanish Immersion program at Wakefield, H-B Woodlawn, International Baccalaureate program at Washington-Lee, Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology
• Transferring to Another Neighborhood High School
• High School Information Sessions – encouraged for families who are considering applying to another school other than their neighborhood school, including the high school countywide programs.
• Secondary Option Schools Online Application

2018 Secondary Option School Application information

On Friday, January 19, the applications for APS secondary options schools closed for families. Transfer applications then closed on Friday, January 26. On Friday, January 26, the Welcome Center facilitated the lottery for each of the options programs. Families were notified via email of their status on Friday, February 2 with a follow-up letter mailed to each family the week of February 5. Parents must confirm or decline attendance to the school(s) or program(s) to which their students have been accepted no later than February 23, 2018. Students who applied, but were not selected through the lottery process, will be placed in numerical order on a waiting list. Applications received after the deadline are placed at the bottom of the existing waiting list for the upcoming school year. More information is available on the How to Apply page. For any questions or additional information requests, please email schooloptions@apsva.us.  The following are the application numbers for 2018-19: