Student Dress Code

Because certain fads and extremes of dress and hair styling tend to attract improper attention to the individual and sometime tends to interfere with the normal educational process, all students are expected to follow the standards of dress and grooming outlined below when participating in any school activity. The only exceptions shall be for certain special days of activities which are declared exempt by the school principal.

A. Standards for STUDENTS:

1. Hair shall be neat, clean and well groomed. The coloring of hair with unnatural looking colors to include costume spray will not be tolerated. Boys are expected to be clean shaven, although a well-groomed mustache may be worn. (Beards are not acceptable.)

2. Clothing shall be modest, neat, clean, in good repair (clothing that is torn, tattered, or worn through will not be acceptable), and shall include shoes. Clothing and/or jewelry shall not be worn which displays obscene or suggestive words or pictures or which advertises a substance which a student cannot legally possess or use. Jewelry shall not be worn in any pierced body parts other than the ears. Modesty shall include covering shoulders, midriff and back. Short shorts, biking shorts, tank tops, halter or crop tops, extremely short skirts or dresses do not meet the modesty standards in our schools. (Shorts or skirts must extend halfway to the knee.)

3. Wearing of bandannas, chains, or any article of clothing or jewelry that may be associated with gangs or bearing any gang symbols, names, initials, insignia or anything else which signals gang affiliation and/or is worn for the purpose of signifying gang membership, is not allowed.

4. Hats and caps shall not be worn in the buildings during regular school hours. (These items must be removed before entering a school building.) Hats will be confiscated if worn in the building and will not be returned until grades are given out each term. In addition, the school will not accept responsibility for hats that come up missing.)

B. If a student's dress or grooming interferes with the normal education process, he\she will be asked to change whatever is in question. Continual non-compliance may result in additional disciplinary action at the discretion of the administration. The school administration will be ultimately responsible for administration of the policy.

There is a fairly strong feeling from parent and administrative groups that a "no shorts" policy should be adopted. The committee recommended that the students have the opportunity to show that they can wear shorts without abuse. The committee recommends that the building principal work with the student leaders to establish school expectations and guidelines. The committee also recommends that at any time difficulties warrant, a "no shorts" policy may be implemented at the individual school level.