Dress Code

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DRESS CODE
Please contact us if you need support in clothing or other needs. IVA connects families in need with community resources.

Families - we appreciate all dress code donations to help provide students with dress code clothing.
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IVA DRESS CODE GOAL: It is our aim to to create a dress code that allows for diversity and creativity while still maintaining a positive school culture. IVA connects families in need with community resources. We appreciate all dress code donations to help provide students with dress code clothing. IVA spirit wear accepted any day

TOPS:

  • Shirts in any color or pattern are okay
  • Outer clothes must completely cover undergarments. 
  • Graphics, images, or words must be appropriate for school
  • Shirt must cover full torso and shoulders 

HATS: Images or text must be school appropriate

BOTTOMS:

  • Any plain, solid, or pattern bottoms 
  • Bottoms cannot reveal undergarments 
  • Graphics, images, or words must be appropriate for school
  • Short bottoms are unacceptable

SHOES: Closed footwear that covers the entire foot (no sandals, slippers, or crocs).

 PHYSICAL EDUCATION DRESS CODE. 

 TOPS: IVA PE-specific spiritwear (gray shirt with IVA logo and student name)

 BOTTOMS: Athletic shorts or pants (no cargo shorts or khakis, etc.)

 PE SHOES: Comfortable to move in. Crocs/Sandals/open-toed shoes are not appropriate. 

 NOTE: IVA students must dress out for PE class and dress back into dress code after class.    

 Dressing out is an element of the participation points for each day.



Students who are not in dress code are not allowed on the blacktop. 
If students arrive at school out of dress code they will be asked to change by going around to the front of the school. The office holds loaner clothes for classes and the PE teachers hold loaners for PE class. Students who choose not to change their clothes will not be allowed to go out to break or lunch. 

SPIRIT WEAR DRESS DAYS 
Spirit dress days are assigned at the discretion of the principal. Tops must still cover the full torso and shoulders and bottoms must not reveal undergarments. Common sense guidelines for dressing appropriately apply. 

SPIRIT WEAR
IVA spiritwear is within the dress code everyday. Purchase of Spirit Wear is optional and may be purchased online throughout the year thanks to the organization and support of the PTO. Please see weekly email newsletters for Spirit Wear sales and announcements.


Dress Code at other School Events
Required dress for any school event is in line with our regular dress code and requires a level of attire to fit the occasion. For events such as dances and promotion, please see below. Promotion Dress: Casual, comfortable dress attire that falls within the school dress code. The 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony event is intended to be a semi-formal event that requires a level of attire that fits the occasion.

 
On Stage Promotion Extra Tips: 
  • Bottoms:
    • Nicer than jeans. Example: Dress pants or dress
    • Fingertip length or more
  • Tops: 
    • Nicer than t-shirts. Example: blouse/formal top
    • Shoulders covered
  • Shoes:
    • Comfortable & easy to walk in
    • No greater than 2" heels 
Dress Code, Tardies, Cell Phone Use, Chromebook Misuse - Tracking Infractions
Intellectual Virtues Academy has adopted the following general guidelines in order to enhance student achievement, create a safe learning environment, provide school able to operate with limited distractions, hazards, or threat to students' health, safety, and general welfare.
 
IVA tracks these student infractions in a few areas: being out of dress code, use of cell phone or other device on campus, tardies to class during the school day, disruptions at our full school Virtue ceremony or assemblies, and other types of harm to campus incidents. 
 
IVA follows three steps to address these types of out of the classroom infractions:
1) warning: student will receive notice of the infraction and change out or have their cell phone held in the office until the end of the day
2) family notice: notice to student and home about the policy and the second infraction: parent will pick up the cell phone after school
3) consequence: notice home about third infraction, which may result in any of the following: loss of break, school activity, cell phone contract, behavior contract and/or parent conference to identify supports needed