Read the instructions for a personal statement if there are any for the school you wish your child to transfer to. Make sure you include any of the key points the school requests.
Look over the classes offered at the elementary school. This will help you formulate a plan when it comes to the reasons why you want your student to attend this particular school. Consider how the progress of the students is measured, some experts believe achievement should be marked by things other than grades such as journals, portfolios or musical/artistic achievements.
Write down how you plan to add to the school's overall mission as well as your child's education. Elementary schools are usually in need of parental involvement so showcasing a commitment to these activities helps your child's candidacy.
Ask your child why he wants to go to this school. It helps if you can add a bit of the personality of your son or daughter to the statement. Tell your kid a little about the philosophy of the school so he can make an informed answer. Such as whether the school follows the Montessori Method or the Waldorf approach. Many schools are expanding to work with the observed behavior of the children and working the curriculum around the interests of the group (Montessori) while the Waldorf approach places as much importance on the journey of learning as the final result. If your child has questions about the learning methods, find answers together to formulate a unique and truthful personal statement.
Organize all of your thoughts into individual paragraphs. Think of them in a topic sense, much as you have currently organized your thoughts. Make sure one of the paragraphs go over the specific academic reasons you want your child to attend this school.
Write an introduction telling the school about yourself and your child. This should include some of the reasons why you believe will thrive under the learning/teaching philosophies of this particular school.
Thank the committee for the time spent considering your child's application with a closing paragraph. Put all the sections in the correct order: introduction, body paragraphs and closing paragraph.
Go over the school information with your child. Let them see everything the new school has to offer.
Help the child compose a list of things that interest them about the school. Some can be fun and some can be academic. This section can include specifics about how the grading or curriculum might be different than the current school of the child.
Choose the most important points on the "interesting" list. This will help streamline the paragraph when the child writes it.
Direct your child to write a paragraph about herself. This can include a few interests as well as key information such as name, age and grade level.
Tell the child to write a paragraph about the chosen interesting things including why the student is intrigued by these classes or amenities. This is a great place to include specifics about the program such as how the student's progress is measured or the methods used to determine the curriculum. This includes but not limited to the type of program followed such Multiple Intelligence Schools. This works on Gardner's principles that students all have the ability to solve problems but the approach might need to be different.
Help your child write a closing thanking the committee for the time spent reading the letter. Put the sections in order and have the child write the letter out appropriately going from introduction to body to closing.