Uniforms

You may purchase your child's uniforms directly through Sunshine School Uniforms*.

Their retail store is located at 14041 W. Colonial Drive in Winter Garden. You order by phone at (800) 354-7724, or via the internet at www.sunshineuniforms.com.

You will be assigned a customer number and will use that number throughout your child's schooling at South Lake Charter Elementary. For uniform requirements, please see our Student Dress Policy below.

*Sunshine donates a royalty of 6% of all uniform sales directly to Imagine South Lake Charter.

Student Dress Policy
In an effort to promote safety and diminish competition for dress among students, there is
a mandatory uniform policy for all grade levels. The driving purpose of this clear policy
is to free the students to concentrate on academics and to excel.

Sunshine Uniforms will exclusively supply all uniforms. Our policy includes the following dress exclusively:

1. Your child is free to wear any selections for his/her gender on our approved list,
   regardless of grade level.
2. Shirts for Boys and Girls: Approved shirts on the Sunshine School
   Uniforms description sheet, tucked into bottoms. White or navy tee-shirts or
   turtlenecks (only) may be worn under the shirt. Students may wear any of the
   selections for any grade level.
   
3. Bottoms for Boys and Girls: Approved pants, shorts, skorts, jumpers or
   dresses on the Sunshine School Uniforms description sheet. Any “bloomers”
   being worn under girls’ dresses may not rest below the hemline of the
   dress/jumper (can’t “show”). Bottoms MUST be Sunshine School Uniforms
   brand and substitutions cannot be made. Belts (black or brown) are required
   where belt loops are present, and may be purchased from any store.
   
4. Shoes: Must be closed-toe with non-marking rubber soles, and must have
   backs. Sneakers and loafers are acceptable. Socks or tights must be worn at all
   times (plain navy, white or khaki) and may be purchased from any store.
5. Cold Weather Dress: Navy fleece or navy sweatshirt with logo from Sunshine
   School Uniforms. Additionally, a plain navy, white or khaki sweater may be
   worn, and a winter jacket will be allowed for very cold days. Students will only
   be allowed to wear these approved items in the classroom.
6. Backpacks: Regular or wheeled are acceptable, no offensive graphics.
   

Student Choice Days
Student Choice Day will be Wednesdays and will give our Skippers a chance to wear
their own clothing to school. Uniforms will not be required on Student Choice Day;
however students may still chose to wear their uniforms on these days if they wish. In
order to keep the appearance of the school academic in nature, the following dress code
will be strictly enforced on Student Choice Days:

• Jeans may be worn that are clean and without holes or tears.
  
• Pants or shorts must be worn at the waistline and not be excessively baggy or
  excessively tight. Legs may not be rolled up. No low-rise waistlines that expose
  skin will be allowed.
  
• Shorts/skorts must at least reach the end of the fingertips when arms are by the
  side. Shorts must not fall below the knee. No cut-offs are allowed of any kind.
  
• Shirts with printing that is offensive will not be allowed. Printing that depicts
  smoking, drugs, alcohol, profanity, violence, sex or other offensive material will
  not be allowed.
  
• No see-through tops.
  
• No halter tops, sling tops, spaghetti straps, or tank tops with straps less than 2”
  wide. No cropped shirts or shirts that show belly will be allowed.
  
• Shoes must be closed-toe and closed-heel.

NO large chain necklaces, oversized jewelry, hoop earrings over 1” wide, no jewelry that
is a health or safety hazard, and no gang, drug or violence related items are allowed.

Enforcement of this dress code will be as follows:

NOTE: Students may be asked to change into school approved clothing which will be
borrowed from the “clothing closet”. Clothes shall be laundered and returned to school
the following school day. Fines will be assessed if clothing is not returned.

• 1st offense: written notification to the parents. A written response is required back
  to the teacher.
  
• 2nd offense: phone call to parents by staff member.
  
• 3rd offense: student will be sent to the office. Parents will be responsible to bring
  a change of clothes before they student is allowed back to the classroom

Sell/Buy/Trade Uniforms:

Parents, there is now a Yahoo group created specifically for SLCE parents to sell/buy/trade SLCE used uniforms. If you are interested visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SkipperSwapShop/ Click on the blue "Join this group" box. There will be a photo album available for you to view the uniforms. All transactions will be handled directly by parents.