TPMS Dress Code Policy

The Twin Peaks dress code is designed to promote an environment where learning is the priority. Research has shown that having a professional environment enhances student confidence and success. With this in mind, the way a student dresses and grooms his/herself should not interfere with the educational process.

School clothing should be neat, clean and appropriate for school activities. For example, a student should have proper footwear, i.e. running shoes, when participating in physical education.

School clothing should follow the standards of common decency. If clothing is determined inappropriate, students will be asked to change into their physical education clothing and/or call a parent to bring a change of clothing. Other disciplinary consequences can occur if there are repeated occurrences of dress code violations.

Listed below are the dress code restrictions at Twin Peaks Middle School:

Head:

· Hats or any head covers, including beanies and sweatshirt hoods, are not to be worn during school hours.

Top:

· No low necklines, crop tops, halter-tops, tube tops, netted, see-through or meshed material, muscle shirt, and no large arm- holed basketball type shirts.

· Shirt straps must be at least two inches wide. No spaghetti straps can be worn by themselves. Students must follow the “three finger rule”; this means that the strap is three fingers wide.

· Shirts must be at least 2 inches longer than the waist of the pants or skirt. No midriff is to show.

· No tops that tie or have slits (openings) that allows the torso to be seen.

· Undergarments, bra straps, cleavage, or backs may not be shown.

· No pajamas, sleepwear or swimwear

Bottom:

· Girls’ shorts and skirts are to be mid-thigh (fingertip length)

· No slits

· No sagging. Boys’ pants must fit securely at the waist with or without a belt.

· Underwear must not show.

· No pants may expose the legs through slits, ties, openings, etc.

· No boxers, pajamas or swimwear

Footwear:

· Must be of traditional construction. No wheels or soaps.

· No bedroom slippers.

Accessories:

· Clothing and accessories (including backpacks, shoes and jewelry) that intend to promote or portray: drugs, alcohol and/or tobacco (420, 8-ball, mushrooms, etc.), sex, gangs (numbered hats that denote an area code, doo rags, skull caps, hair nets), violence, or weapons may not be worn.

· No altered hats (acceptable hats are those that are mass produced and are worn as intended by the manufacturer without alteration)

· No altered backpacks or clothing that intend to incite, promote or portray drugs, alcohol, tobacco, violence, weapons or hate behavior are allowed.

· Bandanas (carried or worn)

· No chains (of any length), no metal studs or pointed objects, including any type of bracelets or watches.

· Belts are to be contained within the loops.