Murray Student Dress Code
General Rules:

• Hats (baseball style, beanies) may be worn outdoors only.  Hats/hood may not be worn indoors at any time during the school day.  Hats must be worn facing forward.
• Sunglasses may be worn to protect the eyes only when students are outdoors.  They may NOT be worn indoors at any time during the school day.
• The following items are NOT permitted on campus:

• ~Gang affiliated items, Bandanas, sweatbands, and hairnets may not be worn at any time
• ~Inappropriate logos or words (such as controlled substances, references to actions against school policy, degrading to others, sexual content or implication, vulgarities, profanities, alcohol, tobacco, violence, guns or weapons)
• ~Backless shoes
• ~Clothing that creates a threatening or intimidating atmosphere, no long chains
• ~Jewelry that poses a safety hazard or a disruption (including spike earrings)
• ~Spiked or studded projections on clothing, shoes, hats, or body parts
• ~Writing on the body.

• Clothes shall be sufficient to conceal undergarments at all times. 
• No bra straps should be showing. No lace or see through shirts.
• Straps on the shoulder must be at least one inch wide. 
• No cleavage should be visible
• Dress, skirt, skorts, and shorts length:  must reach knuckle tips when arms are extended to the side of the leg or be no shorter than 5 inches above the top of the knee cap
• No skin on midriff or back should show
• Not permitted:  spaghetti straps, tube tops, halter tops, strapless tops, racer back tops, backless tops, off the shoulder tops, low cut tops, see through tops or clothing made out of fishnet.

• Sagging pants are not allowed
• Underwear must not show
• No large armholes
• No cut off shirts which reveal midriff or back

First  Days of School

Supply List

The following is a general list of the supplies that a middle school student might want to have for the school year.  Individual teachers may ask for other items, this is a general list.

1 Back Pack – simple - with one outside zippered pocket.

(Rolling backpacks can be a hazard as students walk on campus – they are not encouraged)

1 Two inch three ringed binder with lined paper. (AVID students need 2-3 inch binder with dividers)

1 paper type folder with a pocket at the bottom on each side of the folder.  Hole punched so it can go inside the three ringed binder. This is for homework organization.

100 sheets of lined paper in each of the paper folders.

5 pencils

1 red pencil for correcting

Large pink eraser

1 – 2 pens.

1 ruler, metric/inches (optional)

1- 70 page Spiral notebook for each semester (7th grade math)

2 – Composition books 100 pages

100 3x5 index cards

1 Glue stick

Pencil Pocket to hold – glue stick, colored pencils, pencils, pens, pencil sharpener

Optional Items:

Dictionary (at home, optional)

Colored Pencils

Pencil sharpener, lead

Mechanical pencils

Scissors – round tip

Class Donations:

Highlighters  (It is against the rules for students to bring sharpies, magic markers and other permanent type marking utensils to school – but they may donate them to a classroom.)

Kleenex 1 box for class use.

Hand Sanitizer for class use