Hello,
This sounds to me like a phishing scam not a valid check that's really coming from Hotmail.
Did you get an email that is asking you to verify your account details?
If it really is a legit service request and your country is not supported then now is the time to make the switch to a Gmail account, or even better an account provided by your school district.
BTW, does your school district have rules about collecting private information from students and not using external services such as Hotmail for storing that information?
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