G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School
DRESS CODE
2022-2023
G. Weaver Hipps Elementary prides itself on the appearance of the building as well as the students and staff. The following dress requirements reflect our belief that our school is a place for teaching and learning.
School Wide Dress Code Expectations
Students may wear:
- Any pants or jeans, fastened at the waist when needed
- Any shirt except see-through, open-sided, or those that advertise drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or have any profanity, obscenity, graphic violence or gang insignia
- Any long shorts (below the fingertips with the arms held at the sides)
- Skirts, dresses, capri pants, culottes or split skirts that are an appropriate length (below the fingertips with the arms held at the sides)
- closed-toe shoes with backs, tennis/running shoes preferred
- If tights, leggings or jeggings are worn, then the top/shirt must extend below the fingertips to cover the upper thigh and buttocks area.
Students may not wear:
- Oversized clothes, including baggy pants, overalls with unfastened straps and pant legs worn below the shoe. NOTE: Florida Statute requires schools to adopt dress codes barring clothes that “expose underwear or body parts in an indecent or vulgar manner.”
- Tank tops, halter tops, low necklines, sundresses, bare midriff, strapless tops, pajamas
- High heels, platforms, flip flops, croc style shoes, heelies, slippers
- Body paint and/or body writing, temporary tattoos, sunglasses, hair rollers, hair paint/gel, Unnatural/dyed hair color, an extreme hairdo that may cause a disruption to the educational environment.
- Intentionally altered or ripped clothing, shredded jeans or any with holes
- Apparel such as hats, hair nets, bandanas, excessive/large jewelry, fake fingernails
- Make-up
- Apparel, emblems, insignias, badges, or symbols that promote the use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco or any other illegal activity
- Yoga Pants
- Sweatshirts, jackets, coats during the school day (can be worn outside when cold weather permits)
*This list is meant as an example and is not intended to be all-inclusive. According to Florida State Statue, the principal has sole discretion over what is or is not appropriate attire for school functions. Any items of clothing that are deemed as interfering with the educational process will be dealt with in accordance with procedures set for in the Student Code of Conduct. The school administration shall have the right to appraise any current fashion or fad and determine whether it is appropriate for school wear.