F. M. Black Middle School

1575 Chantilly Lane

Houston, Texas 77018

Phone (713) 613-2505

Fax (713) 613-2533

F. M. Black Middle School

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History

First opening its doors in 1957, F. M. Black Middle School was built to provide a quality education for students in the surrounding community. Named for Frank Murphy Black, a distinguished HISD administrator, the new school set out to promote high standards of academic achievement.

Many fine upstanding Houstonians have attended F. M. Black Middle School, including some of our teachers. Famous former students include actor Patrick Swayze and athlete Keenan McCardell.

The start of the 2008-2009 school year marks another page in the history of F. M. Black Middle School. It is up to us, the students, parents, school personnel, and community members to achieve the success that Mr. Black envisioned for the school when it was named for him.

Proud Panther Parents

Contact the school office for information on how to join our parent organization. An entire family can join for only $5.00.

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Dress Code   Codigo de vestir en Español

For safety reasons and to foster a sense of personal and school pride through appearance, the following standard mode of dress will be in effect for the 2005-2006 school year:

Pants – Solid dark black jeans or slacks fitted at the waist with no holes or tears. Prohibited: baggy oversized pants that do not fit at the waist; low rise or hip hugger jeans, or jeans with embroidery, slogans or pictures; skirts, capris, skorts, and shorts

A belt must be worn at all times. The belt must be plain black or brown of a regular size and have a standard sized buckle that does not contain letters or initials or names.

Shirts – Polo style shirts with a collar and sleeves. Shirts are to be worn tucked into pants with a belt at all times. T-shirts worn underneath the official school shirt can only be white. Prohibited: oversized baggy shirts; shirts with writing or logos

Each grade level will wear a specific color shirt.

• 6th grade- Red
• 7th grade- White
• 8th  grade- Blue

Shoes – Shoes must be closed toe. Prohibited: sandals; open toed shoes; house slippers; flip-flops; shoes without a heel strap

Sweaters or Jackets – Sweaters and jackets must be red, gray, or black. Hooded items may not be worn in classrooms or in the hallways.

Hair – Hair should be neatly combed and clean. Prohibited: hair lettering designs that contain offensive words or images; hair colors that are not naturally occurring (green, purple, blue, etc.); rollers (even worn under scarves); grooming combs; headbands; hairnets; do-rags; metal hair picks

Make-up, Jewelry, Accessories – The use of any cosmetics, hair styles or clothing accessories that create a distraction and therefore may disrupt the learning environment may be prohibited. All necklaces must be worn inside a student's shirt.

I.D. Badge – Your official picture school LD. must be worn at all times you are on campus or at a school sponsored event. As the LD. Badge is provided by the school free of charge and is part of our dress code, students who are not wearing their LD. Badge on campus will be assigned a detention. If the problem of a missing LD. badge persists, it will be treated as a Level III offense and your parents will be notified. A $2.00 charge will be assessed for lost I.D. badges. You must use your I.D. badge to check out books, use the computer and to go through the lunch and the snack line.

Items prohibited by the Dress Code:

• Clothing or other items displaying unacceptable or offensive slogans or profanity (alcoholic beverage advertisements, drug references, racial slurs, gang identification symbols, or depictions of nudity) are prohibited. Shirts worn by students must not display any graphics such as mottoes, advertisements, or pictures.
• Professional sports attire (shirts, caps, etc.) that display names, colors or emblems of various teams are prohibited.
• Skirts, capris, shorts and skorts are prohibited.
• Excessively tight or revealing garments, such as Lycra or spandex tights, leggings, see-through blouses, muscle shirts, tank top shirts, and mini skirts are prohibited.
• Hats, caps, do-rags, bandannas, sweatbands, and sunglasses are prohibited on the campus.
• Pants that are not solid dark black, i.e. charcoal gray, gray with colored stitching, black with faded or bleached spots, black faded to gray are prohibited.

Any clothing item that is offensive or causes a disruption to the school environment will be prohibited.

If you are in violation of the dress code, your parents will have to come to school and provide you with an appropriate school uniform. You will also have a detention. If the problem of not wearing dress code persists, it will be treated as a Level III offense and your parents will be contacted.

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