This is a situation where you will want to try other means of communicating with the parents because communication via the student is not working. I would try a phone call in the middle of the day. Even though you may not be able to talk to them, you can still leave a message. This is opening up the dialogue with the parents, and will eventually lead to dealing with this situation appropriately.

Assuming that we're dealing with Elementary School Students. At the beginning of the school year, inform the parents that a weekly sealed envelope will be sent home on a set day with progress reports, important letter, etc. The parents will learn to expect to receive the sealed envelope on the specified day. This will ensure that parents and guardians will receive the necessary information.

If I was a teacher in this situation, I would first figure out how many students did not pass the important letters on. If it was only a few students, I would maybe call those parents first. I would update them, from then on, as to when I would be sending important letters home so that the parents could look for and watch for the letters. If it was more then a few students to where calling home would take up too much time, another idea would be to have certain days that you said important paperwork or letters home. This way parents know to look for paperwork on that particular day.

If the student has a daily planner that needs to be signed by the parent I would place the letter in an envelope and staple this in the students planner with a note written in the planner. If this is still unsuccessful I would make a phone call home to the parents to ensure the message is received.

I would plan with the student's parents to have an important notes folder. I will place any important notes in the folder and place the folder in the student's bag at the end of every day. The parent would then know to check their child's folder in their backpack for important information.

I would let the parent know that there are important papers with their child. There are many ways to reach parents: DOJO, Reminder, email, or just a phone call.

I would try to solve this problem by setting up an incentive for letters that come back signed. At the bottom of every important letter sent home would be a portion of the letter for the parent to sign, detach, and send back to school for proof of delivery. Each student who brings back the proof of delivery will receive 5 extra minutes of computer time. Those who do not bring their proof of delivery back will have to do seat work as the other students have free time on the computers.

During the beginning of the year I would be sure to find out what is the best way to reach my student's parents. From that point I will then look at what students are not turning passing on the important letters to their parents or guardians, and contact their parents by which they preferred to be contacted. This way you can forward the letter to the parents through email, or if you reach them on the phone they will know to look for the paperwork when the student comes home.

One possible solution would be to have a system that keeps track of how many letters are returned for every week or if not that many daily letters are being sent home make it monthly. For older students make all the letters returned an actual grade and for the younger ones give a reward for all the letter returned or some sort of acknowledgement that the papers were seen. You can even award more points or responsibility for more important papers. As well as make it a surprise as to which papers you are going to count.

In the beginning of the year I would figure out the best way to communicate with each parent. Some may prefer to be contacted by email while others may need a phone call. I would then inform my students of how important it is to pass information along to their parents because if they do not, then they may miss out on something.

In this situation I would contact the parent and let them know that you have been sending handouts home for them. I would also get their emails so that future handouts can be directly sent to them and not have to depend on the student. I would also have a talk with the student to find out why they are having trouble getting the information to their parents.

I would suggest either texting/emailing the parent during the school day or calling during lunch or planning when the student is not involved with the exchange. That way you are more likely to get in touch with the parent. If it really came down to it, you could mail important letters to the parent to make sure the student is not hiding them away and that the parent is getting important information.

I would suggest either texting/emailing the parent during the school day or calling during lunch or planning when the student is not involved with the exchange. That way you are more likely to get in touch with the parent. If it really came down to it, you could mail important letters to the parent to make sure the student is not hiding them away and that the parent is getting important information.

The teacher should take control and try to maintain contact with the parents via teacher and parent. Since it is not going through the student. This can be done by a phone call, email, meeting, etc.

The letters should also be sent by e-mail to each parent. You could also mail the letters if need be. There should be consequences if the child does not hand the letters to the parent. A parent phone call is in order to discuss the content of the letter and also the behavior of the student.