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29-614: South Suburban Conference can refer to one of the following: South Suburban Junior High School Conference (Illinois) , a middle school sports conference in Illinois South Suburban Conference (Illinois) , a high school sports conference in Illinois South Suburban Conference (Minnesota) , a high school sports conference in Minnesota South Suburban Conference (Georgia) ,

58-584: A 1/16-mile indoor track and a 1/4-mile track across the street to the east. There is a historical display on the second floor near the South Entrance that is maintained by the Joliet Central Historical Society. Many archived items are kept in a vault; the display includes the original Steelman sculpture and conceptual models of it from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair . The Steelman was sculpted by Louise Lentz Woodruff and

87-497: A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the schools which had left claiming that "(an) apartheid-like realignment used public funds to regress to separate but equal". The suit was settled out of court with the three schools of Thornton Township High Schools District 205 joining the Southwest Suburban Conference, and the two schools of Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 joining

116-577: A high school sports conference in Georgia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title South Suburban 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=South_Suburban_Conference&oldid=787391118 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

145-428: A league that maintained seven schools for 14 years. The south suburbs continued to grow in popularity with school districts becoming larger and populations increasing. So, in 1952, Leyden High School joined the conference making the total number of schools eight. However, in 1957, Thornton Fractional would split into North and South and Leyden would also be split into East and West and all four schools would leave

174-506: A new conference, the Southwest Suburban Conference . Those schools included; Andrew, Bolingbrook, Bradley, Homewood-Flossmoor, Joliet Township, Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way East, Lockport, Sandburg and Stagg. These ten schools collectively were among the largest in student population. Shortly after the announcement, a board member from Lincoln-Way Community High School District , a district representing two of

203-465: Is a public secondary school located in Joliet, Illinois. Central is part of Joliet Township High Schools , along with Joliet West and Joliet East (now defunct). Before the opening of Joliet East and West, the school was called Joliet Township High School . In 1993, when Joliet Central and Joliet West combined many of their athletic and other competitive extracurricular programs, the combined program took

232-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages South Suburban Conference (Illinois) The conference was one of three (the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC) and Southland Athletic Conference ) to be carved from the long extant South Inter-Conference Association (SICA) ; a large athletic conference which broke apart in 2005 after 33 years of existence. The "original" incarnation of

261-496: Is four stories tall, two city blocks long, and includes four separate buildings. The campus underwent a moderate expansion during 2005 when the old shop building was knocked down and a new building was erected in its place. A catwalk connects the main building to the T&;I building and allows students to cross sheltered from inclement weather. The facilities include a daycare center, a planetarium, one soccer field, four baseball fields,

290-429: Is positioned with its hands behind a male and female, symbolizing technology advancing humans. It is surrounded by the original relief panels representing the basic sciences: astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, medicine, and geology. It has long been considered good luck to rub the right knee of the male before any test or sporting events; therefore, the knee has been worn away and reconstituted over

319-488: Is used for the combined teams. Joliet Central is the headquarters for the combined athletic program. The athletic department sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball , bowling , cross country , golf , soccer , swimming and diving , tennis , track and field , and volleyball . Young men may compete in baseball , football , and wrestling , while young women may compete in badminton , cheerleading , and softball . While not sponsored by

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348-490: The 2010–2011 school year, Joliet Central and Joliet West will have their own football teams. All of the other sports except golf have divided too. In 1913, A.R. McAllister, a manual arts instructor who played the cornet, was asked to organize a band for Joliet Township High School. Mr. McAllister, who grew up on a farm in Jackson Township, bought a cornet at age 14 with profits he earned from selling his pig at

377-621: The IHSA, the school sponsors a poms team . The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament: During the 2008–2009 school year, Central and West began to separate their football programs, causing the West mascot to become the Tiger again, leaving Central as the Steelmen. The split began with Joliet's freshmen football team dividing. By

406-580: The Rockettes, playing for a total of 160,000 people. The band played for draftees, and was known as "the minute men" because they were always ready - day or night to perform for soldiers traveling through Joliet. Mr. McAllister became a nationally recognized leader of the school band movement and was known as "the father of the high school band program." McAllister helped organize the National School Band Association in 1926. He

435-525: 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 . The league continued to add schools as time moved forward with Argo joining in 1938 and Lockport in 1939. University High School left in 1939, leaving

464-718: The South Suburban Conference. The remaining six teams would be known as Southland Athletic Conference. Those schools included; Bloom, Crete-Monee, Kankakee, Rich Central, Rich East and Rich South. There are 14 members of the conference. The conference sponsors competition in the following sports: Original South Suburban Conference Current South Suburban Conference South Inter-Conference Association (SICA) Southeast Suburban Conference) Illini 8 Conference Southland Athletic Conference Southwest Suburban Conference Suburban Prairie Conference Northeast Conference Original Southwest Suburban Conference Joliet Central High School Joliet Central High School

