Dress Code and Uniforms

General Guidelines for NHCS Dress Code and Uniforms

DAILY DRESS:

There is no uniform for our preschool students.
Children should dress comfortably in clothes that will allow them to participate in all school activities.
While we do our best to keep students clean, children regularly take part in art activities, so please dress your children in clothes that may get a little dirty during the day.

FOOTWEAR:

Students may wear slippers, crocs, sandals, and shoes daily.
For safety, girls should not wear sandals with heels or sandals that may be slippery on our tiled floors.
Students should only wear laced up athletic shoes if they know how to tie their own shoes.

EXCURSIONS:

Each student will be given an excursion shirt prior to our first excursion.
On every excursion, PS students are required to wear:
- their excursion shirt
- any type of bottoms (shorts, jeans, leggings, or whatever is comfortable and appropriate for the location of excursion)
- covered athletic shoes (no sandals, slippers, crocs, etc)

REGULAR DAILY UNIFORM:

NHCS Elementary and Middle School students wear the following uniform:

In SY25-26 Quarter 1, NHCS T-shirt on Mon-Thurs, and NHCS polo shirt on Fri. No free dress days.
Knee-length walking shorts, long pants, jeans, and skirts for girls
- All bottoms must be a solid color.
- Bottoms should be neutral solid colors e.g. dark blue, black, khaki brown. Good condition blue jeans are acceptable.
- No athletic shorts, joggers, sweatpants or leggings should be worn on regular days
On a daily basis, students can wear athletic shoes, sandals w/ back straps, Crocs w/ back strap behind foot. (No slippers or slip-in shoes.)

PE UNIFORM:

For SY25-26, PE days will be on Fridays starting in Quarter 2. On PE days, students must wear:

JACKETS, SWEATSHIRTS, SWEATERS, PULL-OVERS MUST BE SOLID NAVY BLUE - NO LOGOS EXCEPT NHCS SCHOOL LOGO.

*Please note that we have made some changes to our uniform policy for the SY2025-2026.