The North Suburban Conference (NSC) is an extra-curricular conference of eight high schools located in Lake County, Illinois , in the northern suburbs of Chicago . All of the schools are members of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).
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66-730: A diversity director to address racial issues within the school. The Stevenson Patriots compete in the North Suburban Conference . The following is a list of sports Stevenson lists for the 2023–24 school year: Stevenson High School is a member of the IHSA , the athletic teams are stylized as the Patriots. Many of its teams are top-ranked nationally and have a history of producing collegiate and professional athletes. The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meets: Stevenson High School
99-449: A leading voice for school reform within the education community until his death in 2017. In April 2008, Education Week featured Stevenson High School in an article about its successful implementation of professional learning community practices. In 2004, the main entrance to the school was completely rebuilt and transformed into another commons area now known as "The Point." Other renovations that year included more fine arts areas around
132-576: A new Performing Arts Center (PAC), the Patriot Aquatic Center, Field House, and the Technology Center, among other projects as well. Also built was a new indoor walkway ("The Link") between the original west building and the new east building. In 2002, a referendum seeking an increase in the education tax rate received nearly 70% support from the community, stabilizing the district's finances. Since 2002, DuFour's retirement year, he had become
165-487: A video surfaced of a student attacking another student on a bus. The student was later charged in juvenile court for aggravated battery. In January of 2020, a black student at Stevenson was allegedly targeted and disrespected by dean Nick Valenziano on a recorded video. This led to student protesting and an uproar in the Stevenson community. School administrators accepted Valenziano's resignation around June of 2020, and hired
198-490: Is also sponsorship for young men to compete in baseball , football , and wrestling , while there is sponsorship for young women in dance, cheer, badminton , bowling , and softball . Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois) Adlai E. Stevenson High School ( AESHS ), commonly called Stevenson High School ( SHS ), is a four-year public high school located in Lincolnshire, Illinois , United States. It
231-458: Is named after Adlai E. Stevenson II , the 31st Governor of Illinois . In 1964, growing disagreement between the western (Lake Zurich) and eastern (current Stevenson) sections of the district emerged regarding the school's direction. Before the opening of Stevenson, the students in the Stevenson area attended Ela-Vernon High School in Lake Zurich. Stevenson was planned to be a second school for
264-734: Is one of the only high schools in the country to receive the United States Department of Education's "Excellence in Education" Blue Ribbon Award five times. In addition, Stevenson has been named one of America's top high schools by both U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek magazines, and has been named a National School of Distinction in Arts Education by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Niche ranked Stevenson as one of
297-576: The Prairie Division . The primary criteria for the separate divisions is school size, with the schools in the Lake Division being larger than the schools in the Prairie Division. In 2005, Lake Zurich joined the Lake Division and Lakes High School would be placed in the Prairie Division. Additionally, Antioch and Zion-Benton would switch divisions. Beginning with the 2016-17 athletic season,
330-460: The 1980s began, the conference totaled 9, however, in 1981, Maine North would close and West Leyden consolidated with East Leyden who was a member of the Des Plaines Valley, taking the total back down to 7 schools. Stevenson joined in 1982 and Antioch in 1983. Gurnee Warren made their return in 1983 as well. For the remainder of the 1980s the conference stayed status quo at 10 schools. After
363-490: The 1991 school year, Niles North would leave and Fenton would do the same in 1995. Four schools would be added for the 2000 school year and the league would be broken into 2 divisions. The existing schools; Antioch, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Mundelein, Stevenson and Warren formed the Lake Division and new comers; Grant , Round Lake , Vernon Hills , and Wauconda would join existing members North Chicago and Zion-Benton in
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#1732854864458396-428: The 2016–17 season. NSC Full members Fox Valley Conference Northwest Suburban Conference Northern Lake County Conference) Central Suburban Conference) Additional Conference) Additional Conferences) The NSC sponsors competition for teams of young men and women in: basketball , cross country , golf , gymnastics , soccer , swimming & diving , tennis , volleyball , and track & field . There
429-594: The NSC reduced its size as the members of the Prairie Division elected to leave the conference to form the Northern Lake County Conference . This conference consists of Antioch , Lakes , Grayslake Central , Grayslake North , Waucounda , Round Lake , Grant , and North Chicago . Vernon Hills also left the conference to join the Central Suburban League . The new NSC also welcomed Waukegan during
462-628: The Northwest Suburban and Barrington joining the North Suburban. In 1953, McHenry joined the league and Dundee entered in 1957. In the same year, Lake Forest and Gurnee Warren would leave and join the Northwest Suburban. Similar to the previous mentioned switch, Palatine would join the conference from the Northwest Suburban, also in 1957 but eventually leave for the Tri County Conference in 1964. To replace Palatine, North Chicago left
495-497: The November 20 issue, objecting to stories regarding drugs, teen pregnancy, and shoplifting. When students wanted to leave the front page blank in protest of the censorship, the officials instead required the students to produce other stories approved by the administration. The Stevenson public information officer released a statement November 20 stating the administration did not think anonymous sources discussing alleged illegal activity
528-511: The Tri County to join the North Suburban, also in 1964. The league would continue for ten years, but in 1973 Woodstock would leave and Lake Forest would come back. In addition to Lake Forest, the conference also welcomed Dundee-Crown and Mundelein that same year, taking the total number of schools to 10. Five schools would leave the conference in the late 1970s, Dundee in 1976, Barrington in 1977 and Crown, Crystal Lake and McHenry all exiting for
561-436: The area's District 125 coming from Lincolnshire , Long Grove , Prairie View , portions of Buffalo Grove , Mundelein , Kildeer , Hawthorn Woods and smaller portions of Vernon Hills , Lake Zurich , Riverwoods , Bannockburn , and Mettawa . In November 2009, a dispute erupted between school officials and the student newspaper, The Statesman , regarding censorship of stories. The administration stopped publication of
