St. Mary’s requires students to be uniformly dressed. Such uniformity facilitates the achievement of many of our value-oriented objectives. Students should take pride in themselves and in the way they think, act, and feel.

The following guidelines must be adhered to by students and support our objectives:

1. Parents are responsible for knowing the uniform dress code. Students not adhering to the dress code will be removed from class until suitable clothing is
   obtained.
2. Students will maintain a Regular Daily Uniform (Winter and Summer) and a Formal Uniform. See explanations.
3. Students will receive Uniform Reminders when not in compliance. Three reminders will result in one lunch detention.
4. All shirts are to be tucked into pants or skirts at all times.
5. Socks must be worn at all times and seen above the top of the shoe at all times.
6. All pants/shorts must be loose fitting and belted at the waist if the pants have belt loops. No leggings or jeggings.
7. All Plaid school uniforms must be purchased from Land’s End at www.landsend.com/myschool. Our code is 900053315.
8. Only Navy Blue school fleece jackets from Land’s End are to be worn to school.
9. Navy blue sweat shirts (no hoodies permitted) purchased from a school approved site with an approved logo may be worn with the regular uniform and must have a polo shirt under it.
10. Teacher/Counselor/Administration has the right to request a student to pull his/her hair away from his/her face if it is affecting the student’s ability to do school work.
11. Days of Mass attendance or Special programs are designated Formal Uniform Days.
12. Students are permitted to have a ‘no uniform day’ on the day of their birthday.
13. ‘No Uniform’ Days are not permitted on required Formal Uniform days.
14. On No Uniform Days or “Dress Down Days”, students must maintain acceptable clothing. No jeans with holes or tears, crop tops, sleeveless tank tops, spaghetti strap shirts, miniskirts, short shorts, shirts depicting alcohol or tobacco logos or controversial issues.
15. No tattoos on students. Fake tattoos must be cleaned off for school.
16. No costume jewelry is permitted.
17. No piercings beyond a girl’s earlobe. Earrings must be small and discreet and no costume jewelry earrings.
18. Dress shirts for Formal Uniform are not to be jersey type material or polo shirts. The dress shirt must be an oxford style and button up the full front.
19. Shoes: Dress shoes must be a full shoe with no white soles, no lights, no sparkles or glitter. The color needs to be navy, black, or brown.
20. Tennis shoes can be worn only on Gym Days during the Winter Uniform (Nov 1-April 1). Summer Uniform permits tennis shoes but they are not to have light up soles.
21. No sandals, crocs, slippers, high heels, or hiking boots.
22. Formal Uniform requires ‘dress’ shoes only, no boots.
23. Ugg style boots for girls may be worn with the Regular Uniform only. The boots may be in black, brown, or navy blue. No sparkles, glitter, or lights on the boots.
24. Hey Dude style shoes are fine with the regular uniform.
25. All headbands or hair bows must be in the school colors of navy, gray, white or the school plaid and no bigger than a child’s fist.
26. The Administration always has the final say on uniform issues.
27. No unusual hair colors or dyes such as pink, blue, purple…Principal will determine appropriateness.