To enable students to reach high academic standards, the school has put in place a dress code designed to reduce distractions and competitions. Implementing a simple, flexible, cost-effective dress code promotes student learning and increased academic instruction time. Interpretation of the Dress Code is at the principal and staff’s discretion and their decision is final.
Personal Hygiene
The personal grooming of students should be in accord with the standards set by the uniform dress code. Students should be clean and neat when at school.
All Students
• All students must wear plain white or navy shirts with collars or plain white or navy collared shirts with the Keystone logo (includes mock turtleneck, long or short-sleeved, cotton or knit).
• Plain black, brown or navy belts must be worn with any article of clothing that has belt loops. No studs, rings, or designs on belts are allowed. Shirts (if long enough) must stay tucked in at all times. Young 5’s Kindergarten and Kindergarten students are not required to wear a belt.
• Brown, black, navy, or burgundy shoes (loafer type or casual dress) must be worn. Shoes must be a solid color (no different colored stripes). Athletic shoes should be brought to school for use in P.E. Shoes with wheels are not permitted. Boots are permitted as outerwear only.
• Cold weather attire may include solid-colored sweaters or vests that are navy, white, beige, tan, burgundy, rust, dark green, red, grey or black. A turtleneck or collared shirt must be worn underneath sweaters and vests.
• Hats of any kind may not be worn inside the building.
• Extreme hairstyles are not permitted. Patterns shaved into hair are not permitted. Hair color must be of natural tones and may not be professionally colored, dyed, or streaked.
• Wearing, carrying, and displaying gang paraphernalia, names, signs, or symbols of gang membership are prohibited.
Excellent examples of appropriate uniform clothing are the French Toast brand and Lands’ End uniform clothing. Dockers are acceptable uniform style pants.
Logo shirts are available through Lands’ End or French Toast.
The following items are considered inappropriate uniform clothing:
• Pockets of any kind or loops on the sides of pants
• Colored shirts under white uniform shirt
• Jean or sweat pant material
• Sweatshirts, Hoodies, Polartec jackets, or ponchos (outerwear only)
• Large beads/bangles or large hoop or hanging earrings
• Sandals
Boys
• Boys must wear plain navy or khaki pants, uniform style shorts, or bermuda shorts
• Boys must wear plain white or navy socks.
• Hairstyles must be conservative with hair being off the collar.
• Earrings and body piercing ornaments are not permitted.
Girls
• Girls must wear plain navy or khaki pants, capri pants, uniform style shorts, bermuda shorts, skirts, skorts, or jumpers. All bottoms must be longer than the fingers when the arms hang at the student’s side or no more than three inches above the knees.
• Girls must wear plain white or navy socks or tights.
• A reasonable number of earrings are permitted. Only ears may be pierced.
• Makeup is not permitted for the elementary grades.
• Body piercing ornaments are not permitted.
Middle School Students (Grades 6-8)
• In addition to the above guidelines, middle school students may wear plain khaki or black pants, or capri pants, skirts, skorts, jumpers, uniform shorts, or bermuda shorts.
• Middle school students may also wear plain white, red, or black shirts with collars or plain white, red, or black Keystone logo shirts with collars. No other colors are acceptable, even under uniform shirts. No colored shirts under white uniform shirts are allowed.
• Girls will be allowed to wear minimal makeup (staff discretion). Dark black eyeliner is not permitted.