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High school students – the County’s next generation – were asked to submit thoughtful flag designs representative of Cook County’s iconic history, varied geography, important institutions, and diverse residents. Submissions were received from 297 students from 40 different high schools and living in every district of Cook County. The Flag Advisory Panel examined these flags for composition, such as colors and design elements, and representation of the County’s mission, history, people, and geography. The Flag Advisory Panel also reviewed the student’s description and title of each flag. All designs were reviewed without regard for the mode or detail in design – that is, whether it was created in crayon or on a computer. Explore all of the creative designs and click through for their descriptions below!

4 Seasons
Submitted by: Dierdre Hassett All 4 colors symbolize the 4 […]

6 Grey Stars
Submitted by: Nishka Patil This flag is a representation of […]

7 Circles
This flag is a representation of the 6 regions in […]

A Century of Establishment
The four stripes represent rivers, and can also represent railroads. […]

Adam’s Ale
The name of my flag is, “Adam’s Ale”. For my […]

Alfred’s Flag
The name of the flag is Alfred’s flag or “Al’s […]

Alliance
The blue in the background represents the water bodies and […]

America’s Center
The deep blue stands for waterways and nature surrounding it, […]

An Angel in the Sky
Sky Blue: the sky blue hill which represents cook county, […]

Around the Water
The six stars represent the six regions of Cook County, […]

Balance
a) Elements: two rectangles, and a six-pointed star that represents […]

Banner of Cook’s Land
The blue represents Lake Michigan The green represents the Cook […]

Big Purple Star
The colors represent different parts of cook county and the […]

Big Red Star
2 Blue stripes represent Lake Michigan & Chicago River. Green […]

Blue & White Stripes
The green triangle represents the forest preserves/nature in Cook County. […]

Blue and Yellow Stripes with Big Red Star
The green background of this flag represents the forest preserve […]

Blue Curve and Six Green and Yellow Stripes
The blue curve in the flag represents Lake Michigan and […]

Blue, Yellow and Red
The star has 6 points to symbolize the 6 regions […]

Butterfly Flag
a butterflies meaning is The art of transformation, and the […]

Cardinal’s Winter
The flag: Cardinal’s Winter shows a 6 pointed star with […]

CC
Bean represented like the CC of cook county and the […]

Celtic Flag
I chose to make the base shape of my design […]

Chicago At Night
The Black Background represents the night sky. The tall buildings […]

Chicago Bike
It represents the city of Chicago bike three rectangles. a […]

Chicago Cares
The flag’s main symbol is a rainbow with four elements. […]

Chicago Culture
My flags name is “Chicago Culture”. The design is to […]

Chicagoans
Light blue on the cook country flag: represents calm, trust […]

Christian Garcia
Christian Garcia (he/him/his)
Student Designer

Cicero Flag
The stars represent the 6 regions in Illinois and the […]

City Flag of Achievement
The use of the color blue is used to represent […]

Colors of Cook County
The base color of the flag is white to symbolize […]

Comic Sans
Green triangle represents the nature of Cook County, Blue is […]

Community
Similar to the original flag the stars represent all 39 […]

Concrete Waters
The yellow lines represent Cook County’s hard work to complete […]

Coneflower
TThe Coneflower represents how Cook County is a very prosperous […]

Connection
Colors: Blue, orange, and yellow Meanings/Symbolism: The blue represents the […]

Content with Cook County
My flag design is called “Content with Cook County”. The […]

Cook County Colors
The dark green represents the forest preserves we have in […]

Cook County Coming Together
6 puzzle pieces – the 6 regions that create Cook […]

Cook County Fairwood
Yellow, orange, red, green, light blue, dark blue, green.

Cook County Flag 2020
Red and yellow convey the energy and the unity as […]

Cook County Flag 2021
The image in between cook and county is the city […]

Cook County New Flag
The background color is Red showing the amount of healthcare […]

Cook County Soars
The airplane represents the amount of transportation and multi-nationalism in […]

Cook County Stars
I used 2 blue stripes on each side to represent […]

Cook County Sunrise Flag
Student Designer / Leo Angelini
Mentor / Dave Straus

Cook County the Great
I decided to make my flag resemble a map of […]

Cook County Union
This name is meant to describe the positive community and […]

Cook County United Flag
Student Designer / Julia Gamboa
Student Designer / Angela Almanza
Mentor / Bill Gatewood

