How to Write an Appeal Letter for School

You may need to write an appeal letter to a school for several reasons. The reason could be for availing financial aid for your kid, withdrawing his or her suspension order, availing transport facility, appearing in an internal exam at another date, etc. You will be not be writing it for all these reasons at a time. The circumstances to write may arise any time of the year. Hence, you must keep these tips on how to write an appeal letter for school handy with you.

Here are a few tips to remember:

• The first rule in letter writing is to start with your address. The style mostly used in an academic and business field is full-block format. You can view this format on the internet and even download it. If you are retyping it on the format, you will align your your name, address and contact information to the left of the page. You have to leave a white space after your information for date and type it in month/day/year order.
• After the date, type the name and address of the person who is authorized to look into your appeal. Though your appeal would be specific to a department, for example, financial aid department, examination department, etc., the letter must address the person who is heading the department. Whether the school is large or small, you have to call it and request the person responsible for looking after appeal letters.
• The reason of appealing should come in the starting paragraph. Whether you are appealing to withdraw your kid's suspension order or extend the internal exam date, include your kid's name, his or her ID, and the grade.
• Explain what resulted into your suspension from the school. If you are expelled due to not attending classes regularly, state why you have remained absent. Mention any reasons that can support your absentee. For example, your illness, a death in the family, etc.
• Thank and assure the reader that you will be never bother him or her or give any chance to read the appeal letter again. Sign the letter on behalf of your kid and keep one for your record.

Since school kids are not matured or informed on writing an appeal letter, parents have to take this responsibility. If you need to write the letter for your kids, use these tips.