Personal Appearance Policy

The following are practical and fair guidelines for dress, which also recognize the importance of individual choice and reasonable differences in students’ fashions. The following guidelines are to be encouraged while students are on school property during school hours:

• Clothing that contains words or graphics referring to alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, and tobacco should not be worn.

• Clothing with obscene or sexual references in words or graphics should not be worn.

• Students must wear sufficient clothing so that no bare skin or underwear is visible in the front or back of the torso from the upper chest to below the buttocks.

• Footwear is required.

If a member of the staff feels that a student is not complying with the policy, they may ask the student to change clothes. The staff member may also refer the student to the Dean of Students. The student may be required to change clothes or to have clothes brought from home. Repeated offenses may be considered “Refusal to Follow the Reasonable Instructions of an Adult”

The above suggested guidelines for attire worn at Hanover High School during school hours reflects the atmosphere of respect that is promoted by Hanover High students and staff.