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The following is a list of Illinois High School Association member conferences.Schools that belong to these conferences compete with each other on a local level in athletics and non-athletic activities.
The HandsOn Network was a non-profit organization focusing on community service based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. It sought to bring people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action, and mobilized some half million volunteers in communities inside and outside the United States.
The "original" incarnation of the South Suburban Conference dates back to 1927 when a group of six schools maintained ties from the original Suburban Conference which had folded that same year. Those original members included Bloom , Blue Island , Chicago University , Kankakee , Thornton Fractional and Thornton .
For years, a drive on the highways and byways of Chicago would reveal a string of sprawling corporate campuses, from Allstate along I-294 to Sears, built off its own interstate exchange at I-90.
Settlement patterns in the Chicago metropolitan area tend to follow those in the city proper: the northern and northwestern suburbs are generally affluent and upper-middle class, while the southern suburbs (sometimes known as Chicago Southland) have somewhat lower median incomes and a cost of living, with the exception being the southwest ...
Based on commuting options to the city, housing prices, property taxes and cost of living, it looks like the most affordable suburbs of Chicago are towns like Elgin, Aurora, Joliet and Waukegan.
The Mid-Suburban League (MSL) is an Illinois High School Association recognized high school extra-curricular league which includes 12 schools located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. The conference is split up into two divisions for all interscholastic activities.
Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8142-0455-9. OCLC 17210353. Miller, Donald L. (1997). City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. Simon & Schuster. pp. 282– 284, 292. ISBN 978-0-684-83138-1