What if I colored my hair over the summer?
No artificial hair coloring, extreme spiking of the hair or mohawks (including combed down or over and some facsimile of a mohawk). Hair must be natural looking and conservative in color and cut (no bleaching or unnatural streaking/highlighting, no artificial jet-black coloring, and no unnatural colors). Accommodations for religious reasons are permitted. The hair is to be neatly combed before the beginning of each school day.
What about nail polish and jewelry?
Makeup: Girls may wear subtle makeup only if it is applied tastefully and in moderation. Heavily lined eyes, gaudy lipstick glittered, or white powdered faces will not be permitted. Fingernails should not be excessively long or painted garishly. Fingernails may only be painted in light pink, classic red, or white. Tasteful French manicures are acceptable. No shades of blue, green, yellow, purple, orange, gray, brown, or black are permissible, nor are glittered, speckled, or patterned nail polish.
Jewelry: Girls may only wear one pair of short earrings on the ear lobes. “Short” means that the earrings should not hang more than 1⁄2 inch below the ear lobe. Large hoops or other dangling or distracting earrings are not permitted. Loops are not to be larger than the size of a nickel. No body-piercing jewelry except traditionally- located earrings will be allowed. One simple ring on each hand is permitted. In addition, one wrist bracelet, one watch, and one small necklace are permissible. The following necklaces will not be permitted: chokers, beaded necklaces (colored or otherwise), leather necklaces, shells, large or elaborate chain-link, and large or elaborate pendants (larger than an inch in length, width, or diameter).
What if I did not buy my student an Edukit or any supplies yet?
Please see the attached link of what items are needed by grade level. These supplies can be purchased at any local store – brand names are not necessary. You will want to bring your student’s supplies to the Student Open House so they can put them in their locker.
If I want to buy the Classics to Keep one at a time, what will be the first book my student will read this year?
6th grade: The Magician’s Nephew
7th grade: The Silver Chair
8th grade: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
9th grade (Humane Letters): A Short History of the United States, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
At the House Banquet on the last day of school, we found out that the House Relics were missing. Have they been found?
The story is true that because of some goblin mischief last spring connected to the Goblin Games, all of the House Relics went missing. Despite the fact that Mrs. Keffer and her Fellowship searched for them, they still remain missing. There was a rumor that some members of the Fellowship did look for the relics as far away as Oxford, England (the home of Tolkien and Lewis) but still were not successful. We will be calling on members of the Houses to assist us in restoring them to their rightful owners. All will be revealed at the House Choosing Ceremony on the 1st day of school.
