STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

Dress Code

Student dress and overall appearance should foster a positive and productive environment, reflecting pride in yourself as well as our school. If it is determined that your dress may detract from the academic experience and learning environment at Beacon Academy, you will be required to change whatever clothing item(s) conflict with the guidelines below.

Please do not wear any of the following:

• Any clothing that allows your midriff, cleavage, undergarments, or bare back to be exposed. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: excessively baggy or tight pants/leggings, tank tops, spaghetti strap/halter/mesh tops, see through shirts, tube tops or crop tops.

• Mini skirts, mini dresses, shorts, pants etc. that hang below the waistline, sit on the hip or lower, or show underwear. (Appropriate length is to the end of the fingertips when arms are directly by your side.)

• Clothing, patches, buttons, pins, jewelry, backpacks that have any of the following negative or derogatory images: sexually suggestive writing/pictures; advocate violence, advertise or promote the use of tobacco, alcohol, or drugs; have wording with “double meaning” or obscene language/gestures/slurs.

• Hats, head coverings (except those intended for religious purposes), caps, gloves, and sunglasses.