Washington Latin believes that appearance is important and requires students to meet the highest standards of dress and deportment. We see families as our partners in ensuring that students come to school each day as a representatives of our school community.
We require all students to wear uniforms and adhere to the Uniform Policy at all times while on campus and at school-sponsored functions. Students’ personal presentation should reflect neatness, and cleanliness. Students are not to wear hats or other headwear except as medical reasons or personal religious beliefs dictate.
All Washington Latin administration and faculty may enforce the following Uniform Policy. Failure to adhere to the Uniform Policy will result in strategic intervention or disciplinary action; chronic non-adherence may lead to additional discipline action. Washington Latin reserves the right to change this policy as needed. Note that, in general, the policy applies to all Latin students at both campuses. Variations by campus are noted below.
Daily Washington Latin Uniform
The basic Latin uniform consists of khaki (tan) or navy blue bottoms and a collared white, gray or navy shirt with the Latin logo.
Please see the following list of acceptable items and other notes. Uniforms are to be worn with careful attention to proper presentation, appearance, and sizing.
Shirts
- A navy, gray, or white long- or short-sleeved polo shirt with the school logo.
- You may purchase plain white, gray, or navy polos from any store of your choice and sew a logo patch on yourself (available for sale at both campuses) or pay G-Land to add the logo.
- Juniors and Seniors may wear a plain white, gray, or navy, collared shirt without the logo.
- At 2nd Street, black is also acceptable as a shirt color.
Sweaters/Sweatshirts
- Students may wear navy, gray, black, or white sweaters, fleeces, and sweatshirts with the Latin logo or emblazoned with LATIN, or entirely plain versions (no logo or design of any kind).
- You may purchase navy sweaters/vests/cardigans from any store of your choice and then add the logo. This can be with a patch you sew on yourself (available at the the front office of both campuses) or a logo added by G-Land for a nominal fee.
Pants, skirts and dresses, and other bottoms
- Khaki or navy blue pants, shorts, or skirts are allowed. Shorts and skirts must not be shorter than 1-2” above the knee. Variations of brown and olive green are not allowed. These may be purchased from a store of your choice.
- Students may wear solid leggings or tights in navy, gray, white, or black with shorts and skirts. Fishnet leggings and stockings are not allowed.
- Students may wear a navy polo dress with the school logo (available through Lands End only).
- Also allowed are khaki (tan) jumpers with school logo, worn with a collared shirt underneath.
Outerwear
- Students may wear a solid black, navy, gray or white fleece, sweatshirt, or sweater or over a uniform shirt with collar. Outerwear may not be worn in place of a school uniform shirt, nor may it have writing of any kind, unless a small product label.
- Only Latin hoodies may be worn, and then only with the hood down. This includes those made for Latin athletic teams, theater, and other extracurricular activities.
- Gloves, outerwear, hats, skullcaps, and head wraps must be removed once students enter the building, except as medical reasons or personal religious beliefs dictate.
Footwear
Students must wear closed-toe shoes. Slip-ons or open-toed sandals are not allowed. Students may wear Crocs at 2nd Street; they are NOT permitted at the Cooper Campus. Shoes and socks should be school appropriate. Beyond this, there are no specific restrictions on color, etc.
Physical Education and Athletics Wear
- 5th and 6th grade – Students are required to purchase their physical education uniforms: a gray Latin shirt, cardinal Latin mesh shorts, gray Latin sweatshirt, and gray Latin sweatpants. The sweatshirt may also be worn during school and in the classroom. Families need to purchase all items only from G Land Uniforms or at the PFA Used Uniform sale.
- 6th-8th grade – Students purchase athletic team uniforms directly from Washington Latin. Bob Eleby-El, Athletics Director, will provide a form to all students seasonally with details. For all Middle School athletics teams, the same uniform is used, so you can save it for either other sports or younger children who play for Latin.
- Upper School – Athletic team uniforms are provided to all players by the school and are expected to be returned at the end of the season. If a uniform is lost or damaged, the student will be required to pay the replacement cost.
Purchasing Uniforms
Latin uniforms are available from the following vendors. Every item from these vendors has been pre-approved by the school.
- G-Land – www.g-landuniform.com or in-person at 1516 Wisconsin Ave NW
- Flynn and O’Hara – www.flynnohara.com/School-Landing
- Lands End – www.landsend.com/school, select “Find Your School’s Dress Code.”
Logo Patches
- You can purchase logo patches to sew onto plain polo shirts, jackets, sweaters, etc. These will be available at the start of school events and throughout the year at the front office of both campuses.
Used Uniforms – $5/each
- The Parent-Faculty Association collects gently-used uniforms from families at each campus and offers them for $5 per item at occasional sales on campus. Sales are generally at the start of the school year. There is no store for purchasing these used uniforms outside of the sale days.
- Used uniform donations can be dropped off at the front office of either campus at any time.
- During sales, payments can be made with cash, check or through MySchoolBucks (no account necessary).
