Dress Code

Dress Code Policy: It has been the tradition of the community of John Ireland School that our children appear in school dressed in respectful, clean, neat and modest clothing. Through the help of the parents/guardians, we hope to maintain this tradition. Since the way we dress affects our mood and our attitude, students’ clothing should be in good taste, fit well, and be suitable for an educational environment.

Clothing of poor taste or unfitting Christian values is not allowed. Appropriateness of clothing is determined on an individual basis by the principal and classroom teacher. Clothes not acceptable include, but are not limited to the following:

Shirts:

  1. Shirts should be clean, neat, modest, appropriate to the season and long enough to cover the jeans, shorts, and/or pants. All shirts must have sleeves. Tank tops, cut-off t-shirts, muscle shirts, and spaghetti-strap shirts and/or dresses are not appropriate.
  2. T-shirts or sweatshirts may not have imprinted logos or pictures of violence, alcohol, offensive gestures or offensive behavior.

Pants:

  1. Pants should be clean, neat, modest and appropriate to the season. Torn, faded jeans, and sweatpants are not appropriate.
  2. Shorts are only permitted for the months of September and May. Please consider the weather when allowing children to wear shorts during these two months. The school is air-conditioned and the playground area can be very chilly on cold rainy days.

Shoes:

  1. Students must wear shoes and socks at all times during the school day because of fire/tornado emergencies and health issues.
  2. Footwear that is unsafe may include, but is not limited to flip-flops, strapless sandals and strapless clogs. All footwear must be tied, zipped buckled or have a back strap for safety.
  3. Tennis shoes are necessary for gym classes.

General:

  1. Students are expected to wear clothing that is suitable for all kinds of weather. This includes boots, gloves/mittens, hats, snow pants and a warm coat for cold weather.
  2. Students should not wear long dangling or hoop earrings to school. These can be dangerous on the playground and during gym class.
John Ireland School has an account with Lands’ End.  Go to Landsend.com/school and click on “look up your school.”  Our account number with Lands End is 900133448.

Other suggestions for good sturdy children’s clothing for school can be found at the following websites or stores:

gap.com
oldnavy.com
target.com
jcpenney.com
sears.com
gymboree.com
dickies.com

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