493-531: The South Suburban was Thornwood in 1972, the same year the school opened. Unfortunately, this would be the final year for this version of the South Suburban with several teams joining the newly formed South Inter-Conference Association (SICA) . Those schools included Argo, Bloom, Eisenhower, Joliet Central, Joliet West, Kankakee, Lockport, Richards, Thornridge, Thornton, Thornton Fractional North and South and Thornwood. For 33 years prior to 2006, most of

522-691: The Will County Fair. He studied music under James H. Ward, director of Ward's Boy Band in Joliet. Prior to directing the JT band, McAllister organized the Trinity Girl's Band in 1905 and performed with local ensembles, including the Dellwood Park Band and Joliet Steelworkers Industrial Band. Under Mr. McAllister's leadership, the band won state championships from 1924 to 1926 and national championships from 1926 to 1928. In their hometown,

551-433: The athletic directors voted 30–3, the principals' board of control voted 6–2, and the district superintendents voted 16–3 to approve a new conference realignment which was to take effect in 2006. The realignment had been pushed because of long travel times and a reduction of sports offerings at some schools. The realignment split the association into three roughly equal and geographically contiguous conferences, one of which,

580-466: The band received permanent possession of the trophy in 1928 and was praised by John Philip Sousa (see photo below). The band was exempt to play at the 1929 contest in Denver, but performed as an exhibition group. In 1931, the band regained the national title. In 1936, McAllister lead his young musicians through a week of nine performances at Radio City Music Hall where the band performed an Easter show with

609-411: The biggest it would ever become, 10 schools. Another mass exodus would occur in 1966 as Argo, Kankakee, Lockport and all three Joliet schools left in order to join the newly chartered Illini 8 Conference . The reduction of schools forced the league to reach out for additional members, however, Richards , a brand new high school, was the only team to join. The last team to join this original version of

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638-453: The conference. This exodus would drop the conference total to six schools. In 1960, Joliet joined from the Big 8 and newly opened Thornridge High School was added to the league as well. 1962 witnessed the name change of Blue Island High School to Dwight D. Eisenhower High School. In 1964, Joliet split into three separate schools; Central , East and West making this version of the conference

667-659: The district had combined teams between Joliet West and Joliet Central that was collectively known as "Joliet Township." However, the schools separated and now have two athletics. The program is a member of the Southwest Prairie Conference (SWPC) and the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). In this combined form the Steelmen/Steelwomen name which continues to be used by Joliet Central when it competes alone,

696-517: The old "Joliet Township" name. The original building was designed by architect Frank Shaver Allen in the " Collegiate Gothic " featuring arches, castellated walls, and towers. It was built in 1901 and expanded by the D. H. Burnham Company, in 1917, 1922, 1924, and 1931 which were built in similar style. It is built of locally quarried limestone . The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The school

725-676: The public high schools in the south and southwest suburban Chicago area were a part of the South Inter-Conference Association (SICA) which by 2005 had reached a membership of 33 schools split into five divisions. The conference covered a large geographic area and sociological spectrum "from the Indiana border to Joliet, from impoverished Ford Heights to affluent Frankfort, from virtually all-black Hillcrest to almost all-white Lincoln-Way Central and from Joliet, enrollment 4,993, to 1,066- student Rich South" In 2004,

754-404: The schools leaving to form a new conference, was forced to resign after racially insensitive statements were left on a reporter's voice mail. Shortly after this, twelve more schools split off to form the South Suburban Conference. Those schools included; Argo, Bremen, Eisenhower, Evergreen Park, Hillcrest, Lemont, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Reavis, Richards, Shepard, and Tinley Park,. In April 2006,

783-743: The southeast, contained most of the predominantly African–American schools (compared to one school in the remaining two conferences). It was from these schools that a majority of the votes against the realignment had come. Leaders from these schools demanded an investigation from the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, and petitioned the Illinois State Board of Education to investigate as to whether this action violated rules on equity. In March 2005, ten schools announced that they were unilaterally leaving SICA to form

812-547: The years. After finishing a new parking lot in 2007, Central began constructing a Field House over the parking lot. In October 2008, the Field House was completed. In April 2016, Gilbane Building Company completed construction of a new 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m ) addition. The new structure, designed by Wight & Co., features a three-story glass curtainwall facade that leads a student center and cafeteria that can seat up to 600 people for events. In sports,

841-473: Was elected vice-president the same year before serving as president for 14 years. On Sept. 30, 1944, McAllister died at age 63. The Joliet Township High School Band, later the Joliet Central Band, still continues today. It is one of the longest running band and one of the most successful band programs in the country. One of Joliet's nicknames is the "City of Champions." This nickname stems from

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