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Your transfer, step by step

1. Explore VVHS and check availability. Review the school’s academic programs and APS’s current school-capacity information.
   Explore Volcano Vista · APS transfer guide and availability
2. Submit a school transfer request. A parent or legal guardian uses APS ParentVUE to request Volcano Vista for the appropriate school year. APS accepts current-year requests throughout the year; the next-year application window opens in October.
   ParentVUE application instructions
3. Watch for the APS decision. Continue attending your current assigned school until approval. Accept an approved offer within 10 calendar days, then contact VVHS promptly to complete registration.
4. Prepare your enrollment documents. Gather address verification, birth certificate, immunization records, family and emergency contacts, prior-school information, and any applicable custody documents. Obtain withdrawal paperwork from your current APS school.
5. Review athletic eligibility with the VVHS athletic director. Share your full school and athletic participation history. Ask whether NMAA’s first-transfer provision applies and how the sport’s practice-start deadline affects your eligibility.
6. Complete medical clearance. Finish the physical, courses, and parent-managed DragonFly requirements below. Confirm school clearance before participation.

Families attending a school outside their neighborhood are responsible for transportation. APS normally approves only one school transfer per year, including accepted rollover transfers.

Application help: 505-855-9040. School and athletic questions: 505-890-0343; Athletic Director Ron McMath, extension 37188.

The first-transfer opportunity

Beginning in 2026–27, NMAA allows a student’s first transfer to an NMAA member school after the student’s open-enrollment choice without the usual varsity transfer penalty, when the applicable requirements are met.

• Timing matters. The transfer must occur on or before the sport’s official Start of Practice date. A transfer after that date makes the student ineligible for varsity participation for the rest of that sport’s season.
• For 2026–27 wrestling, the official start is November 2, 2026. Ask the athletic director to confirm that your transfer and enrollment meet the rule’s timing; submitting an application alone is not a completed transfer.
• District approval is still required. APS admission and NMAA athletic eligibility are separate reviews. Academic, enrollment, medical, and other eligibility requirements still apply.
• Special circumstances still apply. Charter-school and homeschool participation statutes, recruitment and undue-influence rules, following-a-coach rules, and other applicable NMAA provisions remain in effect.
• The first-transfer opportunity is not renewed annually. Second or subsequent transfers generally bring a 365-calendar-day varsity ineligibility period unless a recognized exception applies.

NMAA’s first-transfer provision and APS’s one-transfer-per-school-year policy address different parts of the process. The VVHS athletic director reviews each student’s circumstances before confirming participation eligibility.

• NMAA announcement: the 2026–27 transfer change
• NMAA transfer bylaws · Sections 6.6.2–6.6.3
• NMAA eligibility resources and review forms
• APS athletic eligibility guidance
• NMAA November 2026 practice calendar