Dress Code Requirements

DRESS CODE POLICY

YACS is committed to providing our students with the highest quality education framed within a Christian worldview.  The school continues to seek strategies and best practices that promote higher student learning and Christian character development within a safe, orderly, and caring school environment. Student dress expectations communicates the Christ centered focus of YACS and should be a valuable testimony in sustaining the school’s reputation as a school of excellence. The school does not mandate a uniform but adheres to the following: 

Shirts

Boys and Girls: A solid, striped, plaid or print collared shirt or YACS apparel is required Monday through Friday. Sleeveless shirts are not allowed. Turtle neck and cowl neck shirts do not count as collared wear.  All buttoned-down shirts must be fully buttoned.

YACS Apparel

YACS Apparel is allowed Monday through Friday. YACS Apparel is only items purchased through YACS.  YACS team apparel such as uniforms are acceptable only when organized by a coach and worn as a team.

Outerwear

Outerwear jackets, including letterman jackets, do not count as your collared wear.  You must have on a collared shirt when wearing jackets, letterman jackets, etc.

Pants

Boys: Solid colored slacks/denim (not blue jeans) pants or shorts are required Monday through Thursday.  Any color jeans are allowed on Fridays.  No holes or an appearance of a hole are allowed in pants.

Girls: Solid colored denim (not blue jeans) pants, shorts, or capris are required Monday through Thursday. Any color jeans are allowed on Fridays. No holes or an appearance of a hole are allowed in pants.

Dresses

Solid or patterned dresses with collars or solid skirts can be worn.

Solid colored leggings or tights may be worn underneath the dress or skirt.

Shoes

Boys and girls may wear dress shoes, casual shoes, loafers, dress boots, cowboy boots, sandals, or tennis shoes. Flip flops and open-toe shoes without a back strap are not allowed.

Additional dress code requirements are outlined in the Young Americans Student Handbook.