Student Professional Image Guidelines

Students at SUN TECH are expected to look and act like young professionals or technicians.  Business and industry expects nothing less. Be a young professional.  Our center is a place where students are being prepared to enter the world of work immediately upon graduation or after taking advance training at a post-high school institution.  SUN TECH, therefore, must set standards to follow that will ensure the students' acceptance in the world of work.  These standards will also provide a safe, wholesome, and healthy atmosphere in which to learn a chosen trade or profession. S.B. 494 (4-98) "Amendments to the School Code" allows schools to require students to wear uniforms or standardize dress.

The following regulations will be followed during school hours and at all school functions:

1. Students' hair must be clean and well-groomed.

2. Students who operate high-speed, power machinery must confine long hair with a cap, hair net, headband, or other appropriate device.

3. Proper footwear should be given careful consideration in keeping with safety regulations. Bare feet and wearing of sandals are forbidden.

4. Extremes in clothing are not permitted. All clothing must be neat, clean and meet the standards set to insure working conditions that are safe and healthful for each individual program.

a. Boys' shirts will be tucked in at the waist at all times; girls' blouses also must be tucked in.

b. To prevent injury when working around machinery, sleeves must be rolled up, jewelry such as large rings, beads, and wrist watches should be removed.

c. Decorative necklaces, chains, collars , etc. that are exposed and free hanging shall not be worn. Other than non-dangling earrings, there shall be no visible body piercing, e.g., nose rings/studs, eyebrow rings/studs, tongue studs, etc.

d. Shorts, T-shirts or any clothing that advertises tobacco, drugs, or alcohol, or depicts profane, morbid, grotesque, or sexually suggestive language or designs, tank tops, halter tops, crop tops, spandex pants, stirrup pants, leggings, and sandals are not proper attire for school and therefore are not permitted at SUN TECH.

e. Extremely baggy pants are not permitted. All pants must be secured around the waist and may not hang down around the hips revealing undergarments.

f. Shirt and pant/shirt combinations that reveal the exposed stomach, back, or undergarments are not permitted.

g. Skirts must be knee length or longer.

h. Holes in clothing are unacceptable as a safety requirement and will not be permitted.

5. Hats, and other head coverings, are only permitted in program areas with the instructor's permission. Hats, and other head coverings, must be left in the student's locker during lunch, or while in the halls or other classrooms.

6. Foul and/or inappropriate language is not acceptable at SUN TECH.

7. Large gym bags, nap sacks, and duffel bags are not permitted in any program except in those programs where students are required to change as part of their curriculum. Backpacks will be permitted at the discretion of each individual instructor.

8. Public displays of affection (hugging, kissing, etc .... ) are not appropriate behaviors during school and therefore are not permitted at SUN TECH.