Portland St. Patrick Catholic School

St. Patrick Catholic School Dress Code Policy

• The administration has approved Educational Outfitters ® as an approved supplier for school clothing because it offers quality clothing at a reasonable, competitive price. Educational Outfitters is located at 3323 West Saginaw in Lansing. They also offer on- line shopping at www.educationaloutfitters.com.   Our school code is MI0910.
• Educational Outfitters will have all approved items on record to make sure the items being purchased are approved for our school. Additionally, Educational Outfitters offers a unique school fundraising program, whereby 3% of net sales of St. Patrick’s approved items are returned back to the school.
• Parents are not required to purchase school clothing through Educational Outfitters; however, if you purchase school attire elsewhere it must meet the school dress code requirements and should be as identical in appearance (style, length, color) to the approved Educational Outfitters items as possible.

Grades 1-12 Dress Code is as follows:

BASIC: Educational Outfitters (approved list) or Identical

• Pants: Khaki or navy pants (pleated or flat front). No cargo, carpenter, or hip-hugger pants. Pants must be worn in an appropriate manner at all times. Sagging of pants is not permitted.
• Shirts: Hunter green, navy or white polo shirt (long or short sleeved). Top button only may be unbuttoned. Shirts must be tucked in when the bell rings to start first hour, and must remain tucked in until the bell rings at the conclusion of the school day. Shirts are to remain tucked in at lunch.
• Socks: Anklets or crew in solid navy, black, white, or hunter green are required. No bare ankles.
  

OPTIONAL: Educational Outfitters (approved list) or Identical

• Shirts and Blouses: Oxford, broadcloth or peter pan (white only). Top button only may be unbuttoned. Undergarments worn under the shirt/blouse must not show, either through the blouse or outside the blouse.
• Skirts*: Navy, khaki or plaid with built in short or separate under skirt short to be worn with socks, tights, or nylons. Plaid skirts must be purchased from Educational Outfitters. See additional items note below on socks, tights, and nylons.
• Jumpers*: Plaid with separate skirt short to be worn with socks, tights, or nylons. See additional items note below on socks, tights, and nylons.
• Shorts*: Navy or khaki (walking type) to be worn with socks. Students may wear shorts from May 1 until October 1. This date may be extended at the discretion of the administration due to unseasonable weather. Shorts may not be worn to mass. See additional items note below on socks.
• Outerwear/sweaters: The following may be worn over a polo, broadcloth, peter pan or oxford shirt/blouse in the classroom: Navy fleece vest or navy/hunter fleece jacket; navy/hunter sweater vest; v-neck or crew; or navy/hunter long sleeve sweater, crew or v-neck. 
  
  *Skirts, jumpers and shorts can be no shorter than one inch above the knee. It is recommended that you purchase skirts, jumpers and shorts a little longer so they last through the year.
  

Grades 1-12 Additional Items is as follows:

• Socks: Anklets or crew in solid navy, black, white, or hunter green are required. No bare ankles.
• Tights and Nylons: Tights must be solid navy, hunter green or white in color; nylons must be natural, skin tone, navy, off white/white or hunter green in color. Nylons and tights must be non-textured and without design.
• Shoes: Casual loafers, tie shoes, and tennis shoes are permitted. No slides, clogs, slippers, sandals, platform, plastic, open toes, or open heal shoes will be permitted; also, no hard soled shoes will be permitted on the gym floor at any time. Non-marking soles are required in order to maintain our floors.
• Spirit & Jean Day: Every Friday throughout the school year students will be allowed to wear St. Patrick School apparel from the waist up and jean pants. If school is not in session on Friday, spirit wear and jeans may not be worn that week. Spirit wear must be tucked in at all times. No hooded sweatshirts allowed. Jeans must be neat and clean without holes or patches and hems cannot be frayed. Jean shorts (meeting length and date requirement) may also be worn. Students in grades 6-12 will be charged $1.00 for wearing jeans each week.
• Game Day: Athletic teams may wear school appropriate team wear from the waist up on game days with permission from the administration. Boys are allowed to wear ties on game days with hunter green, navy, or white button down shirts only and must wear uniform pants.
• Logos: Triple S or Educational Outfitters will embroider the St. Patrick School logo for a nominal charge. This can be put on any of the shirt/blouse/sweater/ fleece items. The St. Patrick logo is the only logo permitted.
• Hair and Grooming: Hair must be clean and neatly groomed. Boys’ hair length must be above the eyebrows and the collar of the shirt, and may not extend below the ear. Eccentric hair styles are not permitted (at the discretion of the administrator). Boys should be clean shaven at all times. Mustaches and beards are not permitted. Excessive amounts of make-up are not permitted.
• Jewelry: Girls may wear one earring of pierced jewelry in the ears only. Excessive jewelry is not permitted.
• Tattoos: Tattoos must be covered at all times.
• All clothing must be clean, neat and modest. Any clothing that has been altered in any way to change the original appearance will not be considered in compliance with the dress code. When in doubt, ask first.

(Triple S in Portland also carries a complete line of clothing that conforms to St. Pat's dress code?  Call Dave Zimmerman at 647-6885.)

Revised May 2009