Dress Code Policy

Parent help with enforcing our school dress code is most welcome. Please familiarize yourself with the list of clothes we consider inappropriate for school and ask your child to change before they leave for school if you think their outfit may be in violation. In keeping with our Waldorf philosophy, we discourage clothing that draws attention to the point that what we see is the clothing, not the child; we want to see the child. Below is a list of clothing, attire, and accessorizing considered inappropriate for school:

  • Underwear showing

  • Sagging pants below hips

  • Very short shorts or skirts

  • Shirts or blouses draping off the shoulders

  • Inappropriate large logos, graphics, or writing on shirts

  • Graffiti-type writing on pants

  • Certain ripped jeans or pants

  • Slippers or pajamas

  • Bare midriffs

  • Bare feet or flip-flops

  • Excessive make-up, tattooing, piercing, and use of hair dyes (without express permission)

  • Clothing that restricts full participation in Games class and movement

Additionally, students are to remove caps/hoods/hats as they enter classrooms, unless the teacher specifies otherwise. 

What we encourage

Siskiyou School children engage in a variety of activities and vigorous play every day, so their clothing and footwear should allow them comfort and freedom of movement.  We are also big believers in the importance of warmth for the growing child. We thus ask parents to make sure their children come to school with appropriate outerwear when the weather gets chilly. Additionally, it’s important that the children wear “solid” shoes. They do a lot of running and jumping on the chips and the blacktop, and we want them to have the best possible footing. Sneakers—or equivalent athletic-support shoe, as approved by the Games teacher—are required for Games classes and strongly recommended as footwear for all day/everyday use. Bare feet are not allowed indoors or outdoors.

Consequences

It is the Siskiyou School teacher’s call whether an item of clothing meets the dress code or not; it will not be up for negotiation or discussion.  Within the above-defined spectrum of acceptability, teachers of 6th - 8th graders may allow their students more latitude than teachers of younger students.