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Dress Code

Pershing School Dress Code

Students are expected to follow the OCPS Student Code of Conduct and the OCPS dress code daily. The OCPS dress code includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Clothing must cover the body from one armpit across to the other armpit and down to approximately mid-thigh.
  • Tops must have straps. 
  • Undergarments must not be viewable. 
  • Rips, holes, or tears in clothing must be below mid-thigh.
  • Clothes shall be worn as they are designed. For example, suspenders should be over the shoulders, pants secured at the waist, belts buckled, no underwear as outerwear, and no underwear exposed.
  • Gang paraphernalia, garments and/or jewelry, tattoos, or other insignias, which display or suggest sexual, vulgar, drug, alcohol, or tobacco-related wording/graphics or may tend to provoke violence or disruption in school shall not be worn.
  • Headgear shall not be worn on campus during the school day, unless the headgear is approved by the principal. Headgear includes, but is not limited to, hats, visors, du-rags, bandanas, bonnets, hoodies, shower caps, sunglasses, etc.
  • Jewelry that contains any type of sharp object shall not be worn.
  • Bare midriffs and bare sides shall not show when arms are extended above the head.

Additionally, Pershing School does not allow the following:

  • Pajamas (Unless on a designated spirit day)
  • House slippers
  • Any shorts that do not meet the mid-thigh length at all times (if they get shorter when a student walks, they are not allowed)
  • No lycra, biker, or yoga shorts
  • Crop tops that require a zipped-up sweatshirt to cover the body
  • Military fatigues
  • Trench coats