No, on Dress Attire days, which are usually for Mass, students do not need to wear a blazer. If you would like to wear a blazer, sport coat, or suit they do not need to be Jesuit branded.
Handbooks, Dress Code and other useful student information
Student Parent Handbook
The new 2026-2027 Student-Parent Handbook is usually available around July in FinalForms and also on this website. A notification will be emailed out from FinalForms when the new handbook is available to sign. July 21: minor copy update to Dress Code on pg.49, clarifying winter coat
Please refer to the Handbook Addendum for a quick review of important changes & updates from the 2026-27 Handbook.
Dress Code
refer to Page 49-50 in the Parent Student Handbook
The Jesuit High School Dress Code & Personal Appearance Policy establishes standards to ensure students experience a safe, welcoming, and mission‑centered learning environment. These expectations serve to unify our student body, fostering a shared sense of pride and belonging within the Jesuit High School community.
All articles of clothing must be opaque, and clothes must be worn in a way such that a student’s stomach, shoulders, abdomen, and chest are fully covered at all times.
Please see the Student-Parent Handbook for additional Dress Code & Appearance policies.
According to the Dress Code policy, student's hair must be a natural hair color. Hair that is dyed or highlighted is only permitted in natural colors.
No. Students must wear formal, leather dress shoes on Dress Attire days. Leather vans are not an acceptable dress attire shoe.
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No. Students may not wear cargo-style or painter-style pants or shorts.
Yes.
Yes. Students may continue wearing solid, single-color khaki-style and chino-style pants. Additionally, beginning in the '26-'27 school year, students may wear non-JHS logo-wear shorts. Small brand logos (1”-2” or smaller) of a different color are OK. Large brand logos (2” or larger) of a different color are not allowed.
*Note: students may not wear cotton sweatpants/sweatshorts, fleece material shorts/pants, mesh shorts/pants, or flannel shorts/pants.
Yes. Students may wear solid, single-color jogger-style pants. Joggers, in this context, are defined as lightweight, tapered, and built for movement with ankle cuffs. The most common approved jogger-style pants are performance synthetic material (commonly worn as golf or athleisure pants).
*Note: students may not wear cotton sweatpants/sweatshorts, fleece material shorts/pants, mesh shorts/pants, or flannel shorts/pants.
Students may wear athletic shorts as long as they are solid, single color. Small brand logos (1”-2” or smaller) of a different color are OK. Large brand logos (2” or larger) of a different color are not allowed.
*Note: students may not wear heavy fabric, cotton joggers, cotton sweats/shorts, fleece material shorts/pants, or flannel shorts/pants.
No. Students must wear formal, leather dress shoes on Dress Attire days. Leather vans are not an acceptable dress attire shoe.
Yes. Beginning in the '26-27 school year, JHS logo-wear shorts are allowed.
*Note: students may not wear cotton sweatpants/sweatshorts, fleece material shorts/pants, mesh shorts/pants, or flannel shorts/pants.
No. In order to promote good hygiene and proper cleanliness inside the classroom, JHS PE Shorts are to be worn for PE only.
No. JHS logo-wear branded pants are not allowed, as the most common styles are sweatpants, flannel pants, and team tech-fleece pants.
*Note: students may not wear cotton sweatpants/sweatshorts, fleece material shorts/pants, mesh shorts/pants, or flannel shorts/pants.
No. Students are only allowed to wear jeans/denim on Casual Attire days (typically on Fridays).
Please refer to your Student Parent Handbook for more information about the dress code.
Cell Phone-Free Campus FAQs
Yes, students may bring a phone to campus. The phone must be off and out of sight for the entirety of the academic school day. Students may use their phones before the first class of the day and after the final class of the day.
Yes, earpods/earphones and smart glasses are included in the policy and are not allowed during the school day.. Earpods/earphones will be allowed in designated spaces for academic needs. Smartwatches are allowed so long as they are not connected to an active or powered-on cell phone. Smartwatches are never allowed in test-taking environments.
Jesuit employs a layered, research‑based approach to crisis communication designed to deliver timely, accurate information while maintaining a safe and controlled campus environment. Under the leadership of the School Safety Team, which includes members of the school leadership, security, facilities, and communications departments, emergency communication and activation plans have been carefully developed, regularly reviewed, and coordinated with local law enforcement partners, whose personnel are prepared to work alongside the school in the event of an emergency.
These plans rely on established communication systems, including the campus public address system and interclassroom phones/radios. School website pop-ups and email notifications are also made. Externally, automated text and robo‑call alerts are made, and messaging is mirrored on social media to inform parents/guardians.
Consistent with national school safety guidance and emergency management best practices, student cell phones should not be used as a primary mechanism for emergency communication. Research shows that limiting student use of personal devices during emergencies helps reduce misinformation and panic, allowing students, staff, and emergency responders to focus on clear directives and coordinated response efforts. This approach supports effective communication, unified action, and overall campus safety.
Yes. Students with documented medical needs that require the use of a personal device—such as glucose monitoring, cardiac rhythm, seizure recording, or other medical monitoring —will be granted permission to use their cell phone during the school day. These situations are handled thoughtfully and confidentially on a case‑by‑case basis in coordination with the Dean’s Office and the student’s family.
Approved medical‑use devices are intended solely to support the student’s health and safety and will be accommodated in a way that minimizes disruption while ensuring the student’s medical needs are fully met. Families with questions or with documentation to provide are encouraged to contact the Dean’s Office directly so that appropriate accommodations can be made.
Students will face escalating disciplinary consequences, starting with detention/JUG. The details will be outlined in the updated 2026-27 Parent Student Handbook to be published this summer.
The primary motivation for examining cell phone use at school has been grounded in the day‑to‑day experience of faculty and staff working closely with students, as personal devices have become an increasingly embedded presence on campus.
Recognizing the impact of constant connectivity on student learning, well‑being, and community life, members of school leadership, faculty, and staff began an informal inquiry in 2023 and moved to a more formal inquiry in 2024, focused on how best to foster a positive school culture aligned with our educational mission. This local work has taken place alongside a broader statewide conversation, as California public and charter schools have also been examining school‑day phone use following the passage of related legislation.
Over the past two and a half years, this inquiry has been shaped by a thoughtful review of current research, national conversations in education, and dialogue with peer institutions, including:
- Select group engaged in a book study and watched a webinar on The Anxious Generation Movement: A Call for K-12 School Leaders
- A larger group engaged in a book study reviewing iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood–and What That Means for the Rest of Us (Jean Twenge)
- Full Jesuit faculty/staff webinar with author Jean Twenge
- Webinar hosted by UC/CSU/UCLA titled Rethinking School Phone Policies: Supporting Student Learning and Health through Developmental Science.
- Regular dialogue (including some school visits) with stakeholders at other Jesuit High Schools that have implemented a phone-free policy:
- St. Ignatius Cleveland
- Cristo Rey Sacramento
- Loyola High School of Los Angeles
- Jesuit Portland
- Bellarmine Tacoma.
