1. Ralph Ellison 2014-2015 Spirit Week and Homecoming

2. Spirit Week Dress Down  Full Week Passes are $4  Individual Day Passes are $1  Sold during lunch in large cafeteria or after school in Room 109.

3. Dress Down Do’s Monday: Sports Day On this day, students are required to wear anything related to sports teams.

4. Dress Down Do’s Tuesday: Rep Ellison Day On this day, students are required to wear both orange and blue. If you are wearing jeans, you must wear an orange or blue shirt! Jeans alone will NOT count as your blue! This includes any Ellison gear or sports jerseys.

5. Dress Down Do’s Wednesday: Twin Day

6. Dress Down Do’s Thursday: Print Day On this day, students are required to wear any types of prints or patterns whether it is cheetah, zebra, polka dots, plaid, stripes, etc.

7. Dress Down Do’s Friday: Rep Your Advisory Day On this day, each advisory has to come up with what they want to wear. It can be colors, themes, etc.

8. Dress Down Don’ts You CANNOT wear the following items! No exceptions. Students wearing the following items will be asked to change, will lose all dress down privileges, AND will spend the day in ISS.

9. Dress Down Don’ts You CANNOT wear sleeveless, tube tops, or spaghetti strap shirts, low cut shirts, shirts that show any piece of your belly or torso, ripped shirts, open back shirt, shirts with inappropriate writing or symbols, We should not see your shoulders, breasts, belly, torso skin, back, etc. If you raise your arms and your shirt goes up, you NEED to change or you will spend the day in ISS.

10. Dress Down Don’ts You CANNOT wear see-through leggings, thin leggings, thin or tight yoga pants etc. If you wear THICK COTTON full length leggings, YOU MUST COVER your entire butt with loose-fitting LONG shirt (not one that you just pull down) loose-fitting shorts or a skirt. We’re allowing leggings this year ONLY because we believe you can follow these simple rules. DO NOT RUIN IT FOR THE FUTURE!

11. Dress Down Don’ts You CANNOT wear open toed shoes, slippers, flip flops, or sandals (even if you have socks on). This includes house slippers, Jordan, Adidas, or Nike sandals, etc. You cannot wear them with or without your socks.

12. Dress Down Don’ts You CANNOT wear anything that represents any sort of gang, crew, set, block, etc.

13. Dress Down Don’ts If you have any doubt that you CANNOT wear something, play it safe and DO NOT wear it. Notice: We get stricter every year because of the decisions you make during dress down. The more you try to get away with things, the more rules for future events.

14. Again, if students decide not to follow the dress code, they will be sent to ISS or may be revoked of their dress down privileges WITHOUT a refund.