Colin Powell Academy for Success

Acceptable School Attire and Guidelines

• Blue and white shirts with sleeves and NO logos (appropriate pocket-sized logos on shirts may be acceptable).
• Navy or black pants, skirts, shorts, jumpers with NO decorative logos and/or patches.
• Clothing must fit properly with no logos.
• Closed footwear that covers the entire foot must be worn for safety reasons.
• All blouses and shirts must be properly buttoned.
• Shorts and skirts must be no more than four (4) inches above the kneecap.
• Pants must be worn at the waist and not be sagging.
  

• Double tops (a colored shirt other than blue)
• Tank tops
• Strapless, sleeveless, off-the-shoulder, or spaghetti strap tops
• Low-cut and tight shirts
• Bare-back and tube tops
• Revealing, see-through, and sheer clothing
• Clothing that bares the midriff and allows undergarments to be exposed
• Clothing and accessories with obscene and gang-related material
• Clothing with writing, pictures, and/or patches
• P.E. shirts
• Cut-off sweat pants and jeans
• Shorts and skirts over four (4) inches above the kneecap
• P.E. shorts
• Hats, headbands, bandannas, "do-rags," and headgear of any kind
• Hair nets
• Combs in the hair
• Gang/tagger crew tattoos and any writing on the body