DRESS CODE
Dear CECW parents & guardians,
We need your help ensuring students are in dress code while at school. Please ensure you and your student understand the CEC dress code. We appreciate your partnership in helping ensure your student is dressed appropriately for school. Please see the dress code below. The full Student & Family Handbook, with dress code and much more, can be found on our website
CEC Student Dress Code
CEC chooses to adhere to a school Dress Code that ensures safety, professionalism, and instills student self-discipline. CEC wants staff and students to ‘be at their best’ while in an academic setting. CEC believes in having high expectations and standards to follow for every student, while encouraging a focus on their education and career. CEC Dress Code shall be enforced uniformly, fairly, and consistently for all students and prohibits students from wearing apparel that is deemed disruptive to the classroom environment or to the maintenance of a safe and orderly school.
Students must be in Dress Code at all times while on campus, during remote learning, and includes attending any school-supported/sponsored activity, tutoring appointments, and advising appointments during the year, including summer months. Questions about whether a clothing item is out of Dress Code should be addressed with a the Head of School or their designee before the item is worn.
Expectations:
- Student IDs will be visible at all times when on campus for safety and security at school. Students will incur a $5 charge for a replacement ID unless a fee waiver applies.
- Students should wear clothing that covers ALL undergarments and midriffs. Pants/jeans must be worn at the waist. No underwear, boxers or undergarments may be visible.
- No excessive rips in jeans/pants and all rips must be below the fingertips when arms are extended down the length of the leg.
- Tops must cover areas from one armpit across to the other armpit. Tank-top straps must be at least “4 fingers wide”. Spaghetti straps and halter/backless tops are not allowed.
- Dresses, skirts, and shorts must be no shorter than halfway between fingertips and knees. Pajama tops and bottoms, slippers, blankets, and costumes are not allowed. Pajama pants and costumes are only allowed if they are part of Spirit Week.
- Beanies, hoods, or bandanas may not be worn inside the buildings; hooded sweatshirts (hoodies) may be worn but the hood must not cover the head. Bandanas may be worn if incorporated into a hairstyle. Traditional/Religious headwear, as well as protective hairstyles commonly or historically associated with race, are allowed. Hats are only allowed based on Head of School discretion.
- Sunglasses are not to be worn inside the school building.
- Shoes must be worn at all times. “Heelys” or other shoes with wheels are not permitted in the building. *Closed-toe shoes are required in science labs and PE class.
- Any clothing, jewelry, accessories, and tattoos that contain any words, symbols, or pictures that include any of the following: references to sex, drugs, tobacco, alcohol, weapons, obscenities, profanities, as well as anything vulgar, lewd, legally slanderous, distracting, and/or dangerous are prohibited and must be removed or covered.
Click HERE for the student and family handbook
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