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Big Northern Conference
The Big Northern Conference (BNC) is an organization of ten high schools in northern Illinois. These high schools are members of the Illinois High School Association. The high schools of the Big Northern Conference are located in the following counties: Boone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, and Winnebago. History The conference was formed in 1991 as a football-only union of the Big Eight Conference and the Mid-Northern Conference. The original 12 members consisted of six Big Eight schools ( Burlington Central, Genoa-Kingston, Hampshire, Harvard, Marengo, and Richmond-Burton), five Mid-Northern schools (Byron, Forreston, Oregon, Stillman Valley, and Winnebago), and one independent school ( Ottawa Marquette). Of the remaining football teams from each conference, Pecatonica played in a co-op with Winnebago, Polo and Mt. Morris joined the Upstate Illini Conference, and Huntley played an independent schedule. Pecatonica, Polo, and Mt. Morris all continued to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association that regulates competition of interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level for the state of Illinois. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The IHSA regulates 14 sports for boys, 15 sports for girls, and eight co-educational non-athletic activities. More than 760 public and private high schools in the state of Illinois are members of the IHSA. The Association's offices are in Bloomington, Illinois. In its over 100 years of existence, the IHSA has been at the center of many controversies. Some of these controversies (inclusion of sports for girls, the inclusion of private schools, drug testing, and the use of the term "March Madness") have had national resonance, or paralleled the struggles seen in other states across the country. Other controversies (geographic advancement of teams to the state playoff series, struggles between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron High School (Byron, Illinois)
Byron High School is located in the small city of Byron, Illinois population: 3,284. Byron High School is located 17 miles southwest from Rockford, Illinois, the state's third largest city. Revenue Taxes from the Byron Nuclear Generating Station play a critical role in the school's funding. In 2006 Byron passed a referendum that raised property taxes in order to build a new middle school and add a new wing onto Byron High School. The new Byron High School wing was completed in winter 2007. The new Byron Middle School, completed as of summer 2009, is currently in use. Colors and mascot The Byron school colors are orange, black and white. The school mascot is the tiger. Activities Byron High school offers several sports and extra curricular activities for its student body. Non-athletic activities include: Chess, Scholastic Bowl, Speech Team, Drama Club, Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Club, Future Farmers of America, Band, Chor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixon High School (Illinois)
Dixon High School (DHS) is a high school located on Lincoln Statue Drive and Peoria Avenue on the northern side of Dixon, Illinois. Notable alumni *Charles Rudolph Walgreen (c. 1889), founder of Walgreens *Louella Parsons (1901), first Hollywood gossip columnist *Douglas MacLean (c. 1906), silent film actor, producer, and writer *Ronald Reagan (1928), 40th President of the United States * Lou Bevil (1939), former MLB player ( Washington Senators) * Rondi Reed (1970), Tony Award-winning actress *Rita Crundwell (1971), criminal convicted of the largest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history *Isaiah Roby Isaiah Roby (born February 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. High school career Roby attended ... (2016), basketball player for NBA's OKC Thunder References External linksDixon Public School District 170 Website Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendota Township High School
Mendota Township High School is a secondary school located at 2300 W. Main Street, Mendota, Illinois. It currently educates, as of August 2010, 619 students. The school lies within School District No. 280, and MTHS is the only school that the district operates. The district superintendent is Jeff Prusator who has been serving in that position since 2004. Denise Aughenbaugh is the Principal (education), principal, with Joe Masini serving as vice-principal. History Before Mendota High School existed, there were two high schools in the city of Mendota, East Mendota High School and Blackstone High School. Both were founded in the 1870s. The two united in 1911 and held classes in Blackstone. East Mendota then became Lincoln School. In 1917, a new brick high school was constructed in the northern section of town to accommodate a growing student enrollment, and it went through several additions in later years. That building served the community until 2002, when a new high school was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Falls High School
Rock Falls Township High School, better known as Rock Falls High School and its initialism RFHS, is a four-year public high school located on the left bank of the Rock_River_(Mississippi_River_tributary), Rock River in Rock Falls, Illinois. Three area middle schools feed into it: Rock Falls Middle School, Montmorency School, and East Coloma-Nelson School. Community Rock Falls is located 110 miles west of Chicago, 60 miles southwest of Rockford, Illinois, Rockford, and 50 miles northeast of the Quad Cities. Rock Falls has a population of approximately 9,000; Sterling, Illinois, Sterling, its sister city, has a population of roughly 15,000. School stats Student MakeupAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, as of 2016 approximately 78% of students enrolled at Rock Falls High School were white, 18% Hispanic, and <3% were Asian, Black, or Native American. Expenses According to Greatschools.org, as of 2007 Rock Falls High School had a budget of $9,846 per stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Valley Conference
The Fox Valley Conference is an IHSA recognized high school extracurricular conference including the following schools, generally located in the northern part of the Fox River basin in Illinois. The conference regularly produces strong athletic teams, including 6A Football State Champions Prairie Ridge (2016-17) and Cary-Grove (2018, 2021); 2017 4A State Baseball Champion Crystal Lake South; and 2019 4A State Softball Champion Huntley. Schools The conference consists of 10 teams total. All enrollments and classifications are from thIllinois High School Associationwebsite. Previous Members Membership Timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1978 till:2023 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20" If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Boone Community Unit School District 200
