Dress Code 2019-20.pdf
**Updated August 6, 2019**
Dress Code
Jupiter Middle School
2019-20 Dress Code
Updated August 6, 2019
ID’s must be worn at all times throughout the school day
In accordance with School Board Policy 5.182, ALL students are expected to come to school in the mandatory style of dress outlined below. This dress code facilitates a safe, orderly, and productive educational program:
MONDAY - FRIDAY
Pants
- All pants must have a hem
- No sweat pants, warm-ups, running pants, yoga pants, palazzo pants or leggings
Shorts
- All shorts must be no more than 5 inches above the kneecap
- No sweat shorts, gym/athletic shorts
- Shorts must fit appropriately
Dresses/skirts
- Must fit appropriately
- Dresses must be one piece with collar and sleeves
- Leggings can be worn UNDER a dress code appropriate dress or skirt
- All lengths and slits must be no shorter than 3 inches above the kneecap when standing
Footwear
- No backless, strapless, open-toed shoes/slides or bedroom shoes
- No platforms or heels greater than 2 inches
MONDAY – THURSDAY
Shirts/Tops
- Shirts must have a collar with buttons
- JMS-issued T-shirts are allowed
- No sleeveless shirts/tops or shirts with cap sleeves
- No pictures, symbols, signs or writing larger than a pocket-sized logo, no drug, alcohol, or other inappropriate references allowed.
NEW FRIDAY DRESS CODE:
- Students may wear college T-shirts/sweatshirts or T-shirts deemed appropriate
- Shorts, Pants and skirts remain the same Monday through Friday
GENERAL
“Attire” means clothing, headwear, jewelry, book bags, accessories or other articles of personal appearance.
We do not allow the following (per the Palm Beach County School District’s Student and Family Handbook (Policy 5:182):
- Any pictures, images, symbols or language/words which are crude, vulgar, profane or inappropriate
- Any symbols, mottoes or words which promote violence
- Any pictures, images, symbols or drugs, alcohol or tobacco/e-cig/vape products
- Attire associated with discrimination of any kind
- Attire designed to be undergarments, such as boxes shorts or sleepwear
- Clothing which is suggestive or revealing (such as clothing that exposes the midriff or undergarments, has plunging necklines, muscle tops or backless clothing, mesh/see-through or sheer clothing)
- Attire which creates a disturbance or could be considered dangerous
- Attire which presents a safety hazard, such as jewelry or clothing with spikes
- No hats or sunglasses
- No bandanas or headwear which resembles bandana material on school grounds
- No holes or exposed skin
All final decisions about dress code will be handled by JMST Administration.