The administration met over the fall to carefully review our uniform policies and we have drawn up these uniform changes for next year. We gave a lot of time to reflect and discuss these changes so that they would have a positive impact on our students and our school. The uniform guidelines for 2022-2023 are attached.
The uniforms will remain mostly the same and the changes for next year mainly affect the formal chapel uniform. We would like to highlight the major changes.
Next year, Lower School (PS – 4) students will no longer be required to wear a white uniform shirt on chapel days. Instead, all Lower School students will wear a uniform red polo shirt with the school logo. From October through March, girls will only wear the school cardigan in navy and boys will only wear the school sweater vest in navy on chapel days. Girls may wear khaki skirts beginning next year on chapel days, and we will phase out the plaid skirts at the end of 2022-2023. Lower School students will also be able to wear sneakers on chapel days.
Next year, in Middle and Upper School (5 – 12) both boys and girls will wear blue blazers on chapel days from October through March, a change that was first announced last year and is being phased in this year. Boys will continue wearing ties with the school logo and girls will wear a school pin with the school logo next year on their blazers. Girls may wear khaki skirts beginning next year on chapel days, and we will phase out the plaid skirts at the end of 2022-2023. Girls may continue to wear school cardigans on non-chapel days. Socks for boys and girls on Wednesdays will be navy only. Shoes on chapel days will no longer need to be formal leather shoes, but must be dress shoes in solid black, brown, or navy, not athletic shoes.
We look forward to having a more uniform look for boys and girls next year on chapel days and for other formal school occasions.
On regular uniform days, we are phasing out white polo shirts at the end of this school year.
We have one immediate change to the uniform policy that recognizes the need to add an option for students to either tuck shirts in or leave them untucked on non-formal school days. From this point forward, students may tuck their uniform shirts in or leave them untucked. However, if shirts are untucked a neat appearance must be maintained, therefore the uniform shirts cannot be too long or too short. As well, shirt tails may not be seen below sweaters or outerwear. If an untucked shirt is messy in appearance, a student may still be asked to tuck it in.
Please review the attached uniform requirements.
