DRESS CODE

The dress and grooming of Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School students shall be neat and clean, promoting a positive educational environment. Apparel that disrupts educational activities and processes of our school will result in the removal of the student from the regular school environment until acceptable apparel can be secured.

Requirement for student dress:

• All shirts and blouses must cover midriff, back, sides, and all undergarments including bra straps.

• All shirts and tops shall have sleeves that extend beyond the shoulders.

• All shorts, skirts, divided skirts, dresses, and culottes must be mid-thigh length or longer.

• All pants or shorts must totally cover undergarments, including boxer shorts.

• All clothing, jewelry, or tattoos shall be free of the following: profanity, violent images, wording or suggestion; sexually suggestive phrases or images; gang-related symbols; alcohol, tobacco, drugs or advertisements for such products.

• Safe and appropriate footwear must be worn. Inappropriate footwear includes, but is not limited to, roller skates, skate shoes, and bedroom slippers.

• Form fitting leotard/spandex type clothing (including sport bras) is not allowed unless proper outer garments extend below the students’ fingertips when arms are at their sides OR the garmets have pockets, zippers, or snaps.
  

• Please make sure that see-through mesh fabric clothing is only worn over clothing meeting requirements.

• Clothing must be appropriate size, with the waist of the garment worn at the student’s waist.

• Clothing not properly buttoned, zipped, fastened, or with inappropriate holes or tears shall not be worn.

• No sunglasses (unless doctor’s note provided), hats, bandanas, or other head coverings (except during outside P.E. activities) may be worn during the school day.