The Olympic Conference was a high school conference in northwest Illinois in existence from 1976 to 2010. The conference participated in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association . The conference comprised high schools with enrollments between 300 and 600 students on the fringe of the Illinois Quad Cities , Peoria , Galesburg , and in and around the cities of Macomb and Monmouth .
19-571: Olympic Conference may refer to: Olympic Conference (Illinois) Olympic Conference (Indiana) Olympic Conference (New Jersey) See also [ edit ] Olympic Congress , a large gathering of representatives from the different constituencies of the Olympic Movement, organised by the International Olympic Committee Topics referred to by
38-623: A 5 school conference in 2010. The Conference had experienced a similar dilemma in 1987 with the loss of Westmer. However, at that time, Macomb High School filled the void. In 2009, the Olympic Conference explored options of Kewanee High School joining the Olympic, Mercer County High School (formerly Aledo and Westmer High Schools) rejoining the Olympic, joining or merging with the Three Rivers Conference (north of
57-512: Is 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Galesburg, Illinois , 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Moline, Illinois , and serves a mixed city and rural residential community. The school is one of two high schools in the city of Kewanee , the other being Wethersfield High School . The school is within the Davenport - Moline - Rock Island , IA - IL metropolitan statistical area . In 2009, 52% of students tested met or exceeded standards on
76-425: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Olympic Conference (Illinois) Sources:IHSA Conferences and IHSA Member Schools Directory The original Olympic Conference formed in the fall of 1948. The six charter members were Astoria , Bushnell , Cuba , Lewistown , Spoon River Valley , and Table Grove VIT . The conference got its name because, like
95-589: The Prairie State Achievement Examination , a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act . The percent of KHS students considered low income is 60%. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999-2009 was 80%. In 2009, the faculty was 99 teachers, averaging 12.7 years of experience, and of whom 46% held an advanced degree. The average class size was 17.1 The student to faculty ratio
114-594: The Conference after the 2005–2006 academic year to join the Lincoln Trail conference and West Prairie Trail mega conference for football. Knoxville left after the 2008–2009 academic year, and Farmington departed after the 2009–2010 season, both to rejoin the Prairieland conference. The loss of three conference schools in a short period of time put the remaining schools in the awkward position of facing
133-635: The Olympic), and joining or merging with the Lincoln Trail Conference (east and south of the Olympic). A solution was reached when as offer was extended from the West Central Conference (distant south of the Olympic) to the five Olympic Conference schools that remained in 2010. Due to the geographic range of the newly aligned West Central Conference, it was split into north and south divisions for most activities, with
152-559: The Olympics held that year, the member schools would be competing in many different events. The first football competition was held in 1948, but to be eligible for the championship schools had to play at least 3 other member schools. In 1953 Industry was added, bringing the total to seven member schools. The 1958–1959 academic year was the league's final season. The Olympic conference name was resurrected in 1976 with completely different schools. The present day Olympic Conference formed in
171-498: The conclusion of the 2009–2010 season the conference won Illinois state titles in Boys Golf (9), Boys Football (5), Chess (3), Boys Wrestling (2), Girls Bowling (1), Girls Softball (1), Girls Track (1), and Scholastic Bowl (1). Success may also be measured by the number of regional titles won by conference schools. For athletics and activities and activities without regionals, or where a team may still advance to state without winning
190-685: The conference, are: Kewanee High School Kewanee High School , or KHS , is a public four-year high school located at 1211 E. Third Street in Kewanee, Illinois , a city in Kewanee Township of Henry County, Illinois , in the Midwestern United States . KHS is part of Kewanee Community Unit School District 229, which also includes Central Junior High School, Central Elementary School, Irving Elementary School, Belle Elementary School, and Lyle Preschool. The campus
209-719: The fall of 1976. The eight charter members included Abingdon, Aledo, and Knoxville from the Little 6 Conference; Joy-Westmer, Orion, Sherrard, and Taylor Ridge-Rockridge from the Corn Belt Conference; and Monmouth from the Illio Conference. After the 1981–1982 season Abingdon and Knoxville left to help form the Prairieland Conference, bringing the total to 6 schools. After the 1986–1987 season Joy-Westmer dropped out and Macomb took their place in
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#1732793801228228-418: The fall of 1987. In the fall of 1988 Sherrard consolidated with Winola (New Windsor-Viola), but retained the name Sherrard. In the fall of 1992 Farmington joined and Knoxville rejoined the Olympic, again giving the league an 8 team alignment. The 2000-2010 decade brought several changes to the Olympic Conference. Monmouth consolidated with Roseville in the fall of 2005 to become Monmouth-Roseville. Aledo left
247-594: The five remaining Olympic Conference schools and Illini West High School ( Carthage ) comprising the north division. Mercer County High School considered joining the West Central Conference beginning in 2011. This would have put many of the original Olympic Conference members back together, albeit under a new name, but it has not occurred to date. The present day Olympic Conference won 23 state championships in IHSA sponsored athletics and activities. At
266-722: The novice state champion in Poetry Interpretation at the IIFA State speech and Debate tournament hosted at Illinois Central College. Kewanee is a member school in the Illinois High School Association ; its mascot is the Boilermaker. The school has three state championships on record in team athletics and activities: boys' cross country (1996), boys' golf (1948), and debate (1948). For nearly 50 years, Kewanee High School competed in
285-414: The present day Olympic Conference through the 2008-2009 winter season are: The most successful schools in the present day Olympic Conference, based on total regional championships or state qualifications through the 2008-2009 winter season, are: The most successful individual programs in the present day Olympic Conference, based on rate of regional championship or state qualification production per year in
304-436: The regional (or sectional), state qualifications or placing in the top 10 are roughly equivalent, as all mean the school is among the top schools (10–64) in the state within that division. In events where district titles were replaced by regionals, the data is summed. Only sectional titles are available for track. Only top 10 finishers are available for music. Based on these criteria, the most successful athletics and activities in
323-432: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Olympic Conference . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Conference&oldid=877813671 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
342-848: The state level in speech: 2008: Betty Maes, Special Occasion Speaking 2009: (results unavailable) 2010: Blake Bullock and Caitlin Arrington: Dramatic Duet Acting/ Brooks Bullock and Austin Peed, Humorous Duet Acting/ Ryan Branom, Impromptu Speaking 2011: Blake Bullock, Dramatic Interpretation/ Blake Bullock and Caitlin Arrington, Dramatic Duet Acting 2012: Blake Bullock, Dramatic Interpretation (3rd place) and Prose Reading (7th place) 2013: John Williams III, Original Comedy / Zach Murphy, Humorous Interpretation / Em Grebner and Ellen Johnson, Dramatic Duet Acting In 2010, KHS Alumni Elizabeth VanDamme (nee Maes) became
361-459: Was 19.2. The district's instructional expenditure per student was $ 4,289. School enrollment decreased from 607 to 539 (11%) in the period of 1999-2009 The Kewanee High School Drama department has also had many successes. The Group Interpretation team has travelled to state in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. They have also sent many students to compete in the state individual events (speech). The following students have competed at
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