Parent Letter to Thank a School Counsellor

School counsellors are often the members of a staff who do not receive great praise or thanks for the work they do with pupils. For whatever reason many parents overlook the contributions these professionals make to their children’s educational and emotional growth. Writing a thank you letter is an easy way for a parent to let a school counsellor know how much his or her work has meant to the pupil and the family as a whole.

Content of a Parent Letter to Thank a School Counsellor

Parents generally send thank you letters to school counsellors following one of three events: the pupil successfully leaving the school, the pupil successfully navigating a challenge with the counsellor’s help or at the end of a school term or academic year. If thank you notes are sent too often, for example each time a pupil attends an appointment, they begin to lose their meaning. Generally such letters will include a message of thanks, a description of the event which precipitated the thanks and how the counsellor’s actions positively affected the student or family. If details are known about a student or family’s future, these may be included as well.

Format of a Parent Letter to Thank a School Counsellor

A thank you letter to a school counsellor should always be respectful and complimentary in tone, as well as more formal with vocabulary. This does not mean, however, that the format must be as strictly formal as it would be for a business letter. Including the recipient’s name, job title and mailing address is optional, though the date and a formal salutation and closing are not. Delivering such letters by hand or by post is always appropriate and email delivery may be appropriate if this is an accepted means of communication with staff members at a particular school.

Sample of a Parent Letter to Thank a School Counsellor