Dress Code
Cathedral’s dress code has been and will continue to be an important part of our overall school climate. A dress code builds pride, school unity, and spirit. Cathedral High School believes one important part of student success is personal appearance. Clothing must be neat, clean, properly fitted, not frayed or discolored. A school uniform is required for all students, including during summer school. Failure to adhere to the dress code results in an infraction, removal from class, dining hall, activities etc. The student will contact the parent or guardian and remain out of class until properly in dress code. Class time missed due to failure to be in dress code will result in an unexcused absence. Any work missed during this time could result in a zero for the assignment or test. Students must be in dress code from the time school starts until the end of the school day, which includes the correct school lanyard worn around the neck at all times school is in session.
The dress code consists of the following required items:
- School Lanyard. Each Cathedral student will be supplied with a lanyard, color-coded by class, and an ID. This lanyard and ID must be worn around the neck and visible at all times. See the School Lanyard section below for more information. Pins may be added to the lanyards that are appropriate for school and can be no bigger than 1.25 inches square or only .5 inches larger than the lanyard strap on each side.
2. Uniform Khaki pants (pleated front or flat front) with the Cathedral logo embroidered onto the front and supplied by the Cathedral Spirit Shop. Pants must be worn properly, not altered in any way.
3. Uniform polo shirts are supplied only through the Cathedral Spirit Shop, which supplies short-sleeve and long-sleeve polo-style shirts with the Cathedral logo embroidered on the front. The uniform shirts are available in three colors: navy, white and forest green. Shirts must be fitted, no baggy clothing or ripped or torn clothing.
4. Uniform sweatshirts. The uniform dress code also includes a selection of uniform sweatshirts and fleece jackets approved by the Cathedral administration for wear in Cathedral classrooms and assemblies. Four styles of navy, white and forest green hooded and crew neck sweatshirts, along with navy and forest green polar fleece outerwear, have been approved. The approved sweatshirts are the only sweatshirts students may wear on campus during the school day for grades 9-11.
5. Coats and Jackets. Because Cathedral is an outdoor campus and students must go outside daily to attend some of their classes, coats or (rain) jackets may be worn from classroom to classroom, but must be removed prior to the start of class. During class time, all students are to be in the proper dress code which does NOT include coats, jackets, flannel shirts, etc. Only Cathedral uniform sweatshirts may be worn for grades 9-11. There should be no other sweatshirt material worn for grades 9-11. Seniors may wear college sweatshirts or t-shirts.
6. Shoes. Dress shoes or tennis shoes must be worn in school. Open-toed or open-heeled shoes are not permitted. (Crocs, slippers, and slides/sandals are not acceptable)
General Dress Code Issues:
Students must be clean shaven and/or maintain well groomed facial hair (lip and chin). If a male student chooses to maintain well groomed facial hair (lip/mustache and chin), it must be trimmed close to skin (2mm guard). Beards are not permitted and sideburns may only extend to the bottom of the earlobe. Hair worn below the collar must be worn back from the face in some fashion, such as a ponytail, groomed neatly and clean.
Hats, hoods, sunglasses or other accessories are not permitted. Headbands (no head wraps or scarves) are permitted to hold hair out of the face. Beads may be added to hair in a modest fashion, but may not bring excessive attention to the student. No athletic headbands will be worn during school hours. No accessories may be added to the dress code, such as blankets, neck scarves, etc.
Earrings are permitted in the ears and must not be excessive. Tattoos must be covered in school and at all school events and athletic contests.
No extremes in grooming will be permitted. Anything that is distracting to the learning environment is not permitted.
Students that alter or color their hair to extremes may be subject to disciplinary actions including infractions or being sent home from school.
Nose piercings can only consist of one small, less than 2-3mm stud. Absolutely no hoops, septum or rhino piercings. A student will be told to remove any piercing that is determined unacceptable before they return to the classroom and an infraction will be issued. If the nose piercing cannot be removed, the student must go home until the nose piercing is removed.
Refusal to be in uniform will result in an immediate suspension and a discipline board hearing.
Clubs, organizations and teams wishing to purchase t-shirts as part of their spirit wear and wishing to wear these shirts on the assigned spirit day may do so after having the shirt or sweatshirt approved by the Marketing Director, Athletic Director, and/or the director of the club or organization.
The Dean of Students will be the final decision maker when it comes to extremes in grooming.