Cook County Values
I wanted to emphasize justice, health, and nature, which are […]

Cook County’s Cone Flower
The blue on the outer sides of the flag are […]

Cook County’s Duty
My flag represents Cook County’s role in healthcare. Green is […]

Cook County’s Stars
I used the stars to represent the 6 major geographic […]

Cook Leads the Way
“The field of blue conveys vigilance, perseverance, and justice. It […]

Cook Regions
I chose to incorporate a coneflower because it is a […]

Cook Thinks Forward
“The field of blue conveys vigilance, perseverance, and justice. It […]

Cook Tricolor
The “Cook Tricolor” is an attempt at a unique, simple, […]

Cook’s Path
The field of blue is split in two by Cook’s […]

Cook’s Star Rise
The field of blue conveys vigilance, perseverance, and justice. It […]

Cooks Flag
I used Green to show the all the trees and […]

County Home
House to show that Cook county wants people settled, to […]

County Stars
Student Designer / Noami Balderas
Student Designer / Maeve Clifford
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus

County’s Horizon
The red sun symbolizes healthcare/aid/hope with 6 rays to symbolize […]

Courage
The eagle represents the state full of courage. There are […]

Creativity Flag
The colors, shapes, symbols, and patterns symbolize creativity and peace. […]

Crossings
The red corners represent the North and South Sides of […]

Crossroad
The design of the flag is based on an intersection, […]

Daniel Pope Cook Flag
This flag has four colors. The yellow represents the lights […]

Daniel’s Flag
The name of Daniel’s Flag is named after founder of […]

Deepwater
The large swath of waving blue is Lake Michigan, with […]

Diversity
The brown and green shows our city fading into our […]

Diversity, Travel, Protection and Waterways
The Navy Blue and Black color scheme of the flag […]

Double ‘O Seven
The black colored section of my flag means “To move […]

DPC (Daniel Pope Cook) Flag / Cook’s Flag
Student / Simon Koziol (he/him/his)
Mentor / Denis McNamara

Drops for Change
With this flag I am trying to capture the unity […]

Dynamic Tricolor Flag
Student Designer / Julia Gamboa
Student Designer / Angela Almanza
Mentor / Mark Jarzemsky

East Lake Flag
This flag represents many of Cook County’s important elements all […]

Echinacea
The six octagram stars represent the six main missions/histories (also […]

Elements of Cook County (County We Call Home)
This flag shows all the things that makes Cook wonderful. […]

Environmental
the flag name is called an enviromental flag. The colors […]

Essence
I decided to divide my composition into parts and to […]

Exploring Creation
The blue parts of my flag means trustworthy and it […]

Five Star Tree
The red star is the representation of the Chicago flag. […]

Flag Cook County
my flag has 5 color, each one represent something from […]

Flow of Roots
My flag represents the growth of Cook County. I used […]

Flower of Society
The 5 pointed star shape resembles the 5 major suburban […]

Flowing Leaves
Boxelder leaf – represents the many forest preserves in the […]

Flowing Prosperity
The three blue stripes represent the rivers flowing East. The […]

For a New Cook County
“The flag uses five colors;The large parts of green are […]

Four Stars
Elements: I use the star and the use the different […]

Freedom
Colors: White, blue, green, and yellowMeanings/Symbolism: White stands for transparency. […]
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Freedom [2]
Colors: White, blue, green, and red
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Freedom [3]
Colors: Blue, white, green, and yellowMeanings/Symbolism: Blue stands for the […]
![Freedom [4]](https://i0.wp.com/anewflagforcookcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Freedom-4.jpg?fit=640%2C362&ssl=1)
Freedom [4]
Colors: Blue, white, and greenMeanings/Symbolism: (1) On the level of […]

From Suburbs to City
This flag was designed by Maddie, Nicole, Lizzette, and myself […]

Geomatic Flag
Colors: Yellow, blue, green, and orange Meanings/Symbolism: The 6 stars […]

Give Back
The flags primary focus is a tree, symbolizing cook county’s […]

Grand Ol’ Shiny
Colors:Yellow signifies that Cook County has long been viewed as […]

Greatness
Green – preservation of forests, bright green grass, carnival/parade shirts, […]

Green Stars
This flag represents Cook County because I used the colors […]

Green, Gold and Great Flag
Student Designer / Ilyas Munzir (he/him/his)
Mentor / Steve Batterson

Growth
Used blue for daytime in Chicago when it’s summer, and […]

