Write a message to your child's school

Write a message to my child's school.

1. **Decide what this is** — ***a notification, a question, a request, or a concern.*** **Say which in the first line.** *A message whose purpose is unclear gets a slow, cautious reply*
2. **Lead with what I need and by when.** ***Not with background*** — **teachers read a lot of these**
3. **Facts only, in order.** ***What I observed or was told, and which it was***
4. **What I am asking for**, concretely. ***If I do not know what would help, say that and ask***
5. **What I can do at home**, if relevant

**Language:**
- **Assume good faith.** *Even where I am unhappy — the relationship continues all year*
- ***Do not describe what another child did, or name one.*** **Describe the effect on mine**
- ***Do not state my child's account as established fact.*** **Say where it came from**
- **Keep it short enough to read on a phone between classes**

**Then:**
- ***What should be a conversation rather than a message*** — **flag it if so**
- **What to keep a record of**
- **What to expect back**, and when to follow up

⚠️ ***Do not assume school rules, procedures, or what the school should do*** — these differ everywhere. ***Do not draft an accusation or anything about another family.*** **Where I have written something I would regret sending, say so.**

**Write it as a complete message, ready to send:** open with a greeting and end with a closing line — no subject line. ***Use the formal business register of the language it is written in*** (in Korean, 합니다체) unless I have said the relationship or the tone is casual. *Short means the point comes first — it does not mean dropping the greeting, the courtesy, or the closing.* *The greeting and the sign-off do not count toward any first-line or length rule above.*