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It was great to make it through a full week of school. Our teachers are working tirelessly for you and your student. They are excited to be fulfilling God’s calling on their lives. Please continue to pray for us as we pray for you during this time. Our unity and mutual support of one another will enable us to continue to progress forward. Thank you for entrusting us with your precious children.
Sick Student: If you have a sick student you must complete follow one of the following steps.
- You must quarantine your student for 10 days.
- You must get a doctor’s note explaining how your student’s symptoms are not COVID-19 related.
- You must get a COVID-19 test to validate that your student does not have COVID-19
A sick student’s sibling may still attend school as long as they do not exhibit any symptoms. I know this creates a considerable inconvenience on your family, but we are required to follow these mandates by the Oregon Health Authority. These steps also ensure that we can maintain the least restrictive learning environment for all our students.
ELD status and Metric Updates: We are awaiting approval to provide emergency childcare for students up to age 12 during traditional school hours. As soon as we receive approval, we will inform you. They state is also meeting over the next few weeks to present updated metrics, which we sound like they may be more favorable to bringing back students on campus. They plan to release these mid to late October.
Dress Code: Modesty and Neatness Guidelines
Attire & Appearance –
This code is intended to preserve a beneficial learning environment and assure the safety and well-being of students at Damascus Christian School.
The responsibility for the dress and grooming of a student rests primarily with the student and their parents or guardians.
Goals of Our Student Dress Code
- Maintain a safe learning environment.
- Prevent students from wearing clothing with offensive images or language, including profanity, hate speech, pornography and clothing with images or language depicting or advocating violence or the use of alcohol or drugs.
- Help students wear clothing that would allow them to perform all tasks with ease of function and that is appropriate to living and working in a co-ed Christian school which values appropriateness, functionality, neatness, and cleanliness.
Allowable Dress & Grooming
Boys K-12
- Slacks, cords and jeans are permitted. Athletic pants, (sweats, shorts) are not acceptable.
- Clothing must cover undergarments.
- Clothing should be free of rips and holes.
- Shorts are acceptable and the hem should be near the knee.
- Shirts should cover the entire torso. Tank tops and spandex shirts are not permitted.
- Sweatshirts with or without hoods are allowed. Hoods should not be worn in the building.
- Hats, visors, sweatbands, and sunglasses should not be worn in the building.
- Body piercings, spiked jewelry, tattoos and non-natural hair colors are not appropriate.
Girls K-12
- Skirts, dress, split skirts should be free flowing and no shorter than the top of the knee.
- Clothing must cover undergarments.
- Slacks, cords, capris, and jeans are permitted. Athletic pants (sweats, shorts, leggings) are not acceptable.
- Shorts are acceptable and the hem should be near the knee.
- Leggings can be worn under appropriate length of skirt or dress
- Shirts, blouses, tops should not show cleavage, bare midriffs/backs or undergarments. Tank tops and spandex shirts are not permitted.
- Sweatshirts with or without hoods are allowed. Hoods should not be worn in the building.
- Hats, visors, sweatbands, and sunglasses should not be worn in the building.
- Body piercings (except ear), spiked jewelry, tattoos and non-natural hair colors are not appropriate.
As with any policy inclusion of all possible situations is difficult. Therefore, it will be up to the administration to make final decisions regarding the dress code.