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Northwest 8 Conference
The Northwest 8 Conference 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 high schools with enrollments between 75-600 students in Boone, Carroll Carroll may refer to: People * Carroll (given name) * Carroll (surname) * O'Carroll, also known as Carroll, a Gaelic Irish clan * Mac Cearbhaill, anglicised as Carroll, a Gaelic Irish clan * Charles Carroll Webster (1824-1893), American lawyer and ..., DeKalb County, Illinois, DeKalb, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Jo Daviess, Lee County, Illinois, Lee, Ogle County, Illinois, Ogle, Stephenson County, Illinois, Stephenson, and Winnebago County, Illinois, Winnebago counties. History This conference was composed of teams from the short-lived ''original'' Upstate Illini Conference#History, Upstate Illini Conference (1974 to 1976), the first year of competition was 1977 with eight chart ... [...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 betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton, IL
Ashton is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 972 at the 2010 census, down from 1,142 in 2000. History Ashton was originally called Ogle Station, but it was afterwards changed in order to avoid confusion with Ogle County, Illinois. A tornado hit the town on April 9, 2015 at 6:40 pm CDT. Geography Ashton is located at . According to the 2010 census, Ashton has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,142 people, 437 households, and 312 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,727.6 people per square mile (668.1/km). There were 468 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.99% White, 1.05% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.35% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.36% of the population. There were 423 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl City High School (Illinois)
Pearl City High School, is located in the town of Pearl City, Illinois. The campus is located 12 miles west of Freeport and 44 miles west of Rockford. It is located just six miles south of U.S. Route 20, a major east–west highway connected to Interstate 90. Facilities Pearl City Community Unit School District #200 presently operates one school building that contains all Pre-K through twelfth grade students. The school was built in 1912 and although it has been remodeled and added onto numerous times, is still the school in use today. An updated high school section was added to the building in 1970, including the current gymnasium. In 2003, a significant structure was added to the existing school building to be utilized by high school and middle school students. The high school complex shares space with the Pearl City Park District and includes three baseball diamonds and play field space for physical education classes as well as a football field. The theme for the current sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poplar Grove, IL
Poplar Grove (founded in 1859) is a village located in Poplar Grove and Belvidere Townships, Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area, and of the gated community Candlewick Lake. The population was 5,049 at the 2020 census. History Poplar Grove was named in 1845 for a grove of poplar trees near the original town site. A post office called Poplar Grove has been in operation since 1848. January 2008 tornado On January 7, 2008, on an unusually warm day which saw temperatures reach the mid , a tornado struck northern Illinois, including Poplar Grove and Candlewick Lake. The tornado severely damaged a favorite local attraction, Edward's Apple Orchard. There was one serious injury reported and the damage was widespread. The tornado was later rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. A weather event this big had not occurred in the area since 1967. The tornado was one of the only eight rated EF4 during the time span of the warm w ... [...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] |
Mount Carroll, IL
Mount Carroll is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. It is the Carroll County seat. The population was 1479 at the 2020 census. Due to its elevation and northwesterly location, Mount Carroll is subject to unusually cold winter weather. From 1930 to 1999, Mount Carroll held the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in Illinois, , recorded on January 22, 1930. The record was beaten by Congerville in 1999, by one degree Fahrenheit. 20 years later, on January 31, 2019 during an extreme cold snap, Mount Carroll regained the title of coldest city in Illinois when a new Illinois state record low temperature of was officially recorded. History Mount Carroll began life as a mill town around 1841. In 1843, a referendum moved the county seat from nearby Savanna to Mount Carroll. The town was incorporated in 1855 and became a city in 1867; the first mayor was Nathaniel Halderman, a prominent local businessman and co-founder of the mill. Shimer College was establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milledgeville, IL
Milledgeville is a village in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village was 1,026 at the 2020 census. The town was named for the mill at the edge of the village, which was torn down in 1908. Geography Milledgeville is located at (41.963763, -89.774372). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Milledgeville has a total area of , all land. The nearest shopping and commerce area to the village is in the towns of Sterling and Rock Falls, about 12 miles south of downtown Milledgeville, while the closest major shopping, entertainment, and city amenities are in Rockford, which is about 45 miles to the northeast of downtown Milledgeville. The village is located 110 miles from downtown Chicago (2.5 hour drive) and about 85 miles away (1.5 hour drive) from the nearest Chicago suburbs of Sugar Grove/Aurora. Education The village of Milledgeville and surrounding rural area are a part of a consolidation with neighboring Chadwick, with the K-12 being in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milledgeville High School
Millville High School, or MHS, is a public four to five-year high school located at 10 East 8th Stret in Milledgeville, Illinois, a village in Carroll County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. MHS serves the communities and surrounding areas of Milledgeville, Chadwick, Lanark, Mt. Carroll, Savanna, and Thomson. The campus is located 13 miles that way of Sterling, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. Academics Based on the Illinois School Report Card for the 2018-19 school year, Milledgeville had a graduation rate of 93% and an Advanced Placement participation rate of 3%. Additionally, in 2019, Milledgeville ranked as the 12,935 best school in the United States and 430 in Illinois based on '' U.S. News & World Report''. Athletics Milledgeville High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf River, IL
Leaf River is a village in Leaf River Township, Ogle County, Illinois, United States, along a stream of the same name. The population was 443 at the 2010 census, down from 555 in 2000. Geography Leaf River is located at (42.126350, -89.402976). According to the 2010 census, Leaf River has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 555 people, 214 households, and 154 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 235 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.20% White, 1.62% African American and 0.18% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population. There were 214 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf River High School
A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. In most leaves, the primary photosynthetic tissue is the palisade mesophyll and is located on the upper side of the blade or lamina of the leaf but in some species, including the mature foliage of ''Eucalyptus'', palisade mesophyll is present on both sides and the leaves are said to be isobilateral. Most leaves are flattened and have distinct upper ( adaxial) and lower (abaxial) surfaces that differ in color, hairiness, the number of stomata (pores that intake and output gases), the amount and structure of epicuticular wax and other features. Leaves are mostly green in color due to the presence of a compound called chlorophyll that is essential for photosynthesis as it absorbs light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkland, IL
Kirkland is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2020 census, down from 1,744 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Kirkland has been in operation since 1875. Kirkland was platted in 1876. The village was named for William T. Kirk, a local landowner. Geography Kirkland is located at (42.091306, -88.850345). According to the 2010 census, Kirkland has a total area of , of which (or 99.03%) is land and (or 0.97%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 1,650 people, 573 households, and 369 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 637 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 86.67% White, 0.73% African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 3.70% from other races, and 8.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.42% of the population. There were 573 households, out of which 59.51 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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