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Dress Code

 

Mandeville High School Dress Code Policy

**IMPORTANT - Our school does not require uniforms but students must follow the school and district dress code policy.

These policies stress the importance of reducing distractions that inhibit learning. Violations are addressed as an attempt to enhance the learning environment. Final interpretation of the dress code rests solely with the administration. The Principal maintains the right to determine extremes in styles of dress and grooming. Extremes in style and fit in student dress and extremes in style of grooming will not be permitted. Refer to the Handbook on Attendance, Discipline, and Student Records for additional information regarding dress code.

  1. Students are not allowed to wear tank tops, muscle shirts, and/or plain white undershirts as outer garments.
  2. All hats, caps, bandannas, bonnets, stocking caps, etc. are not to be worn during regular school hours. Students may wear a scarf, but a scarf or any other type of apparel cannot cover all of the hair/head. The hood of hoodies may not be worn inside of the school building.
  3. Facial Hair - Male students in grades 9-12 may wear a neatly trimmed mustache, beard, or goatee. Handlebar style mustaches are prohibited. Sideburns may be worn to the base of the earlobe.
  4. Shirts/Sweaters- Open-back, sheer, see through, crochet, lace-like clothing, or low cut shirts/tops are not allowed. Shirts/sweaters must be long enough so that no skin may be seen between the pants/skirt/shorts and shirt. This rule includes any position including sitting. Students must wear tops that cover most of the top of the shoulders. Most tops with “straps” are not allowed as an outer garment and no top should allow under garments to be seen. Off the-shoulder shirts/sweaters are not allowed.
  5.  Shorts/Skirts/Skorts/Dresses- While standing erect with arms extended down, the length of shorts/skirts/dresses must meet the following requirement:
  • Come to the tip of fingers or below.

6. Pants (Jeans, Joggers and Sweatpants)-  All pants/jeans must be secured at the waist at all times and may not reveal undergarments or the stomach area. Clothing that contains excessive/multiple breaks, holes or rips will be considered extreme in style and will not be permitted. This includes clothing purchased with excessive/multiple breaks, holes or rips. Also clothing with a hole (or holes) in inappropriate places will be considered an extreme in style. Pants/jeans with holes are NOT permitted.

*Leggings/Yoga pants are not permitted starting in the 2026/2027 school year - garments that are stretchy, body hugging and contouring are not allowed during the school day unless specifically approved for athletic, dance, or spirit-related programs.

  • Leggings of any style or length

  • Yoga pants or tights, including flared or bootcut styles

  • Compression pants or shorts

  • Spandex or bike shorts

  • Any tight-fitting, body-contouring, stretchy, or exercise-style garments made from athletic, compression, knit, spandex, lycra, or similar materials.

7. Piercings - The wearing of body piercing ornaments is limited to the ear and nose. Larger “gauge” earrings are extreme in style and are not allowed. Students in grades 9-12 are allowed to have a nose piercing.

8. Pajamas and robes are not appropriate attire for school and therefore are not permitted. Pants that have the appearance of pajama bottoms will be considered pajamas and are not permitted. Slippers worn as footwear are not allowed. It is not appropriate to bring pillows and blankets to school. 

9. Hair - Sculptured hair styles that include pictures, symbols, letters, numbers, or hair in curlers, rollers, excessively teased, or extreme in style etc., will not be permitted.

10. Any article of clothing with suggestive symbols, words or advertisements of products or substances prohibited by St. Tammany Board policy shall be prohibited. Sexual innuendos and uncontrolled are strictly forbidden.

11. Student IDs - All students must wear their current school year ID to school each day. It must be visible and on their neck attached to their blue lanyard provided by the office. Daily temporary IDs can be purchased for $1.00 before school begins at ID tables stationed throughout campus to avoid an ID violation. If a student does not have their current ID visible and on their neck when school begins at 7:25am, that student will be in violation that will warrant a school consequence. Student IDs are strictly enforced for school safety purposes. It's a good practice to keep a Ziploc bag of a few dollars in your bookbag for times that you need to purchase a temporary ID. 

For the 2025/26 school year, each freshman will be issued a yellow lanyard for their ID provided by Mandeville High School. The lanyard shall be worn with the current school year ID everyday. Failure to wear the yellow lanyard will result in a violation. 

*School principals maintain the right to use discretion in styles of dress and grooming and appropriateness and suitability for school wear. For additional questions regarding the dress code policy, please contact Mandeville High School at (985) 626-5225.