our new Uniform for 2010-2011

Throughout the spring we consulted with parents, sutdents, and faculty through in-person focus groups and an online survey. We took the preferences expressed by the community through those meetings and surveys and we worked with both Campus Outfitters and Flynn & O'Hara to develop a uniform for Saint Francis International School that was both new and fresh, had a touch of St. Mark and St. Camillus, and which respected parents' fianances.

Campus Outfitters was chosen to be our uniform provider because they offered the best prices and the best location for our families. Click on the tabs above to see the specifics of the new uniform as well as our dress code for students in the Pre-K classes. If you scroll down further on this page you will also read about our uniform transition plan designed to make the change from St. Camillus and St. Mark uniforms a little easier while maintaining an overall uniform appearance.

There are four ways to buy your uniforms:

1) Go to the Campus Outfitters store located at 5112 Berwyn Road, College Park, MD 2074

2) Buy your uniforms items directly from the Campus Outfitters website (our school code is SF1557)

3) Come to the St. Camillus Campus on August 4th from 5 - 8 PM ... Campus Outfitters will be selling uniforms in the Camillia Room while you get the chance to meet and greet with the faculty.

4) You may buy items that don't have logos and aren't plaid (such as boys pants, white oxford shirts, walking shorts) from a store of your choice provided your uniform items reasonably look like the ones sold at Campus Outfitters (plaid and logoed uniform items are only available from Campus Outfitters).

Click here for the Campus Outfitters buying guide / pricing guide

The following are options that families may use to make the transition to the new SFIS uniform a little easier on their budgets. This is only an option, even if your family is coming to Saint Francis from St. Mark or St. Camillus you can feel free to buy new items with the Saint Francis logos and choose not to use any of your old uniform items on the list below.

Phase-in – Year 1 (2010-2011)

Polo shirts = may have St. Camillus, St. Mark, or St. Francis logos (plain white will also be acceptable for year 1)
Red sweaters = may have St. Camillus or St. Francis logos
K-8 BLUE gym wear = may have St. Mark or St. Francis logos

St. Camillus
Savings: get to use current polos for one more year and current sweaters for two years.

Cost: all boys and girls must purchase new pants and shorts, all girls must purchase new skirts/jumpers, all students must purchase new gym clothes

St. Mark
Savings: get to use current polos one more year and get to use current navy blue pants and shorts indefinitely, get to use blue gym wear one more year

Cost: all students must purchase new sweaters, all girls must purchase new skirts/jumpers, all students must purchase new gym
t-shirts

St. Francis sweaters, polos, ties, and skirts in very good condition will be purchased back from 8th graders by the school for a predetermined price at the end of the school year.  St. Francis plaid jumpers only will be purchased back from 4th graders by the school for a predetermined price.

 

Phase-in – Year 2 (2011-2012)

Red Sweaters = may have St. Camillus or St. Francis logos
All other logoed uniform components (polos and gym wear) must have St. Francis logo. 

St. Francis sweaters, polos, ties, and skirts (purchased new) in very good condition will be purchased back from 8th graders by the school for a predetermined price at the end of the school year.

 

Year 3 and beyond (2012 - 2013)

All logoed uniform components (sweaters, polos and gym wear) must have St. Francis logo.  All polos must have the logo.

All uniforms must conform to the uniform code and there will be no special buy-back of 8th grade uniforms (normal parent organization uniform sale for all students).

 

No part of this plan uniform plan may be altered until fall 2013