ROGERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL
DRESS CODE GUIDELINES
(Grades 4-8) 2008-09
Rogersville City School believes that all school experiences should be
positive and strives to provide environments that are conducive to
learning. Standards in academics, behavior, and dress are maintained in
order to achieve successful learning, to contribute to future success as
members of society, and to ensure the common goal of the school community.
Our dress code seeks to:
1. Enhance the educational process
2. Maintain a positive learning and teaching climate
3. Foster health, safety, and decency
4. Create an environment free of intimidation, harassment, and violence
5. Prepare for life outside of and beyond school
6. Promote respect for self and others
7. Provide an objective standard of dress, thereby preventing arbitrary
and biased judgments against individual students.
It is the responsibility of the students, parents/guardians,
teachers, and administration to see that the dress appearance of no pupil
shall be extreme to the point of creating a disturbance or is hazardous to
one ’s self, others, or school property. Our goal is not to inconvenience
parents/guardians at home or at work during the school day, therefore
parents/guardians may assist the school by making sure their child is
wearing the required clothing before he/she leaves home everyday. Dress
code applies to the school day and all school sponsored events, drama
presentations, dances, and on site events, field trips, and off campus
events at which the students represent Rogersville City School. Rogersville
City School has established a dress code that gives families flexibility in
the way their child dresses. Adherence to this established policy
eliminates the need to explore the school uniform issue.
SPECIAL DAYS DRESS CODE- On several days during the year, the
students will be allowed to attend school without following the dress code:
HAT DAY, PAJAMA DAY, SPIRIT DAY, ETC. SPECIAL GUIDELINES WILL BE SENT HOME
ON THESE DAYS.
SHIRTS
Shirts must be of sufficient length and looseness for appropriate body
coverage in positions of walking, standing, running, sitting, bending,
leaning, and arms up so as not to be revealing.
Shirts must overlap top of bottoms by at least 3 inches all the way around.
Shirts can be v-neck, round, or crew neck.
Students will be allowed to wear an unbuttoned over-shirt as a layer look
over a shirt that is appropriately tucked in.
Off the shoulder shirts and sweaters are not to be worn.
Length of shirt cannot be longer than the top of your leg.
No backless, spaghetti straps, halters, tanks, tube tops, sleeveless,
fishnet, transparent, mesh, cut-offs, muscle shirts, or see- through tops.
No exposed midriffs or backs.
No low cut necklines (must not show cleavage).
Sweatshirts and sweaters can be worn if they are banded at the waist.
Sleeves of sweatshirts and sweaters cannot fall below the wrist when arms
are extended.
No stretch material or tight fitting shirts that allow undergarments to show
are permitted.
Colored or patterned bras may not be worn under light colored shirts.
PANTS, SHORTS, DRESSES, SKIRTS, AND CAPRIS
Pants, shorts, dresses, shirts, and capris must be of sufficient length and
looseness for appropriate coverage in positions of walking, standing,
running, sitting, bending, and leaning so as not to be revealing.
Pants, shorts, and Capri’s need to be size appropriate (fitting at the waist
and the straddle).
Waistband must not be lower than one inch from the belly button.
Pants, shorts, dresses, skirts, and Capri’s must be hemmed.
Shorts may not be shorter than the kneecap.
Dresses and skirts must come to the knee cap.
Slits in dresses and skirts cannot be shorter than three inches above the
kneecap.
No sagging, baggy, or oversized pants.
Lace up pants and frayed pant legs are not permitted.
No tears or holes.
Nylon wind suits that fit appropriately are permitted.
Mesh or athletic shorts are not permitted in the classroom.
Pants legs must not drag the ground.
No leggings or spandex.
No vinyl or plastic pants, capris, shorts, skirts, and dresses.
No shorts, pants, or sweatpants with writing on the bottom area
SHOES
Shoes must be worn at all times.
Shoes, designed to be worn with shoelaces, must be laced and tied
appropriately.
No wheelies (shoes with wheels) allowed.
Platform shoes and flip flops are discouraged due to safety concerns.
HAIR
Must be neat, clean, and well groomed at all times.
Unnatural hair colors or hair sprayed are not permitted (blue, pink, green,
purple, etc).
COATS AND JACKETS
Students are required to store heavy coats, jackets, and pullovers in their
locker after exiting the gym in the morning. Students should keep a
lightweight jacket or sweater in their locker to wear as change in the
weather dictates.
Outerwear such as jackets, sweatshirts, and sweaters will not be worn to
cover dress code violations.
Lightweight jackets, sweaters, and pullovers that are banded at the waist
and fall no longer than the wrist line when arms are extended may be worn in
class.
ITEMS NOT PERMITTED
Stickers or tattoos on the face and body (Fall Festival or other activities
as approved by the school.)
Writing or drawing on the skin
No coloring in of fingernails, using markers or other writing utensils
No body or nose piercing
Hoods, hats, caps, visors, and bandannas may not be worn in the building.
Chains on wallets or clothing is not permitted.
No studded or spiked wrist bracelets, necklaces, or accessories.
No jelly bracelets.
Clothing that resembles loungewear, pajamas, or underwear is prohibited.
No article of clothing may be worn that suggest bullying, violence,
inflammatory, suggestive, racial, or any other inappropriate writing,
advertisement, or art depicting violence, blood, death, weapons, sex,
playboy, playgirl, hate groups, alcohol, drugs, and tobacco products.
Any attire that is extremely brief or tight is prohibited.
Any garment allowing underwear to be shown is prohibited.
Underwear may not be exposed (boxers, thongs, sports bras, tank-top style
undershirts, etc.).
Sunglasses are not permitted in the building.
No camouflage or colored camouflage.
No mini-skirts