Harmony II Flag
Harmony II / Edward Carr II
Mentor / Faiz Razi

Harmony with Nature
In the flag there are two circles and one rectangle, […]
![Harmony [2]](https://i0.wp.com/anewflagforcookcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Harmony-2.jpg?fit=640%2C453&ssl=1)
Harmony [2]
Colors: Yellow, green, and white Meanings/Symbolism: The 6-pointed star represents […]

Honor
Colors: Blue and yellow Meanings/Symbolism: Blue represents the waters of […]

Hope
Colors: Yellow, blue, green, and white Meanings/Symbolism: It is inspired […]

Illinois CC
Star 1- it shows how the cook county welcomes people […]

Indomitable Spirit
Star:5 Points: the star has five points to represent the […]

Inter-Workings of Cook County
The green background for the natures preserves in our county. […]

Justice
Colors: Blue, silver/white, and yellowMeanings/Symbolism: Geographically, the blue stands for […]
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Justice [2]
Colors: Red, green, and orangeMeanings/Symbolism: The 6 stars with 6 […]

Lakerise
Lakerise depicts a sun gently rising over the horizon, reflecting […]

Lakeview Flag
Student Designer / Allison Lemmon
Mentor / John Galetka

Lakeview Flag
This flag represents many of Cook County’s important elements all […]

Land and Water
The background of my flag is comprised of eight blue […]

Liberty of Minorities For All
This flag is effective because it holds a message that […]

Little Red Star
This flag represents the major elements of cook county. The […]

Look Back, March Forth
The field of blue conveys vigilance, perseverance, and justice. It […]

Looking Forward
The blue represents Lake Michigan and how it plays a […]

Love
Colors: Red, yellow, and blueMeanings/Symbolism: The yellow star in the […]

Making History
The blue buildings show the amazing architecture of Chicago, the […]

Meet in the Center
The two blue lines represent the rivers that run throughout […]

Morning Sunshine (Literal Version)
Colors: Yellow, light blue, and dark blue Meanings/Symbolism: Yellow is […]

Morning Sunshine (Symbolic/Figurative Version)
Colors: Yellow, light blue, dark blue, and orange Meanings/Symbolism: As […]

Nature Appreciation
The blue quarter circle is a symbol for Lake Michigan […]

Nature’s Star
The ideation behind this design was to incorporate different aspects […]

Nature, Justice and Unity
The nine stripes represent the nine courts in cook county […]

New and Improved Cook County Flag
On my flag, I have L stripes with the colors […]

New Beginnings
The green stripe represents the forest preserves and farmland in […]

New Cook County Flag
For my flag, I incorporated five stars to represent the […]
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New Cook County Flag [2]
On my flag, I have four stripes on it and […]

New Union Flag
Student Designer / Alejandra Navarrete
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus

Nolasco Touch
My flower represents the 6 suburban region an the yellow […]

Oak Star
At the focal point of my flag, I made a […]

One of Many
102 Gold stars represent all of the countiesCook County colored […]

Open Arms
A light, blue background was chose to represent one of […]

Our Cook County
The tree represents the Forest Preserves and importance of the […]

Our County
My name is Javion Hollins and this is my Cook […]
![Our County [2]](https://i0.wp.com/anewflagforcookcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Our-County.jpg?fit=640%2C384&ssl=1)
Our County [2]
I chose the color blue for the Lake Michigan that […]

Our Home
The stars represent major historical events. Such as the great […]

Our Pride
The color blue on the flag represents our beloved Lake […]

Our Star
This design features the classic Chicago star. The yellow stripe […]

Our Star Flag
Student Designer / Sofia Hogue
Student Designer / Ryan Bradley
Mentor / Scott Rench

Parallels Flag
Student Designer / Joshua Givens
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus

Pax Flag
In this design, I chose to focus on specific colors […]

Paxy Flag (Cook County’s Flag)
The name of the flag, “Pax” or “Paxy” is Latin […]

Peace
Colors: Green, white, yellow, and blue Meanings/Symbolism: The green stripe […]

Peace in the County
The grey stripes on the bottom and top represent the […]

Peace of Nature
Center symbol means peace along with the color yellow.The blue […]
![Peace [2]](https://i0.wp.com/anewflagforcookcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Peace.jpg?fit=640%2C353&ssl=1)
Peace [2]
Colors: Blue and White Meanings/Symbolism: The blue stands for the […]

