SMS DRESS CODE

“Dress for Respect”

To foster and support academic success, as well as keep students safe to and from school, the following requirements will be enforced:

· No inappropriate language, symbols (e.g. cigarettes) or photos on apparel

· Shirts with straps should have a minimum two inch wide strap with no undergarment showing

· No cleavage or underwear may be visible

· No bare midriffs (no skin visible between shirt and pants)

· No sagging pants on or below the hip bone; no underwear visible

· No headgear (exceptions made for religious headgear only and official Sunnyvale Middle School caps

· No more than one piece of red or blue apparel

· No spliced, cut out jeans showing skin

· No red or blue shoe laces or red/blue army surplus style belts or chain belts

· No gang associated clothing or symbols: area codes, Old English writing, Shark City, S, N, crown with three points, a red or blue colored t-shirt worn around the neck, San Jose, gangster rappers or gangster oriented t-shirts, Playboy paraphernalia, etc.

Any student violating the dress code will be required to either:

a. Go home immediately and change, or

b. Change into and wear school provided clothing