594-455: The area. The school has undergone various additions over the years, the first being in 1970 where the school gym and pool were renovated. To accommodate the increasing student population, another round of remodeling occurred in the mid-1990s. After the addition of the three-level east building in 1995, the physical size of SHS increased to more than six times its original size of 113,000 square feet. The new east building included 60 new classrooms,
627-413: The band, choir, and orchestra rooms in the west building. Around 2008, many of the athletic fields were expanded and the football field received new turf. In that same year, the original auditorium was renovated as well. In the 2005–06 school year, Stevenson had its highest enrollment of 4,573 students. Between the 2005–06 and 2014–15 school years, each school year saw progressively declining enrollment in
660-465: The best public high schools in America in 2017. In 2016, Niche gave A+ ratings in the following areas: academics, teachers, educational outcomes, health and safety, resources and facilities, sports and fitness, co-curricular activities, food service, and administration and policies. Several national publications have regularly included Stevenson in their lists of America's best public high schools. Stevenson
693-467: The censorship fiasco, 11 of 14 Statesman staffers — and all the paper's top editors — resigned from their positions at the start of the spring 2010 semester. In February 2012, the school administration initiated an investigation into marijuana sales at the school, during which the cellphones of students suspected of marijuana sales were confiscated, and the text messages stored on the phones were read. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois described
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#1732854864458726-419: The formation of a task force to find solutions to issues like grading system manipulation. In 1992, a community referendum determined that Stevenson would remain the district's only high school, with 52% supporting this option. In 1995, Stevenson underwent its largest expansion, growing by more than 50% with a $ 25 million project. Stevenson has grown since its opening to become one of the largest high schools in
759-514: The growing district, but the western side (Lake Zurich) of the district decided to build their own district. Adlai E. Stevenson High School opened in September 1965. This left Stevenson with an unfinished building, no board or administration, and no faculty. When Stevenson opened to 467 students and 31 teachers in 1965, the building was not carpeted, the library was empty, most classrooms were without desks and athletic fields were non-existent, as most of
792-424: The incident as a " fishing expedition ", while school officials stated they were "perfectly within our rights". In one instance a student was suspended for five days and barred from participating in extracurricular activities because he refused to provide the password to his cellphone. The probe resulted in two arrests on misdemeanor drug charges. In 2017, three female students were put on academic suspension when
825-414: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Suburban_Conference&oldid=927696782 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages North Suburban Conference (Illinois) Founded in 1948, seven schools located in
858-571: The intent of making the new addition a net-zero building . In 2020, Stevenson began planning for an additional expansion, with new athletic courts, an artificial turf playing field, a larger running track, an area for exercise equipment, and other features to be built in the enlarged field house. This addition was finished in August 2022. In 2023, the demographics were: White: 46.6%, Asian: 39.3%, Hispanic: 9.0%, Black: 1.7%, Two or More Races: 3.2%, and American Indian: 0.2%. The school serves students in
891-533: The newly formed Fox Valley Conference in 1978. Unfortunately the league could only add Maine North , from the O'Hare Suburban Conference , as a replacement school to keep the total at six. The following year, in 1979, as the conference pushed to expand, Fenton , from the O'Hare Suburban, Niles North , from the Central Suburban and West Leyden , from the Des Plaines Valley , all joined the league. As
924-540: The northern suburbs of Chicago banded together to create the North Suburban Conference, not to be confused with the Northwest Suburban Conference which was formed in 1925. The original members included Crystal Lake , Grayslake , Lake Forest , Libertyville , Gurnee Warren , Woodstock and Zion-Benton . In 1952, Grayslake and Barrington would switch conferences with Grayslake heading to
957-411: The school furniture had been shipped to Prairie View, Texas instead of Prairie View, Illinois . In the 1980s, the release of "A Nation at Risk" and the arrival of Richard DuFour as school principal marked pivotal events. During the 1980s and 1990s, the school's student activities program expanded, providing over 100 clubs and teams for students. By the late 1990s, intense student competition led to
990-401: The student body. In the 2014–15 school year, Stevenson had its first enrollment increase since the peak in the 2005–06 school year. Stevenson's enrollment was 4,337 for the 2018–19 school year, and enrollment is expected to surpass 4500 by 2020. In 2011, the school library and student resource center in the old/west building were renovated for the first time in Stevenson's history. The project
1023-478: Was finished in 2015 when the removal of the two lecture halls was completed to make way for the Quiet Learning Center (QLC). In addition to the new ILC/QLC, the photography studio was also renovated in the summer of 2013. In 2019, the school added an extension to the east building, including 22 new classrooms, conference rooms, a green roof and flower garden, multiple living walls and solar panels, with
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1056-400: Was fit for print. The Chicago Tribune, in a November 26 editorial, said the school was wrong to force students to produce administration-approved stories. "This isn't editing, it's censorship," wrote columnist Zak Stambor. The Society of Professional Journalists' Freedom of Information chairman called the censorship "immoral, un-American, irresponsible and not fit for education." Following
1089-639: Was the top-ranked open-enrollment public high school in Illinois in 2021, 2015, and 2014 in U.S. News & World Report , and was the top-ranked open-enrollment school in Illinois in the Washington Post’s rankings in 2014, 2013, and 2012. In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Stevenson as 171st in national rankings and 6th in Illinois. For the class of 2016, 99.9% attended college. In 2015–2016, 360 students were named Illinois State Scholars. In addition, there were 32 National Merit Semi-Finalists in
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