Crest Required: No
Clear Backpack: No
Footwear:
Shoes must have white or tan soles. Black soles are not allowed. No high heels, boots, flip flops or crocs are allowed.
Outerwear:
Sweaters and cardigans should be entirely navy, white, grey or black (no hoods).
Spirit Dress Day: Weekly
Casual Dress:
Black or Dark gray polos with solid khaki bottoms, including pants, skirts, skorts and jumpers. A belt is optional, if worn it should be black. Socks should be all white or black. Undershirts must be all white, black, or grey only, short or long sleeve. No jewlery other than watches and stud earrings may be worn.
Spirit Dress:
Scholars will be allowed to participate in free dress Friday with a donation of $2.00 to Ascend's enrichment fund to support scholar events.
Platinum Dress:
White Oxford shirt with a tie, khaki pants or khaki skirt.
Casual Dress:
6th grade should wear a kelly green polo shirt and khaki bottoms, 7th grade should wear a black polo shirt and khaki bottoms, 8th grade should wear a grey polo shirt and khaki bottoms.
Spirit Dress:
On Wednesdays, College, career or military shirt with khaki bottoms can be worn. If no themed shirt is worn, uniform should be worn.
On Fridays, scholars can participate in free dress day with a $2 donation to the enrichment fund. Ripped jeans, shirts, vulgar/obscene content, visible undergarments, open toe sandals, cros, slides, slippers, house shoes or flip flops cannot be worn on free dress days.
Platinum Dress:
9th and 10th graders should wear a white oxford shirt with Ascend crest, a black and white plaid tie, black slacks or plaid skirt, white socks, black Ascend Jacket or Sweater. 11th and 12th graders have the same requirements as 9th and 10th graders for platinum dress, but will also be required to wear their black Ascend blazers.
Casual Dress:
Polos with Ascend Crest (9th grade white, 10th grade gray, 11th grade black, 12th grade green).
Spirit Dress:
On Senior Wednesdays, Seniors may wear a college t-shirt or sweatshirt with jeans. On Spirit Fridays, All scholars may wear an Ascend t-shirt on Fridays with jeans.
General Policies
All scholars must come to school in uniform every day (unless denoted by their campus for a special event). Shirts should be tucked in and free from obvious stains, rips, or other damage. If a scholar arrives at school out of uniform, parents/guardians are notified and asked to bring in a uniform. If the school has extra uniforms on hand, staff may have the child change himself/herself into the borrowed clothing. If Uplift lends clothing, families are responsible for washing and returning the items within three school days. Any parent who needs financial assistance to purchase school uniforms should contact the school office.
Headwear/Hair Color/Facial Hair/Jewelry & Makeup
- Hats, Caps, Visors, Sunglasses or other headwear are not allowed, except for cultural head covers. Hair accessories and cultural head covers must match uniform colors
- Makeup, nail polish or jewelry cannot be a distraction, nor can it impede upon student learning or school activities.
ID Badges
Identification badges are considered part of the uniform code. All scholars must wear a school identification badge. Scholars will be given an identification badge and a lanyard at the beginning of the school year. The ID Badge should be worn at all times and be free of any mutilation. Scholars with damaged, altered, defaced, or lost ID badges shall purchase a replacement ID badge. A replacement fee of $10.00 shall be assessed for each occurrence of a lost/damaged ID badge.