Uniform Policy

2023-2024 Uniform Policies

Why do Summit students wear a uniform?

It is the desire of Summit Classical Christian School to glorify God in both character and culture. In light of that, our uniform policy supports a manner of dress that reflects the Christian, classical, and scholarly image we wish to develop in our students.

The dress code is designed:

To help maintain student behavior and productivity.
To instill in students a sense of belonging and loyalty to the school.
To diminish fashion consciousness and socioeconomic cliques.
To promote a positive impression of our school within our community.
To encourage a biblical attitude of modesty and humility, exemplified through outward presentation.

Students are expected to comply with Summit’s dress code. Failure to do so will result in a written formal admonishment by the teacher or Head of School. If dress is offensive or clearly inappropriate, parents will be called to bring their student a change of clothes. Parents are expected to actively support school uniform expectations. The administration is responsible for the determination of the policy, and the enforcement of the policy is the responsibility of parents, administration, faculty, and staff.

For returning families: There are no changes to the 23-24 uniform policy from the previous year except for the shoe policy.

Weekly Uniform Schedule

Monday/Wednesday:

Lower school students and middle/upper school students who are taking PE may wear PE uniform/spirit wear and athletic shoes all day.
Upper school students not in PE need to wear the casual uniform waist down, but may wear spiritwear from the waist up.

Tuesday:

All students wear the casual uniform.

Thursday:

All students wear the dress uniform.

Friday:

All students wear the casual uniform. Middle/upper school students may wear their house polo or house ties.

General Uniform Policies

General Uniform Guidelines

Uniforms should be clean and in good repair.
Students are expected to be in uniform while on campus unless specified otherwise.
All clothing must fit properly and be modest.
Skirts, skorts and shorts must be no shorter than 2 inches above the knee. Bike shorts must be worn with all skirts.
Pants must be worn at the waist (gentlemen and ladies).
No holes, tears or visible patches are permitted on any dress-code item.
Gentlemen’s shirts must be tucked in.
Shirts should be appropriately buttoned.
Gentlemen should wear belts with their pants.
Hats are not allowed inside school.
Shoes must be closed toe.
No undergarments may show at any time, nor should they be worn as outer garments.
Undershirts are acceptable only if they are white.
Visible tattoos and body piercings are not permitted at any time while on campus and while representing the school in any function or event.
Young women may wear up to two single post/stud earrings per ear. Large dangling or hoop earrings are not permitted.
Hair for all students must be of a natural color and neatly groomed.
Hair is expected to be neat and an appropriate length for gentlemen: above the collar and not in the eyes. Beards, mustaches, goatees are permitted but must be neat.
Young women are expected to keep hair in a style that is appropriately feminine; hair accessories should be simple and match uniform colors.
Young women’s jewelry, if worn, must be simple.
Middle/Upper school (6th grade and older) girls may wear discreet facial makeup and nail polish--no glitter or bold, bright colors.
Grammar school (5th grade and younger) girls may not wear make-up except for lightly colored fingernail polish and lip gloss.
Please refer to the 2023-2024 Uniform Policy for current details regarding specific clothing items by grade/day of the week and our FAQs page for frequently asked questions.

2023-2024 Shoe Policy - In an effort to simplify and give more options the new shoes policy will be as follows:

All shoes must be:

All Black or
All White or
Any combination of black and white or
Brown or Black Dress shoes (dress shoes can have white soles).

This includes athletic shoes of all kinds and ankle height “boots/booties”. No open-toed shoes of any kind including sandals or crocs. No platform shoes.

Approved Uniform Vendors

Dennis Uniform

*Certain items must be purchased from Dennis Uniform (online only). These items are notated by an asterisk in our guideline chart, linked HERE.

800.854.9651

Order from Dennis Uniform

Lands’ End

(optional non-chapel uniform attire – no logo apparel)
800.963.4816

School Code: 900186917
Order from Lands’ End

Other Uniform Suppliers

The following vendors are popular for “any vendor” items such as pants, polos, oxford shirts, etc.: