Attendance

Roles and Responsibilities of Parents/Guardians

• Ensure that their child(ren) receive(s) a full-time education and those children registered at GIS attend regularly and punctually

• Inform the school of any absences/ leave 

• Discuss with the Homeroom Teacher any planned absences well in advance

• Support the school by aiming for their child to have 100% attendance each year

• Avoid taking their child out of school for non-urgent medical or dental appointments

• Only request a leave of absence if it is for an exceptional circumstance

Student Leave and Absence

Parents and guardians, please use the Secondary Leave Request to submit:

1. A notification of your child's late arrival to school

2. A notification of your child's unplanned absences from school, due to sickness or injury

3. Advanced requests for planned leave from school

4. A request for early dismissal from school

In case of unforeseen absence, it is the responsibility of parents/guardians to notify the school on the first day of unplanned absence. Notification should be made by 8:30 am or as soon as practically possible, by submitting a Secondary Leave Request.