Dress Code Policy

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St. Matthew's School believes that a student's appearance has an impact on his or her attitude and behavior at school. Our Dress Code/Uniform policy has been established to help create a positive school climate. Students are to abide by this policy in an effort to emphasize standards of neatness in grooming, uniformity in our school's image, and pride in our school. Parents are requested to cooperate and enforce the school uniform policy. Clothes must always conform to rules of modesty, good taste, and appropriateness.

 

Parental cooperation is necessary to maintain a uniform dress code. It is the parent's responsibility to assure the uniform regulations are followed, so class time is not taken for teachers to remind and enforce adherence to the dress code.

 

All students are expected to dress according to the uniform policy each day, with the exception of scheduled non-uniform days.

 

Uniform Policy Grades K-8

 

SHIRTS:

•  Polo Shirts, Turtlenecks, or Mock Turtlenecks. short or long-sleeves

•  These colors only: red, white, gold, royal blue, or navy

•  Must be embroidered or silk-screened on upper left side with a St. Matthew's School official logo (see above for approved logos)

•  Logos may be ONLY one of the 5 shown above – Cross, Church, Basketball, Football, or Volleyball. These are our approved school uniform logos.

•  Sweatshirts (without hoods), sweaters (cardigan or crewneck) and fleece vests may be worn over Uniform shirt – these items must have a St. Matthew's logo, and must be one of the above colors.

•  Shirts worn under sweatshirts, sweaters, or vests must have a collar, and must be one of the above colors.

•  A shirt with an approved logo must be worn Monday – Thursday, unless a special dress day is declared.

•  Fridays are NOT free dress days, they are Mass days, and students shall wear the uniform or NICER – see below for Mass and Holy day of Obligation dress code.

 

 

JUMPERS:

•  Jumpers may be worn over an approved shirt, as above.

•  Navy, or Hunter Plaid

•  Must be embroidered with St. Matthew's logo.

•  Skirt length not more than three inches above the back crease of the knee

 

PANTS:

•  Pants must be worn around the waist.

•  No sweat pants or athletic pants except during gym class

•  Jeans of any kind must not be worn on liturgy days.

 

SHORTS:

•  Shorts are allowed from April 1 st to November 1 st

•  Shorts must be walking shorts with pockets only

•  Hemmed

•  No shorter than three inches above the crease of the back of the knee

•  No gym shorts may be worn except during gym class

 

DRESSES

•  Skirts and dresses may not be more than three inches above the back crease of the knee.

 

MASS DAYS

•  Fridays are Mass days, and dress should be the usual school uniform, OR NICER

•  NO T-SHIRTS

•  NO JEANS

•  There are a few other days throughout the year when mass falls on other than a Friday- including: Ash Wednesday, All Saints Day (Nov. 1 st )

 

SPORTS JERSEYS

 

•  Students participating in St. Matthew's team sports (Saints basketball, volleyball, or football) may wear their team jersey over their uniform on game days. A school uniform shirt MUST be worn under the jersey.

 

NO JACKETS OR HATS allowed once the students have entered the school building.

 

All clothing should be clean and in good repair, without holes or stains, and should be appropriate size for the child.

 

Shirts must be tucked in at all times.

 

LOGOS:

 

There are 5 Logos available: Cross, Church, Football, Basketball, and Volleyball (see above) Uniform shirts may be purchased anywhere, as long as they are an approved color and style (above) Shirts with Logos are available at Land's End, when ordering from their school uniform catalog, Gold Rush in Kalispell has silkscreened shirts with logos, and Master Monograms in Kalispell will embroider logos on shirts purchased anywhere else.

 

UNIFORM/DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS

 

•  All parts of the dress code/uniform policy are at the discretion of the teachers and principal. If the policy is not adhered to, the following violation policy is in effect:

•  1 ST Infraction: Student will be sent home with a “Uniform Slip” which is to be signed by the parent and returned to the Principal the next day. If the slip is not returned, a phone call will be placed to the parent.

•  2 ND Infraction : Student will call parent at home or work and ask parent to bring uniform clothes to school.

•  3 RD and 4 th Infractions : At the discretion of the Principal

Q and A

Q. What Color/Kind of Shirts are allowed?

A. Short and Long-sleeved Polo Shirts, Turtlenecks, and Mock Turtlenecks,

in Red, White, Gold, Royal Blue, and Navy

Q. What are the available Logos?

A. There are Logos with a Cross, or Church, and Sports logos featuring Football, Basketball, and Volleyball

(see above)

Q. But My child plays Soccer/Baseball/Softball/LaCrosse/TiddlyWinks - can I have a logo made for that?

A. The only Sports Logos approved are for sports we offer at St. Matthew's School.

Approved Logos (one of the 5 below) must be worn Monday thru Thursday.

If a custom Logo was added to a polo shirt, it would only be wearable on Fridays.

Q. Fridays are "Free Dress Days, right?"

A. No. Fridays are Mass days - Dress should be school uniforms or NICER -

No T-shirts, no jeans.

 

Q. Where can I purchase uniforms?

A. You can order items from Land's End, and have them apply the logo, or you may purchase shirts of the appropriate type/color, and take them to Master Monograms to have the logo applied. Silk-screened logos are available at Gold Rush Shirts.