Attendance

GAMP Attendance Guide

We’ve put together this guide to help you navigate attendance procedures.  Our goal is to make sure your student is here, happy, and learning every day. Here is everything you need to know about keeping your child’s attendance record up to date.

How to Submit an Excuse Note

Submit all excuse notes to our school secretary, Ms. Marrero.  Please send in or email a note within three days of your child returning to school.  Notes should be emailed to smarrero2@philasd.org or turned in to the main office.

  • Make sure the note has your child’s name, the dates, and the reason for absence.
  • If your child is sick for 3 or more days in a row, we will need a note from their doctor.
  • For shorter absences (1–2 days), a parent note is perfectly acceptable
  • After 8 parent-excused absences in a year, a doctor’s note is required for any future illnesses.

Lateness & Early Dismissals

  • If your child arrives within the first two hours of the school day, they are marked as late.
  • If the lateness is due to a medical appointment, bring in a doctor’s note and we will mark it as excused.

If your student needs to leave before the day ends, it will be marked as an unexcused early dismissal. To make it an excused early dismissal, please turn in a medical note within 24 hours of the student leaving. For all non-emergency early dismissals, parents or guardians must provide notification 24 to 48 hours in advance.

  • Parents must email Smarrero2@philasd.org.
  • Students will only be released to individuals who are listed as a parent or guardian in the school information system.
  • To prevent interference with instruction and dismissal, no student may be signed out after 2:00 PM.
  • In the event of an emergency dismissal, call the Main Office directly. However, the 2:00 PM cut-off remains.

While we do our best to excuse absences whenever possible, please remember that all notes are reviewed by the school to ensure they meet district guidelines.  Please also note that vacations are not excused and unexcused vacation days will be counted towards truancy referrals.