Dress Code

Updated June 2025

At Owen, we believe a consistent dress code helps create a focused and respectful learning environment. Please follow these key guidelines each day:

Tops

• Shirts should be school-appropriate.
• No graphics, logos, or messages that violate the prohibited categories listed below.

Bottoms

• Pants, shorts, skirts, and capris should be neat and appropriate for school.
• No clothing with holes, rips, or slashes above the knee.
• Skirts and shorts must be fingertip length or longer.

Shoes

• Closed-toe and closed-heel only
• No high heels or wheelies

Backpacks

• Shoulder backpacks allowed
• No rolling backpacks

Prohibited Clothing and Body Decorations

The following decorations and/or designs (including tattoos and/or brands either temporary or permanent*) imprinted upon or attached to the body or clothing are prohibited:

• Symbols, mottoes, words or acronyms that convey crude, vulgar, profane, violent, death-oriented, gang-related, sexually explicit, or sexually suggestive messages.
• Symbols, mottoes, words or acronyms advertising tobacco, alcohol, or illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia.
• Symbols, mottoes, words or acronyms identifying a student as a member of a secret or overtly antisocial group or gang or that identifies a student as a member of an organization that professes violence or hatred toward one’s fellow man.
• Visible and permanent tattoos/brands incompatible with these standards shall be covered to prohibit their display.