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Almost 300 designs were submitted from students at 40 high schools throughout the county, and an appointed flag advisory panel narrowed the selection to six flags in March. The new flag will be showcased Tuesday.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners accepted recently the top six student-finalist flag redesigns for the next Cook County flag.
Glenbrook South, Maine East students among six finalists in a competition for high school-aged students to create the next Cook County flag
Six student-led designs have been chosen as finalists, whittled down from 23 semi-finalists, which were themselves plucked from the nearly 300 original submissions. Each semi-finalist was assigned a design mentor to help hone their idea.
Spring Grove resident Eleni Gewalt, a Pleasant Prairie (Wisconsin) Patriots Swim team member, is now a Junior National Champion after winning the 50 meter breaststroke in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 13.