Alpine Academy Dress Code

8160.1 Alpine Academy Student Dress Code

Adopted: June 26, 2023
Amended: February 24, 2026

Purpose

Alpine Academy maintains a student dress code to promote a focused learning environment and to prepare students for future academic and professional settings. Student attire must support health, safety, order, morale, and instructional effectiveness. Matters of dress are the responsibility of students in consultation with their parents or legal guardians. All students must comply with the standards below while attending school.

Definitions

For purposes of this policy:

Materially Distracting: Clothing, grooming, or accessories that draw sustained attention away from instruction, cause disruption, or interfere with the orderly operation of the school, as determined by the Administration.

School-Appropriate: Content, symbols, images, or wording that comply with this policy and do not conflict with the school’s educational mission or standards of conduct.

Business Attire: Clothing typically appropriate in a professional office setting, excluding denim, athletic wear, lounge wear, t-shirts, and other casual garments.

Natural Hair Color: Hair color occurring naturally in human youth populations (e.g., brown, blonde, black, red).

General Appearance Standards

Students must:

  • Be neat and clean to the best of their ability.

  • Wear clothing that is opaque (not see-through).

  • Ensure garments are free of holes, rips, fraying, tears, and excessive wear.

  • Wear clothing that fits appropriately and is not excessively tight or excessively loose.

  • Keep undergarments fully covered at all times.

  • Ensure accessories, backpacks, and outerwear are school-appropriate.

  • Avoid attire that is materially distracting.

Graphics, wording, logos, or symbols may not display:

  • Profanity

  • Sexual content (including orientation identification)

  • Drug or alcohol references

  • Violence

  • Political, religious, or gender-identity affiliations

  • Weapons

  • Gang-related imagery

  • Racial, discriminatory, or hateful content

Tops

Students must:

  • Wear tops or dresses with sleeves that cover the shoulders and cleavage.

  • Cover the midriff in all circumstances.

  • Keep hoods down while inside the building.

Bottoms

Students must:

  • Wear bottoms at the waist.

  • Not wear leggings, spandex, or pajamas.

  • Wear dresses, skirts (including slits), or shorts that are no shorter than three (3)

    inches above the kneecap when standing.

Footwear

  • Footwear must be worn at all times.

  • Appropriate athletic shoes must be worn during Physical Education.

Hats & Headbands

  • Hats (e.g., baseball caps, knit hats) may be worn outdoors, but not inside the

    building.

  • Headbands are permitted if school-appropriate and not materially distracting.

Makeup, Hair, Jewelry, & Tattoos

Makeup:

  • Subtle makeup is permitted.

  • Glitter is not permitted.

Hair:

  • Must be non-distracting, neat, and clean.

  • Must be a natural human color (e.g., brown, blonde, black, red)

  • Multicolored hair is not permitted.

  • Must not obstruct the eyes.

Jewelry:

  • Body piercing jewelry may be visible only in the ears

  • A maximum of two earrings per ear

  • No gauges

  • Other non-distracting jewelry (e.g., rings, bracelets, necklaces) is permitted

Tattoos:

  • Permanent or temporary tattoos must not be visible.

Business Attire Days

Fridays are Business Attire Days.

Requirements:

  • Bottoms must be slacks (for boys) or slacks, dresses, or skirts (for girls).

  • Boys must wear a buttoned-up collared shirt.

  • Girls must wear business-appropriate tops.

  • Ties, bow ties, belts, and tucked in shirts are encouraged.

  • Shoes must be business-appropriate dress shoes or solid/neutral athletic shoes.

  • Jeans, shorts, hoods, and Crocs are not permitted.

All other standards of this policy apply.

Physical Education (P.E.) Attire

  • Students are required to wear the Alpine P.E. uniform during P.E. class, which can be

    purchased through the school. Families experiencing financial hardship should contact

    an administrator.

Dress Code Violations

Students not in compliance with this policy will be subject to the procedures outlined in Policy 8160.3 (Dress Code Violation Policy).

Dress Code Violations

Adopted: November 11, 2010
Amended: July 19, 2024

If a student is observed in violation of the dress code policy (Policy 8160.1 and 8160.2) by the Administrator or an appointed substitute, the following may take place as deemed appropriate by the Administrator.

First Violation. The student will be asked to change the article or articles of clothing or the student will be allowed to contact his or her parent or guardian to obtain permissible replacements of clothing before returning to class.

Second Violation. The Administrator will apply the same actions as the first violation and assign the student an appropriate consequence for the violation.

Third Violation. The Administrator will apply the same actions and consequences of the first and second violations as well as schedule a meeting with the parent or guardian to review and clarify the dress code policy. (Policy 8160.1 and 8160.2)

Fourth Violation. The student will be sent home for the day and may be referred to the Board of Directors for further action as deemed appropriate by an administrator.