Dress Code

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  Students are expected to wear a school uniform. The school uniform consists of a white shirt or blouse and navy blue slacks, walking shorts, skirts or jumpers. Shoes should be appropriate for active play on the school grounds (tennis shoes, oxfords, etc.) Students should come to school clean and neatly groomed. Below are more details.

Clothing for boys:

  Clothing for girls:
  • Navy blue/khaki pants with a belt. Blue/Khaki shorts to the knees
    with belt.
    All clothes must be appropriately sized.

 
  • Navy blue/khaki dresses, skirts, pants, or knee-length shorts.
    Long or short sleeve, red, white, or navy blouse (plain) tucked in.
    All clothes must be appropriately sized.
  • Long or short sleeve red, white or navy shirts, which must be tucked in.
 
  • No jewelry except stud earrings.
  • NO Blue Jeans
 
  • NO Blue Jeans
  • No jewelry.
 
  • No makeup or false fingernails.

Guidelines common to both:

  • Shoes that do not cause health or safety hazards should be worn with socks.

  • Clothing should be clean, physically presentable, and appropriate for weather conditions. Slogans, suggestive pictures, or crude language are never appropriate for school.

  • Hair should be neatly groomed. Hair is to be free of lice and/or nits at all times. Periodic head checks are to be conducted. If nits and/or head lice are detected, it is the responsibility of the parents to clean the heads of nits/lice, and the child/children are to return to school the next day. The student must be excluded from class if he/she has head nits/lice.

TOPS

• Solid blue or white, shirts/blouses with a collar, long or short sleeves, regular length, to be tucked in the pants, skirts, shorts, jumper, etc.

Shirts/blouses may be knit as long as they have a collar

Shirt-tails must be tucked in at all times

Shirtsleeves must cover shoulders, no jerseys or tank tops.

BOTTOMS

• Solid navy or khaki belted at waist unless elastic waisted

• All bottoms must be hemmed

• Solid navy or khaki skirts/shorts/pants or jumpers

• Skirts and shorts must be no more than 2 inches above the knee

SWEATERS

• Solid navy button-up or pull-on sweater

• Turtlenecks will be acceptable during cold weather, but colors are limited to white or navy

• Uniform colors do not apply to coats or jackets worn during cold weather

SOCKS/STOCKINGS

• navy or white

MAKE-UP

• No make-up, nail polish, or hats/caps will be worn in the building

HAIR

• Hair should be well-groomed and clean

JEWELRY

• No earrings or necklaces with gang-related themes of any kind will be allowed.
 

On Fridays, students may wear any Durkee school or uniform shirt with their navy or khaki pants, shorts, or skirts.


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