This is my school's ideal dress code. In the middle school, here are some clothing you can wear that is part of the rules and regulations of the Middle School's Dress Code Policy. During 6th - 8th grade, boys and girls on the first day usually wear these outfits above. Girls had to wear skirts, and the boys must wear an Oxford shirt with a tie. (I know, a tie?!?!) No one whined about the clothes, for it was part of normal life. As you scroll down, the uniform styles elaborate, and we can pretty much wear anything in dress code colors. Our school's school mascot colors are blue, white, and red, but we wore color clothes of the rainbow spectrum LOL. We wore uniforms as long they fell under the dress code.

Another type of style. Girls and boys could wear any color blouse or shirt. The girl above is wearing a red-black-golden trim-plaided skirt. It looks cool, don't you think? Girls could also wear thin-striped blue-white or red white blouses. The boy above looks like a gentleman. He is wearing an Oxford shirt, a tie, and dark khaki pants with some dress shoes. :0)

The vanilla khaki skirt was very popular among the girls at my school. (I chose to only wear the navy blue skirt). In my opinion, khaki skirts are just horrible. The boys can wear different color khaki pants, and the ties can be of variety (as long they are decent). Some boys did come in looking sloppy, but they were cleaned by the middle of the day by teachers urging them to tuck their shirt in. (hehe) This is our FALL DRESS CODE int he first 3 pictures. Girls MUST wear skirts until Thanksgiving vacation. (It's sad, but girls are ladies and boys are lads.)

Finally, the winter dress code. Girls can finally wear pants. The pants could consist of either khaki or corduroy. The boys can start wearing corduroys too, which I love by the way, on boys. The boy in the picture above looks nice, doesn't he? (hehe) And of course, wear a belt with your pants. What is interesting is that we, the students, can get away with waearing UNIFORM *DESIGNER WEAR* clothing (like GAP, Old Navy, etc.) as long it looks like the uniform!

We can wear sweaters to school. The boys in the first two pictures are wearing turtlenecks, which can also be worn by the girls regardless if they are wearing skirts or slacks. The turtlenecks are of different colors. DocMartins, a British shoe label, was very popular in my school, that I got a pair of mine myself (a whopping $126.00!). The boy is above is wearing corduroy, a shirt with tie, and some DocMartins. Looking cool, man.

Another picture of a boy and a girl wearing corduroy pants. We are still in the winter fashion, but this is the only time where girls and boys actually have a vast variety of clothes to wear. The fall dress code is strict, but the upcoming spring clothes system is more relaxing, but you don't want to wear hot clothes. lol If you wonder how boys reacted to wearing ties, they learned pretty quickly. Even if they were coming out of gym, they will tie their ties (even bowties! lol) as they were in line. It was pretty easy for them. They have been doing this since 6th grade.

Boy and girl wearing sweaters, corduroys, and DocMartins. Still winter fashion. A boy could also wear a V-shaped sweater if he is wearing an Oxford shirt and tie under his sweater. The girl above is wearing a blouse under her sweater.

Finally, spring dress code. During this period, girls again lose the privelege to wear pants. However, we have an extra option: wearing shorts. They were either khaki or navy blue, but they were not CARGO-type wear. In the above picture, a girl is wearing a short-sleeved blouse with a navy blue skirt. The boy is wearing a POLO SHIRT (which we can wear to school) with navy blue pants. Boys have the privelege to wear pants year-round, why not girls? lol (Conversatism! lol)

My very last picture. When we wore shorts, they had to be of fingertip length. No daisy-dukes or floods of any sort, girls! If they were not appropiate length, you would had to either find another pair of proper shorts, or find a skirt ASAP. Well, that's the end of my school's uniform system. I hope you enjoyed yourself. This was brief, but it gave you an idea of how our system worked.

I bet you are wondering what happens if the students did not have the proper uniform dressed on their bodies. If you did not have the right clothing, you would get dress code violations.

1. You could not attend class until your parents brought the proper clothes for you to wear the rest of the day. (if you're lucky you may find something in the lost & found. lol)

2. If you get three dress code violations in a row before a quarter is over, you would have to serve detention or supervised-study (a lesser sentence than a detention, but staying after-school for 2 hours is not fun.)

At my current high school, we still have a dress code policy, but we do not have to wear uniforms!! (yeah!!!!) Instead of uniforms, we have a strict, conservative free dress we must apply to everyday. You can buy your own clothes from department stores, but you cannot wear jeans or tennis shoes to school. T-shirts are a no-no, and sandals are not good either unless they are Birkenstocks or leather sandals. It's really not that hard at all, but if you go by the rules, you will enjoy a normal, violation-free, school life!!

I hope you enjoy this page about my old uniforms. Have a nice day! =0)!!

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