Dress Code
Use the links on the left to learn the specific dress code requirements for girls and boys at each level.
Please note - Only uniform items purchased at the PB Boys Club or online from Lands' End are permitted.
Also note - The information on this page is an important part of the dress code requirements. Please read this information thoroughly.
At Palm Beach Day Academy, we feel strongly that there is a direct association between how people look and how they feel about themselves. Neat and attractive usually means proud and confident. In addition, the Palm Beach Day has had a long and honored custom of requiring uniforms. Our standard of dress prescribes a uniform during the school day. Students will arrive to school in full school uniform and leave in full uniform, unless permission is given to the contrary.
While the school encourages and accepts the principle that all students are individuals, by our traditional nature we expect our students to demonstrate that individuality in their scholarship, character and performance, rather than through extreme dress or grooming. At Palm Beach Day, we have a uniform and maintain extremely high standards of personal behavior. These high standards are a significant part of our institutional personality and we take great pride in that. Accordingly, extreme dress or hair styles, such as long and/or messy, or too short or shaved, are inappropriate and unacceptable. Boys' hair will be no longer than the base of their collared dress shirt with their earlobes showing. Bangs for boys and girls should not interfere with their vision. Jewelry must be conservative by traditionally-accepted standards, such as no body rings, conservative earrings for girls, and no earrings for boys. Loose or baggy clothing and elaborately styled shoes are similarly inconsistent with the spirit of our dress standards and are therefore unacceptable.
Fashion trends in clothing, hair styles, make up and jewelry are occasionally taken to extremes by some students. Our high standards will sometimes be perceived as conservative, especially in regard to those trends. Students who are tempted toward what school authorities would perceive as extreme are advised to resist that temptation. Although such judgments are subjective, the school will make those judgments conservatively, even if it means suspending a student's privilege to attend school until the extreme is eliminated.
For the most part, our students and their parents accept and practice these standards in student dress. That is a part of voluntarily attending an independent school. The school presumes that families knew our standards on application and that enrollment implies acceptance of those standards for students. Whenever students choose to make a personal, political or fashion statement via extremes, school administrators will intercede and insist on standards which we feel are acceptable. We expect students to comply and parents to support our efforts in this regard.
GENERAL GUIDELINES for LOWER CAMPUS
1. All clothing must be plainly marked with student's name.
2. Clothing should fit appropriately and not be oversized.
3. Dress uniform and formal dress requires solid color (black, tan, brown) closed dress leather shoes with flat heels. Shoes are defined, according to height, as covering the foot below the ankle joint. Tied moccasins with substantial support may be worn. Boots are not permitted. Predominantly white sneakers may be worn during all other times.
4. Dress uniforms are to be worn on Friday, except when students are specifically instructed otherwise.
5. Any t-shirt worn under a student's uniform must be solid white, without logos or writing.
6. Only appropriate jewelry will be permitted. Girls' earrings should be no longer than one inch. Jewelry should not be noisy.
7. No makeup is permitted. Only pastel nail polish may be worn.
8. Items of clothing that are worn, torn or have paint on them are unacceptable.
9. Boys' hair will be no longer than the base of their collared dress shirt with their ear lobes visible. Bangs for boys and girls should not interfere with their vision. No hair coloring is permitted.
10. In cold weather (55 degrees or lower at 6:00 A.M. as reported by local radio or TV), students may wear jackets to school, but may not wear them in school unless noted by the administration.
11. Girls' jumpers, belts, blouses, gym shorts, shorts, and t-shirts are only available for purchase at P.B. Boys Club. Some of the items can be purchased through Lands' End, including boys' polo and dress shirts, shorts, pants and all cold weather options for boys and girls.
12. P.B. Boys Club is located at 307 South County Road, Palm Beach. Lands' End uniforms can be found at Lands' End Uniforms. A link to PBDA's custom shopping site with Lands' End can be found on our website, www.pbday.org.
13. Field day uniforms are only available for purchase at Palm Beach Boys Club.
GENERAL GUIDELINES for UPPER CAMPUS
1. All clothing must be plainly marked with student's name.
2. Clothing should fit appropriately and not be oversized, or too small.
3. With the exception of sports (see below), only solid color (black, tan, brown, navy), closed dress leather shoes with flat heels may be worn. Shoes are defined, according to height, as covering the foot below the ankle joint. Tied moccasins with substantial support may be worn. Boots are not permitted.
4. Dress uniforms are to be worn on Friday, except when students are specifically instructed otherwise.
5. Any t-shirt worn under a student's uniform must be solid white, without logos or writing.
6. Only appropriate jewelry will be permitted. Rubber, paper, or plastic "bracelets" advertising a person or cause is not considered jewelry and should not be worn to school. One watch or bracelet per arm is permitted. No ankle jewelry is allowed. Girls' earrings should be no longer than one inch. Jewelry should not be noisy. Earrings may not be worn during athletic practices and according to state athletic guidelines, they are not permitted during games. The school strongly recommends that students do not pierce their ears during the school year when participation in sports makes the care of newly pierced ears very difficult.
7. No makeup is permitted, with the exception of the 9th Grade girls. Only solid pastel nail polish may be worn.
8. Items of clothing that are worn, torn or have paint on them are unacceptable.
9. No hair coloring is permitted
10. In cold weather (55 degrees or lower at 6:00 A.M), students may wear jackets to school, but may not wear them in school unless noted by the administration.
11. Uniforms are available for purchase at the Palm Beach Boys Club, located at: 307 S. County Road, in Palm Beach. (or online from Lands End at Lands' End Uniforms. )
12. Winter dress is required daily, grades 5 - 9, during December through February.
13. All uniform oxfords and polos must be tucked in at all times.
14. Appropriately sized hair accessories (bows, headbands, etc.) should match and complement the uniform.
On the Upper Campus, a faculty committee monitors student dress and identifies uniform violations first thing each morning. Committee members notify parents and take appropriate disciplinary actions.
Upper Campus students reported for being out of uniform over the course of a single trimester will receive the following consequences:
• 1st Verbal warning to student.
• 2nd Written warning- parents will be notified. Students with hair violations will have 10 days to correct the problem.
• 3rd-5th Detention. Parents will be notified. Students who serve a detention are not eligible for a "1" in consideration and may loose a consideration grade.
• 6th Loss of Consideration Grade and Detention.
• 7th One day "In School Suspension" and another Loss of Consideration Grade.
• 8th Child will be sent home. All work that day will receive a "zero." A parent meeting will be required prior to readmission.
