We unleash the leadership potential of Illinois youth.

About Us

Our annual leadership seminar is held at no cost to the students who participate and the schools that send their students, so we need your help to continue investing in these young leaders.

ILS has been providing quality, free leadership seminars in Illinois since 1977. We are a 100% volunteer organization with 501(c)3 nonprofit status. Through our programs, students interact with leaders in industry, government, the arts, education, and the media, coming in contact with a diverse world of leaders and leadership styles. Students are then challenged to discover and unleash their own leadership potential in their schools and communities, using the tools and resources made available to them at ILS. We at Illinois Leadership Seminars don't tell our participants what to think, or even how to think, but stress the importance of careful thought for our world's future leaders.

Nominated Schools

Antioch Community High School
Aquin Central Catholic High School
Argenta-Oreana High School
Argo Community High School
Ashton-Franklin Center High School
Batavia High School
Beacon Academy
Belleville Township High School West
Benet Academy
Bloom High School
Bremen High School
Bunker Hill High School
C.I.C.S. - Longwood High School
Chicago Hope Academy
Coal City High School
Collinsville High School
Deer Creek-Mackinaw High School
DeKalb High School
Donovan High School
Downers Grove North High School
Durand High School
Earlville Jr/Sr High School
East Leyden High School
East Peoria Community High School
Eastland Jr/Sr High School
Elgin High School
Erie High School
Eureka High School
Freeport High School
Fulton High School
Galena High School
Galva Jr/Sr High School
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Genoa-Kingston High School
George Washington High School
Grace Christian Academy
Granite City High School
Grant Community High School
Grayslake Central High School
Grayville Jr/Sr High School
Guilford High School
Hamilton Jr/Sr High School
Harlem High School
Herrin High School
Hinsdale South High School
Hyman G Rickover Naval Academy
IC Catholic Prep
Intrinsic Schools
Jefferson High School
Jersey Community High School
John Hancock College Prep
Johnsburg High School
Joliet Catholic Academy
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart
Keith Country Day School
Kenwood Academy
Knoxville Sr High School
Lake Zurich High School
Lakes Community High School
Lebanon High School
Lemont Township High School
Lena-Winslow High School
Libertyville High School
Lyons Township High School
Marengo Community High School
Marian Central Catholic High School
Massac County High School
McHenry East High School
McHenry West High School
Mendota Township High School
Milledgeville High School
Momence High School
Monmouth-Roseville High School
Morgan Park Academy
Morris Community High School
Mount Olive High School
Mount Zion High School
Naperville North High School
Niles North High School
Normal Community High School
Oak Lawn Community High School
Ogden International School of Chicago
Ohio Community High School
Oregon High School
Oswego East High School
Paxton Buckley Loda High School
Pecatonica High School
Phoenix Military Academy
Polo Community High School
Prairie Ridge High School
Rantoul Township High School
Rich East High School
Richmond Burton High School
Rockford Lutheran High School
Round Lake Senior High School
Saint Anthony High School
Saint Joseph High School
Saint Viator High School
Sandwich Community High School
Stillman Valley High School
Streamwood High School
UIC College Prep
Vernon Hills High School
Warren Township High School
Warsaw High School
Washington Community High School
Wauconda High School
West Leyden High School
Westlake Christian Academy
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
William Howard Taft High School
Willowbrook High School
Wilmington High School
Winnebago High School
Wolcott School
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
Woodlawn High School
Woodstock High School
Woodstock North High School
Zion Benton High School