Dress Code

Slidell High students must wear the following uniform to school every day:

Uniform Top: A white, green(Forest, Hunter or Kelly) or gray polo shirt with collar, short or long sleeve. A white blouse, or white button down shirt is also acceptable.

Hoodies/sweatshirts: Slidell high sweatshirts/hoodies will be accepted as a uniform top.  Any sweatshirt that is not an SHS sweatshirt must be worn with a uniform shirt.

Uniform Bottom: Khaki pants, shorts, or skirts of an appropriate length are allowed.  Plaid skirts with a predominant color of Green (Forest, Hunter or Kelly) are also allowed.  Pants must be secured at the waist.  Cut-offs, sweat pants, leggings/jeggings, pajama pants and pants with holes or rips are not allowed.  Shorts and skirts must be fingertip length and no more than 5 inches above the knee.

Hats and Hoods: Hoods may not be worn on campus except outdoors during inclement weather.  Hats, beanies, and bandanas are banned from school campus during school hours.

Shirts/outerwear may not be longer than shorts or skirt.

SHS spirit/athletic/club shirts are permitted on Fridays only.

The following are the Dress Code Policies for Males and Females found in the STPPS 2022-2023 District Handbook for Students and Parents, which apply to all Slidell High students.

Dress and Personal Grooming
Providing an effective learning environment for all students includes expectations that students are well-kempt, dressed and groomed in a manner that permits them to actively participate in school and that does not distract the education process. Student dress and grooming are not to adversely affect the student’s participation in classes, school programs, or other school-related activities. Extremes in style and fit in the student dress and extremes in style of grooming will not be permitted.
School principals maintain the right to determine extremes in styles of dress and grooming and appropriateness and suitability for school wear. Body-piercing ornaments are limited to the ears and nose, if ear-piercing and nose piercing ornaments are approved at the school level. Students in grades 9-12 are allowed to have a nose piercing. No student may wear, possess, use, distribute, display, or sell any clothing, jewelry, emblem, blade, symbols, sign, or other things that are evidence of affiliation in any gang.
Styles of dress and grooming never should be such that they represent a collective or individual protest.

Student Dress Code for Males
The following requirements apply to appropriate grooming and dress for male students:
An acceptable, well-groomed haircut will be required of all male students.
Hair- sculptured hairstyles that include pictures, symbols, letters, numbers, or hair in curlers, rollers, or excessively teased, etc., will not be permitted.
Facial Hair - Male students in grades 9-12 may wear a neatly trimmed mustache, bear, or goatee. Handlebar style mustaches are prohibited. Sideburns may be worn to the base of the earlobe, but pork chop style is prohibited.
Boys are required to wear clothing that is suitable for school and that complies with the following regulations.
Shirts must be buttoned, except for the collar button. Tank shirts and undershirts may not be worn as outer garments. Any article of clothing with suggestive symbols, words, or advertisements of products or substances prohibited by the St. Tammany Parish School Board is prohibited.
No see-through or sheer shirts are permitted, and no skin may show between the pants and shirt in any position.
All caps, hats, and bandannas are banned from school campuses during regular school hours.
Walking shorts may be worn as long as they meet the length requirement. While standing erect with arms extended down, the length of shorts must come to the tip; of fingers or below or not more than 5” above the knee.
Lower garments worn by students must be secured at waist level, with no undergarments revealed.
Hoods are not to be worn on campus during regular school hours, except outdoors in inclement weather.
Students in grades 9-12 and students in grades 6-8, where the 6th grade is part of the junior high, are required to wear student school I.D. 's visible above the waist during regular school hours.

Student Dress Code for Females
The following requirements apply to appropriate grooming and dress for female students:
Hair - sculptured hair styles that include pictures, symbols, letters, numbers, or hair in curlers, rollers, or excessively teased, etc., will not be permitted.
Girls are required to wear clothing the is suitable for school and that complies with the following regulations.
No see-through, sheer shirts, or lace-like clothing are permitted, and no skin may show between the lower garment and shirt in any position.
Culottes, split skirts, and walking shorts are acceptable providing they meet the dress length requirement stipulated below.
All caps, hats, and bandannas from school campuses during regular school hours.
Any article of clothing with suggestive symbols, words, or advertisements of products or substances prohibited by the St. Tammany Parish School Board is prohibited.
Tank shirts and undershirts may not be worn as outer garments.