The following guidelines are intended to define appropriate student attire and personal grooming for students at Howard Gardner Community School. The purpose of our dress code is to enhance the classroom atmosphere, encourage appropriate dress for the workplace in the future, and minimize student distraction, so as not to interfere with the educational process. It is also intended to help protect the health, safety, and welfare of the individual student.
This dress code shall be in effect on campus during school and school sponsored activities except where modified by the site administrator for specific extracurricular activities or in special cases. The HGCS staff and administration reserve the right to determine clothing which disrupts or detracts from the educational environment. This dress code is gender neutral. Clothing may be of any fashion, style or design, as determined by the student and the student’s parents/guardians.
No clothing, jewelry, accessories, or hairstyles which are, or include, a picture, writing, or insignia which is: (1) gang related; (2) presents a safety hazard to the wearer or others; (3) advertises or symbolizes any type of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, or gambling; (4) includes weapons or acts which are illegal, violent, obscene, or hazardous to one’s health; (5) sexually suggestive, crude, vulgar, profane; discriminatory, obscene, contain threats, libelous; or (6) offensive or degrading to students or staff on the basis of gender, cultural, religious or ethnic values.
Parents and students will be provided notice of the Charter School’s dress code at the beginning or the school year and/or upon enrollment. This information will also be located within the Charter School’s Parent/Student Handbook.
If a Charter School staff member determines that a student’s attire is inappropriate or disruptive to the educational environment as described hearing, the following may occur: