School Dress Guidelines
The dress guidelines are printed on page 9 of the St. Albans School Handbook.
To promote a standard of dress consistent with the school’s goals for conduct and academic excellence, St. Albans requires students to follow the guidelines listed below. The school also asks parents to monitor their son’s dress and grooming before he leaves home each morning. The school believes that rules alone cannot guarantee good appearance and therefore expects the spirit, as well as the specific guidelines below, to govern each boy’s manner of dress. All St. Albans students have the responsibility to dress in a manner appropriate for and respectful of the learning environment of the school.
- Boys must be well groomed; beards and mustaches are not allowed.
- Boys’ clothing must be neat, clean, in good repair, and appropriately sized.
- All equipment and articles of clothing should be marked with the boy’s name.
- All boys must wear socks and dress or laced shoes properly tied (athletic shoes are acceptable); solid long dress or khaki slacks or solid dress shorts; a belt; and either a collared dress shirt and a necktie, or a high-collared turtleneck. Shirts and turtlenecks must be tucked in at all times.
- Upper School boys must wear a suit coat, sport jacket, or blazer.
- Lower School boys must wear a suit coat, sport jacket, or blazer, or a long-sleeved, non-hooded sweater. When in Upper School areas, Lower School boys must wear a sport coat or sweater.
- Boys may not wear hats or outdoor jackets inside the School. Examples of other unacceptable clothing are sandals or heavy boots; denim jeans of any color; coveralls, athletic gear, cargo pants, or military-type trousers; mock turtlenecks; crew-neck, polo, rugby, denim, or flannel shirts; tee-shirts; and sweatshirts or athletic shirts.
In all matters of dress and appearance, the deans of students in the Lower School and the form deans in the Upper School have the authority to interpret and enforce these guidelines. On some occasions, the school may relax the dress guidelines for a day. For certain school functions, the school will require boys to wear a jacket, necktie, dress shirt, and polished dress shoes.
St. Albans School
Phone: 202-537-6435
Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.