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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again- maybe ask the student for ideas they think you might want to include in the letter? Maybe they even participate in something in order out of school that you don’t know about. This might help you generate your letter if you don’t have a basic template, or if you want to add into a basic template. [/quote]

I don’t recommend doing that unless you have a way to verify what the student is telling you about their accomplishments. I have had students lie to me not knowing that my own kids were in the same activity and went to competition. There’s also the fact that playing French horn or volunteering at the food bank has nothing to do with their skills and work ethic in my course. They should have the music teacher or the volunteer coordinator write a separate letter. I deal with this during HS application season every year. The parents send talking points![/quote]

I never write about extracurricular unless I know the extent of their participation and it relates to my course.  It would sound so weird if as the physics teacher I spoke about a students' performance in Model UN.  That's what the counselor's letter is for.[/quote]

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