Generally, attire and personal grooming are expected to be clean, neat, and unobtrusive. 

HAIR

  • Hair must not touch the shirt collar, must not touch or extend below the eyebrows, and must not extend below the top of the ears. Hair may not be excessively unruly and must be styled neatly and conventionally (no dyed hair colors, mohawks, fauxhawks, mullets, or other unconventional haircuts, including undercuts, are allowed). Furthermore, students may NOT return from summer vacation with dyed or sun-bleached hair. 
  • All students must be clean shaven at school and at school sponsored events.
  • If there is any question about haircuts, see the Dean of Students.

JEWELRY

  • Earrings and facial jewelry are not allowed at school or school-sponsored events.
  • No chains may be hung from clothing.

SHIRTS

  • Only Saint Paul’s uniform shirts (cotton or Dri-FIT) in good condition are acceptable. 
  • Shirts must be tucked.
  • Saint Paul’s team shirts may be worn only on game days.
  • Only white, gray, blue, or gold undershirts may be worn.  
  • Only long sleeve T-shirts sold in the bookstore may be worn.
  • A white dress shirt and official student Saint Paul’s tie are required on designated days.

PANTS

  • Cargo-style pants/shorts are not allowed.
  • No oversized or droopy pants/shorts are allowed.
  • Shorts must be conventional, British tan khaki (Catholic school khaki), walking style shorts.
  • Shorts may not extend below the knees.
  • Underwear must not be visible. 
  • No running shorts, PE shorts, or fishing/swimsuit-style shorts allowed.
  • Pants/shorts may be pleated or unpleated.
  • All pants/shorts must have a zipper, belt loops, and pockets.
  • A plain, solid brown or black belt must be worn with pants or shorts.

SHOES AND SOCKS

  • Shoes must be in good condition. Tennis shoes with laces meeting these criteria are allowed on regular school days.
  • Sandals, clog-style, slip-on beach shoes (with no laces), boots of any kind (when shorts are worn) are not allowed. 
  • Dress boots may be worn with pants. 
  • On days when students are required to wear dress uniforms, dress shoes (not tennis shoes) are required. Dress boots may be worn with pants on dress uniform days. 
  • Students must wear Saint Paul’s uniform socks.

CAPS OR HATS are not allowed on campus during the school day.

FACE MASKS 

If face masks are worn on campus due to safety concerns or other personal needs, the mask must not have any visible logos or symbols and must be a solid color. These colors must be either blue, yellow, white or gray. A mask issued by Saint Paul’s with a Saint Paul’s logo may be used.

COLD WEATHER OUTERWEAR

  • For cool or cold weather, only Saint Paul’s sweatshirts, fleeces or jackets are allowed. 
  • When wearing a sweatshirt or jacket in the classroom, the hood may not be worn at any time. 

UNACCEPTABLE DRESS: The following are prohibited at all times:

  • pants which are excessively baggy and/or show any part of a student’s underwear
  • exposed tattoo(s)
  • any clothing which is torn, “stressed,” dirty, or written on
  • any clothing which contains objectionable words or symbols, such as those conveying vulgar, violent, satanic, sexually suggestive or racially discriminatory messages, or which advertise drugs or alcohol

DRESS-UNIFORM: On certain occasions (school mass, guest speaker, awards ceremony, etc.) students will be required to wear formal dress, which includes the following: 

  • long khaki pants
  • white dress shirt
  • belt
  • dress shoes (not tennis shoes) or boots in good condition 
  • socks
  • and school tie

On these occasions, students must remain in proper dress uniform for the entirety of the school day. 

All dress code violations will be penalized through a tiered system.

  • 1st violation – Decorum and Civility Session
  • 2nd violation – 3 Decorum and Civility Sessions
  • 3rd violation – Saturday School
  • 4th violation – Student will be sent home with an unexcused absence until the violation   has been corrected

The Dean of Students is the final judge as to the appropriateness of a particular piece of clothing or haircut style.  The school assumes that parents, by enrolling their son at Saint Paul’s, will support us in these decisions.