2022-2023 Dress Code

Bear Valley International School Dress Code 22-23

To develop commUNITY and Yeti Pride, BVIS will be implementing a Uniform and Dress Code policy for the 2022 – 2023 school year.  

Dress Code & Uniform Shirts

Attire must not disrupt the school’s learning environment.  It must meet reasonable standards of cleanliness and show respect for themselves and others.  

Students that do not meet the Dress Code and Uniform Policy will be given the option to borrow a BVIS T-Shirt. If a student refuses to attend to the policy, that student will be asked to call home for appropriate clothing to be brought to school or to be picked up.

Acceptable Dress

• All Students MUST wear a shirt or outerwear with a BVIS logo (see below for ordering info).
  • T-Shirts may not be cut, tied, rolled up or otherwise altered to intentionally expose a person’s belly, chest or upper/lower back.
• Pants, shorts, and skirts can be worn in any color/style.
  • Pants, shorts, dresses & skirts must be worn to appropriately cover undergarments and maintain reasonable levels of personal privacy – pants, shorts and skirts may not be worn to intentionally expose underwear or be too short to ensure modesty of private parts. 
• Sweatshirts, sweaters, jackets, hoodies and other over-clothing must be “BVIS Spiritwear” or be worn to ensure school uniform is visible while inside the school building.  
  • Hoods must be off heads at all times when inside the building.  

Unacceptable Dress

• Students MAY NOT wear any hats, beanies, hoodies or other headwear unrelated to students’ cultural or religious guidance and norms.
• Students MAY NOT wear sunglasses indoors.
• Students MAY NOT wear articles of clothing promoting drugs, alcohol, violence, discimination, sexual inuendo, derogatory language, gangs, illegal activity or other items or actions deemed by school leadership to be a disruption of the learning environment or harmful to other students or the community.

Free Dress Days & Spirit Days

Throughout the year BVIS will have scheduled “Free Dress Days” (some earned and some available to all students) and “Spirit Days” when all students will be encouraged to wear personal clothing or theme-related spirit wear.  Requirements of the Acceptable and Unacceptable Dress Code will remain the same as above, however BVIS Spiritwear will not be required on those days.

Purchase of BVIS Uniform & Spiritwear

BVIS will have uniform and spirit wear available for pre-order and onsite purchase during Registration and from the Front Office.  

• Basic and affordable uniform apparel will be offered for sale at the Front Office
• Optional Spiritwear is available for purchase via BVIS Spiritwear Website.  
  • SpiritWear website – This website allows you to choose the garment, then choose from 12 different logo options (including sparkle), add your name (optional) and they will ship it straight to your home!

Please note if you order through this SpiritWear website you must order within these 5 specific colors to stay within our acceptable dress expectations:

• Grey
• Black
• Navy Blue
• Lime Green