Dress code
It is fairly common to hear students complain about their schools’ dress code. RIS is no exception. I frequently listen to our students’ complaints. However, whether or not I agree with them is irrelevant. RIS has a dress code and I would like to clarify it. As we have a dress code, it should be enforced by everyone. On page 16 of the High School Parent/Student Handbook it is stated clearly.
RIS Students are expected to be appropriately dressed at all times. The school expects students to be neat and tidy in their appearance and to present a good image of the school within the community. Enrollment at RIS presumes that parents agree to, and students will adhere to, the following Student Dress Code.
If in the opinion of the faculty and/or administration, if a student’s grooming detracts from the decorum of the school parents will be requested to make adjustments or disciplinary action will be taken.
In High School, we have a procedure for Uniform Violations.
- First Offence --- warrants a warning
- Second Offence --- a lunch time detention
- Third Offence --- an after school detention
- Fourth Offence --- a Saturday detention
- Any more than four, parents will be asked to collect the student from school and keep him/her at home until he/she is willing to adhere to the dress code.
The full dress code policy can be reviewed in the High School Parent/Student handbook. To summarise, however
- Excessive make-up is not permitted.
- Unsuitable jewellery or other body piercing is not permitted. This is especially important for safety reasons in Sports and PE
- Hair colour should be natural and, for boys, should be above the collar.
- Shirts should be tucked in properly at all times. Trousers should not be too long or frayed.
- Students should wear shoes
which are safe. This means no “beach type” sandals, no backless shoes and no shoes which could cause injury to the student when in a large group.
- In cold weather, students can wear white, blue or black sweaters or RIS school sweaters.
- On No-uniform days, students are required to be dressed appropriately for school. There should be no revealing attire, no spaghetti straps, no impolite messages on clothing and no beachwear sandals. Shoe regulations hold for no-uniform days, as safety is our main concern.
It is hoped that students take pride in wearing an RIS school uniform and should be aware that outside, as well as in school, they are representatives of RIS and should be dressed properly and behave in a manner which does not bring the school into disrepute.
Helen Mack
High School Assistant Principal.
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