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Sympathy

Letter #1—Mother's Death

Dear (name),

All of us at (school) were saddened to learn of your mother's death.Although there is little anyone can do to lessen your grief, we want youto know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.

I am sure you will hear from many of our teachers individually, but, inaddition, and on behalf of the (school) sta, let me e!tend our deepestsympathy.

"incerely, #rincipal

Letter #2—Death of a School Employee

Dear #arents,

"chool, as well as (school district), lost a dear friend with the loss of(name). $e will be missed by all. As a tribute to his memory, studentsand sta at (school) have been contributing to the fund organi%ed bythe community. &inal tabulation is not complete, however collectionshave e!ceeded (amount). e will continue to report to parents$appenings At (school) with events and news items of the school inthe form of a newsletter on *hursday. *his may seem repetitious, but itis our attempt to keep you informed in a systematic way.

e are well into our school year and activities. I continue to beimpressed with the caliber of our students.


Letter #3—Loss of Teacher's Parent

Dear (teacher's name),

I was so sorry to hear of your (parent)'s death. *hough words ofsympathy are from the heart and sincere, they are of little comfort inthe loss of one so dear as your (parent). hat is much moremeaningful is to reali%e that the memories you have of your (parent)will keep (him+her) forever close to you.

ay your memories sustain you during this time of sorrow.

If you need anything at all, please let me know.


Letter #4—Loss of Parent

Dear (name),

At a time like this all we can really oer is our sympathy and ourprayers. I would like to share with you the contents of a note I receivedfrom a friend when I lost my father. It was my friend's personalperspective on death and it was of comfort to me.

*o me death must be like a child's going home after two weeks atsummer camp. As time draws near to go home, we become a little sadas we think of the friends we're leaving behind. e think of the goodtimes and bad. -ut then we see our &ather walking down the roadtoward us and we run to him with open arms and tears of oy. ithperhaps only a /uick backward look, we rela! in the oyful knowledgethat we are going home.

ay 0od bless you and be your strength at this time.


Letter #5—Teacher Wth !osptal"e $hl

Dear (teacher's name),

e were all sorry to hear of 's (name) hospitali%ation, but we arepleased that the problem is a relatively simple one like (ailment)."imple or not, hospital stays are never much fun.

I'm sure you are having problems with 1nding people to watch yourtwo smaller children while you visit the hospital. e would be happy towatch them for you. 2ou could drop them o anytime, or if you think itbetter, we could watch them in your home.

#lease let me know if you would like us to do this.


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