Letter to teacher

[wic0721]

Last year a teacher wrote a letter to her child's teacher explaining that she was taking her child out of school for a Disney vacation. It was a great letter, and I saved it on my work computer....but I'm not working now, and need that letter.

Does anyone remember seeing it, or have the link to it?

 

[Goofy05]

Last year a teacher wrote a letter to her child's teacher explaining that she was taking her child out of school for a Disney vacation. It was a great letter, and I saved it on my work computer....but I'm not working now, and need that letter.

Does anyone remember seeing it, or have the link to it?

Is this the link you're looking for?
http://www.themouseforless.com/downloads/kids/SE.shtml

 

[mjkacmom]

Unless you want to become the laughing stock of the school, just write a letter, 2 - 3 sentences long, explaining your child will be out, you would love to have the work ahead of time, but if not, your child will make up the work when he or she gets back.

 

[Green Tea]

Unless you want to become the laughing stock of the school, just write a letter, 2 - 3 sentences long, explaining your child will be out, you would love to have the work ahead of time, but if not, your child will make up the work when he or she gets back.

I COMPLETELY agree. I remember the letter that was posted a while back. I thought it was hysterical that the parents would spend so much time tying to justify the educational opportunities of WDW. A parent is either going to take the kid out, or isn't.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

Before I was a SAHM, I taught elementary school. I agree just do a simple letter. Johnny will be on a family vacation from date to date. He can either do his missed work before, during, or when we return whichever is most convenient to you. Thank you.

My kids have been taken out twice and this is all I do. Three out of four teachers have given the work the day before we left. The fourth teacher had my DS make it up when we got back.

Have fun!

 

[Minnie_me]

Unless you want to become the laughing stock of the school, just write a letter, 2 - 3 sentences long, explaining your child will be out, you would love to have the work ahead of time, but if not, your child will make up the work when he or she gets back.

I'm a teacher and I also completely agree with this. DO NOT copy and send that ridiculous letter. Those are the types of things that are the talk of the staff room.

Keep it simple sweetie.

 

[BuffettFan]

I thought I was the only laughing at that letter !!
(Though even my kids chuckled !!)

I agree with the PPs that a simple "we will be out of town" letter will suffice !

 

[Metsfan520]

I thought I was the only one who giggled at those letters. Just tell the school you're going on vacation, and that's that.

 

[MM27]

This is the only part of the letter I would use:

DATE:

TO: [school official]

FROM:

RE: [students name and vacation dates]

Please be advised that [student] will be out of school during the week of [date]. We ask that his absences be excused.


Perhaps ask for missed work. The rest of the letter is fluff and totally not necessary. If a student brought that letter to me, it would get this and then a little of this before I shared it with my colleagues.

 

[allison443]

That letter is ridiculous imho and I think it is insulting to a teacher's intelligence. Really, "sociological aspects of crowds"? Yet I keep seeing it get posted on the disboards and some people think it is great.
I agree with the others, keep it simple or you risk having your letter posted on the bulletin board in the teachers' room.

 

[Deb in IA]

Those letters are over-the-top ridiculous. But they are good for a laugh.

Before you ask for the absencse to be excused, you should review the absence policy in your child's school. There are usually specific guidelines as to what is excused and what is not.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

OMG! That letter is hysterical.

I always tell the teacher at the parent/teacher conference or Back to school night (very small school and I wait until others leave). Then I just send a quick reminder note asking them to let me know how they want to handle the homework. It's never been a problem. I actually had her second grade teacher say "Oh, WDW is a once in a lifetime event. Don't worry about homework." After I got done laughing (and apologizing for laughing), I explained that we had APs and this was going to be her 3rd trip in a 12 month period. We got the homework ahead of time.

 

[sbell111]

Science by exploring the Mission:Space ride in Epcot where he will have a chance to see and feel what it would be like to travel by rocket to Mars

Color me amused.

 

[EdiePA]

Depending on the school district, the first letter may be appropriate. Our school district required you to justify the educational aspects of the trip. Because we lived in a small town, I always wanted to write, "Any time you leave our town, it's educational." But I didn't have the nerve. For my son's senior skiing trip to Utah, I did get very creative and over-the-top -- studying the ecological impact of the Olympics, etc.

Edie

 

[wic0721]

This is the only part of the letter I would use:

DATE:

TO: [school official]

FROM:

RE: [students name and vacation dates]

Please be advised that [student] will be out of school during the week of [date]. We ask that his absences be excused.


Perhaps ask for missed work. The rest of the letter is fluff and totally not necessary. If a student brought that letter to me, it would get this and then a little of this before I shared it with my colleagues.

Yeah, the attached letter was just a wee bit extreme wasn't it?
I basically used the first paragraph (stating she was going to be absent) and the last paragraph (saying please give us her assignments).

I wonder how many bottles of wine were consumed before the original author of that letter typed it????

 

[PatsMom]

That letter is really very funny. I took my daughter out of school many times for trips to WDW. Her senior year of high school she missed two weeks - one in each semester (no classes overlapped between first and second semesters). I never once tried to justify the trips as anything but a family vacation. When she was in grade school, I would send in a three sentence note giving the dates of the absence and a request for the work prior to the trip if possible. Once she got up to middle and high school she was responsible for coordinating the absence with her teachers. When we returned I did have to send in a note saying I was aware of her absences and she was not truant.

Unfortunately this year she started college so no cutting school for Disney! She's missing the September trip but we planned January and May for when she could go with us.

 

[Magic Mom]

I always thought that letter was a joke. Did people actually send it into school?

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I would laugh if one of my students' parents sent that to me. After I was done being peeved that they were pulled out. But then, I teach self contained sped and the type of things we do cannot be sent home and it is very critical that my students attend on a regular basis. In a different type of classroom it may not be an issue.