STUDENT DRESS CODE Cuyahoga Falls High School recognizes that each student s mode of dress and grooming is a manifestation of personal style and individual preference. However, that style and individualization must also meet the dress code standards. CFHS also recognizes that the primary responsibility for students dress and grooming rests with the students and parents. It is further recognized that student dress has an impact on the learning climate of a school and therefore a committee of staff, students, and parents has developed these guidelines. 1. Student dress should be neat, clean, in good taste, and in styles appropriate to the educational climate of the school. Appropriate dress should be similar to what would be appropriate for an informal workplace or place of business. Student dress should not attract any unusual attention or comment from other students, teachers, administrators, or visitors to our school. 2. As a general rule, all clothes and proper undergarments should be worn as designed and fit appropriately. Student dress should not expose the midriff, shoulders, back, or undergarments. 3. Novelty signs and patches must be of acceptable taste for school-wear. Students will not be permitted to wear clothing and/or accessories that display drugs, alcohol, tobacco products, illegal substances, or anti-social behaviors. Profanity, obscenity, and sexual innuendoes on any clothing or accessories are prohibited. 4. Examples of inappropriate clothing and accessories that are not permitted in school are as follows: a. Hats, hoods, headbands, jackets, coats, head coverings, scarves, gloves and bandanas are not to be worn in the building and are to be kept in assigned lockers. Bandanas worn by males are not permitted. All hair bands and bandanas worn by female students must be approximately two inches in width, must be worn off the forehead and must be holding back hair. b. Chains, studded bracelets, or collars, and other articles, which may be potentially harmful and/or destructive. Body piercing (other than the ears) is not permitted. c. Shorts and skirts that are shorter than mid-thigh. d. Cutoffs, bicycle/spandex and droopy pants. e. Pajamas, slippers, night wear. f. Shirts need to cover shoulders and stomach. g. Ill fitting, dirty or torn apparel. h. Bare midriff is defined as the showing of skin between the bottom of the shirt and the top of the pant. Shirts should be long enough to be tucked in. Tops and bottoms must overlap at all times. i. Showing of skin/and or underwear (male or female) whether standing or sitting. Showing of navels, cleavage, hip bones or underclothing should never be visible. j. Students are not permitted to carry book bags or duffel bags during the school day. Students may bring book bags or duffel bags to school but must place them in their lockers at the beginning of the school day. k. Clothing that is torn, tattered or contains holes are not permitted. l. Sunglasses are not to be worn in school. 5. Building principals shall be ultimately responsible for the enforcement of this code, as well as decisions regarding individual cases of safety, questionable dress or grooming. Building principals may designate special days or events when some part of the dress code is adjusted, permitted, or changed.
6. Students in violation of the Cuyahoga Falls High School Dress Codes will be given the opportunity to remedy the appropriate dress or will be assigned to the in-school detention room for the rest of the school day. Additional violations in dress code will result in disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Discipline Code. 7. A Cuyahoga Falls High School student s manners and attire directly reflects his/her selfesteem and school pride. Students dress should be appropriate to the educational activities and the school environment and should be governed by good sense, good taste, and cleanliness. 8. If there are any questions as to the appropriateness of any type of clothing, the school should be contacted in advance. Inappropriate School Dress Includes: Shorts and skirts that are shorter than mid-thigh. Shirts need to cover shoulders and stomach. Bare midriff is defined as the showing of skin between the bottom of the shirt and the top of the pant. Shirts should be long enough to be tucked in. Tops and bottoms must overlap at all times.
Pajamas, slippers, night wear are not acceptable. Sunglasses are not to be worn in school.
Hats, hoods, headbands, jackets, coats, head coverings, scarves, gloves and bandanas are not to be worn in the building and are to be kept in assigned lockers. Cutoffs, bicycle/spandex and droopy pants are not permitted Clothing that is torn, tattered or contains holes are not permitted. Novelty signs and patches must be of acceptable taste for school-wear. Students will not be permitted to wear clothing and/or accessories that display drugs, alcohol, tobacco products, illegal substances, or antisocial behaviors. Profanity, obscenity, and sexual innuendoes on any clothing or accessories are prohibited.
Students are not permitted to carry book bags or duffel bags during the school day. Students may bring book bags or duffel bags to school but must place them in their lockers at the beginning of the school day. Acceptable School Dress
Student dress should be neat, clean, in good taste, and in styles appropriate to the educational climate of the school. Appropriate dress should be similar to what would be appropriate for an informal workplace or place of business. Student dress should not attract any unusual attention or comment from other students, teachers, administrators, or visitors to our school.