North Boone Community Unit School District 200 is a unified school district based in the central region of the county of its namesake, Boone County; more specifically, in the village of Poplar Grove, Illinois. Five of the six schools in the district are located here, with the other being eastwards in the village of Capron. Schools The six schools comprise three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Manchester Elementary School, which serves the grades K-4 alongside Poplar Grove Elementary School, is governed by Principal Molly Lilja; the principal of Poplar Grove Elementary School is Heather Walsh. Capron Elementary School, the only school in the district located in a village other than Poplar Grove, serves not only the grades K-4, but also includes a prekindergarten program. The current principal is Nicole Difford. All students who graduate from one of the district elementary schools will consolidate at the fifth grade in one school, called North Boon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockford Lutheran High School
Rockford Lutheran High School is a private school in Rockford, Illinois. Established in 1964, Rockford Lutheran High School is associated with 25 area Lutheran Churches. The Lutheran churches have associations with both ELCA and LCMS. Students attend more than 100 area churches; 49% attend a Lutheran church. More than 2,000 students have graduated from Rockford Lutheran High School since the first graduating class in 1969. The school's mascot is the Crusader and the school colors are purple and white. Athletics and extra-curricular activity The High School (grades 9-12) competes in the Big Northern Conference. The Junior High School (grades 7-8) competes in the Big Northern Conference. The school has three gymnasiums, lighted track and field complex, Baseball field. Softball field, and a weight room. Athletics *Boys - Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track, Wrestling, Bass fishing, Volleyball. *Girls - Basketball, Bowling, Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnsburg High School
Johnsburg High School is a public secondary school in Johnsburg, Illinois; it serves grades 9–12 for the Johnsburg Community Unit School District #12. The school opened in 1978 and has an enrollment of approximately 600 students. Community The community experienced a rapid growth, and the high school had 907 students for the 2009–2010 academic school year. The school now continues to see a steady decline in enrollment with an IHSA classification enrollment of just 628 students for the 2018–2019 school year. Enrollment is projected to further decrease due to high property taxes in the area, and the district having a debt burden which is expected to increase significantly and a credit rating that continues to be downgraded. Courses of study There is a variety of courses students can take at JHS, including course offerings in art, music, business, foreign languages, as well as a selection of honors and AP classes. The school also offers vocational classes including graphics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntley High School
Huntley High School is a public high school in Huntley, Illinois, United States. The catchment area includes Consolidated School District 158, which includes all of Huntley as well as parts of Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, and other surrounding communities and rural areas. The Building The current building, located at 13719 Harmony Road in Huntley, was constructed in 1997, and at the time was the school district's first new building in about 30 years. It was originally designed as a middle-high school, with a shared cafeteria and library in the center of the building. The original high school building, located on Mill Street in Huntley, was built in the 1960s and only featured about a dozen classrooms and outdated facilities. In the 1990s, the district's enrollment increased with suburban growth, and the school facilities needed to be expanded. After the new building was built in 1997, the old building served grades 4–5, before finally being converted into a recreational cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upstate Illini Conference
The Upstate Illini Conference (UIC) was a high school conference in northwest and north central Illinois. The conference participated in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference included small public and private high schools with enrollments between 75-1,000 students in Bureau, Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago counties. History The name Upstate Illini was originally given to a collection of 15 schools primarily coming from five conferences, the Blackhawk, Route 72, Northwestern Illinois, SHARK and US Grant. The 15 original teams included: Ashton, Chadwick, Durand, Elizabeth, Franklin Center, Hanover, Leaf River, Milledgeville, Mt. Carroll, Orangeville, Pearl City, Rockford Lutheran, Scales Mound, Shannon and Thomson. This league began play in 1974, however within two years the league would lose over half of the teams based primarily on football. The teams which left either retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo Community High School
Polo Community High School (simply referred to as Polo High School) is a public high school in Polo, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Polo Community Unit School District No. 222. It was ranked as the 6,869 best school in the United States, 218 in Illinois, and 4th in the Rochelle metro area based on U.S. News & World Report 2019 ranking. Athletics The Marcos compete in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and participate in several Illinois High School Association (IHSA) sponsored athletics and activities, including; eight-man football Eight-man football is a form of gridiron football, generally played by high schools with smaller enrollments. Eight-man football differs from the traditional 11-man game with the reduction of three players on each side of the ball and a field wi ..., girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, cross country, competitive cheer, and music. Additionally, they co-op with Forreston High School for wrestling and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
