Mackinnon High School as served the community of Hillsdale for over fifty five years.Several students including your self have graduated from the school and have been very successful in their professional careers.The Hillsdale Gazette always have a feature in the morning newspaper of past students who have either returned home or who have given back to the school, you see the headline in the paper of a former student who attended Mackinnon High School your former school.One of your school's alums has made a fortune in the software business; he sold his company for over $300 million. The article says that like many successful people, he wants to give back something to the school that gave him his education and his start. As a result he has donated $30 million to your school! As you try to fathom how much $30 million would buy you begin to wonder how your school will use this windfall. You decide to take a look at the current programs the school offer compared to the years you spent there, and the current enrollment.
CASE ASSIGNMENT
1. PROVIDE a persuasive letter to the Dean, Peter Williams of Mackinnon High School outlining some of the ways you think the money could be spent at your former school.
2. From your perspective, how could programs, services or equipment improve?How about tutoring in some of your classes?
3. Use specific examples of areas that could be improved.
4. Should the school board expand the current building to accommodate more students and programs?
KEY FACTORS TO LOOK AT IN THE CASE
 Addressing the main subject of the letter using the principle of the AIDA
 Organization of the information from the case
 use the 5Ws'when organize your information throughout the document
 You are writing a professional letter therefore the receivers address is required
Mackinnon High School, 425 Golden Manor Road, Clarington ON, L1C 0A3