Grooming Policy
Uniform Standards
The Board of Education approved a mandatory School Uniform Policy for all kindergarten through grade 8 students beginning September 1996. This decision was strongly supported by a parent survey. Students are expected to wear uniforms daily. Free dress days will be announced.
Official AUSD Uniform Policy information is available at the District Homepage.
On April 25, 2008, an official memo from AUSD was sent out for the following additions/changes to the District K-8 Uniform Policy.
General Uniform Guidelines are as follow:
Prohibited clothing:
The Board of Education approved a mandatory School Uniform Policy for all kindergarten through grade 8 students beginning September 1996. This decision was strongly supported by a parent survey. Students are expected to wear uniforms daily. Free dress days will be announced.
Official AUSD Uniform Policy information is available at the District Homepage.
On April 25, 2008, an official memo from AUSD was sent out for the following additions/changes to the District K-8 Uniform Policy.
- Black is NOT permitted as an optional color for pants.
- Sweaters and sweatshirts (worn in class) are to be navy blue, white or match school colors.
- Heavy Jackets/coats worn outside of class must conform to the District Appearance/Dress Standards, but are not required to be navy blue, white or match school colors.
- Blue jeans are NOT permitted.
General Uniform Guidelines are as follow:
- Tops: solid white, navy blue or light blue and must have collars and sleeves.
- Bottoms: solid navy blue or khaki. No black. No jeans.
- Caps/hats: navy blue or white hats with a brim may be worn for sun protection.
- Students may wear school-designed or school affiliated T-shirts on Friday
Prohibited clothing:
- No tank tops, no bike shorts/leggings, no baggy pants, no short shorts/skirts, no mid-calf shorts, and no sweat pants.
- Gang-related attire, clothing which depicts tobacco/alcohol products, inappropriate messages/graphics, baggy clothing, tight or low-cut clothing, and no bare-midriff clothing.
- Baggy pants definition: waistline "more than 2 inches larger than the natural waist"
- Shoes, clothing, hairstyle, jewelry, or make-up which are distracting or unsafe are not permitted.
- Open footwear such as thongs, sandals, go-aheads, backless or soft-soled shoes (jellies) are unacceptable.
- Be clean and neat, i.e. no big holes in pants.
- Colored glasses are not acceptable at school, except in emergency medical situations with written permission.
- Caps and hats are not to be worn in the classroom.
- Make-up: light use of cosmetics and nail polish in light colors (not red, brown, black, etc.) are permitted in seventh and eighth grade