Peaceful Forest
The yellow background signifies enlightenment. The 6 trees represent the […]

Protection
Red color means healthcare provided to all, green means preservation […]

Rays of Excellence
The six green and blue alternating stripes represent the six […]
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Rays of Excellence [2]
The six green and blue alternating stripes represent the six […]

Red Star
The red star represents Chicago and the 6 points represents […]
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Red Star [2]
Red StarThe red Star represents Chicago and the symbolism it […]
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Red Star [3]
The red star in the flag represents Chicago since it […]

Red Stripes and Stars
My flag incorperates a little pieces of Chicago, the 6 […]

Red, Green & Blue
The green stripes represent the forestry & nature in Cook […]

Red, White, and Blue
The reason for my flag is to show how red, […]

Red, Yellow & Blue
2 blue stripes for Lake Michigan & Chicago River. Yellow […]

Rolling Stars Flag
Student Designer / Molly Armbruster
Student Designer / Caleb Braziel
Mentor / Lauren Meranda

Six Pointed Star
This flag called Six Pointed Star is meant to represent […]

Six Red Stars and Yellow and Green Stripes
The blue background of this flag represents all the water […]

Soaring Star
The star is a symbol of Chicago and its major […]

Social Awareness
Colors: Blue, red, green, and yellowMeanings/Symbolism: The blue represents the […]


Standing Together on the Shore of Excellence and Equity Flag
Student Designer / Josh Lipman
Mentor / Jim Kelly

Star and Stripes
The star on this flag represents Chicago. the green represents […]

Star Flag
The six stars going through the flag represents the 6 […]

Star on Colors
Red is meant to represent Chicago, Orange is mant to […]

Star on Lake
Left side flag is green representing the reserved forest. The […]

Starry Sky
This flag uses many different elements in it’s design to […]

Stars
there 8 stars represent the different things in cook countythe […]

Stars & Blue
The blue background represents the color of Lake Michigan. The […]

Stars and Stripes
The flag represents, as a whole, Chicago, Cook County Symbols, […]

Strength
Colors: Black, green, blue, and yellow Meanings/Symbolism: Geographically, black is […]

Strides for Cook County Flag
Student Designer / Rayn White
Student Designer / Charlye Hunt
Mentor / Carl Vogel

Strides for Cook County Flag
My flag is a representation of power within a community […]

Stripes
The light blue lines represent the lake and rivers. The […]

Strong Buck
I used the elk as a sign of strength and […]

STV
The Colors in the image all represent either a problem, […]

Sun Rising
the green outline represents our county’s amazing forest preserves. the […]

The Beautiful County of Cook County
“The triangles represent the 5 suburbs in Cook County 1st […]

The Best of Cook County
in the background of the flag, I placed the same […]

The Centenarian
To start out, I chose the three most iconic colors […]

The Community
The school represents the teachers that help us learn, police […]

The Coneflower
what the flag means is that the flower represents our […]

The Cook County (CC) Way
The CC Way was designed to represent peace and justice […]

The Cook County Circle
The Cook County Circle flag represents the center of Cook […]

The Cook County Column
The lower part of the column represents our past with […]

The Cook County Flag
The green represents the Forest Preserve and the blue represents […]

The Cook County Star
The blue on one side of the flag represents Chicago […]

The County Circle
The backdrop of the city of Chicago and the gray […]

The County of Chicago
“The County of Chicago blue- for Lake Michigan and the […]

The County of Green
The main image is a large oak tree one of […]

The County Star
The white 6 pointed star represents Chicago and its 5 […]

The Five Missions of Cook County
The large, red five-pointed star placed in the middle of […]

The Flag of Cook County
On the flag, red and blue were used as base […]

The Flower and the Stars
The flower is the cone flower, the flower of Chicago. […]

The Golden Wheel
The Golden Wheel. This flag represents the lake and rivers(blue), […]

The Healthful Midwestern Community
The blue border of the flag symbolizes Lake Michigan and […]

The Key of Cook County
The Name of this flag is called “The Key to […]

The Lake Life
My flag includes Lake Michigan and the four stars from […]

The Mix
The city, wheat, water, and trees represent the versatility of […]

The Nature of Cook County
The water and blue colors in the back represents Lake […]

The New Century Flag
Student Designer / Tim Mellman
Mentor / Josh Witherspoon

The Northern Cardinal
The color blue portion represents the two largest rivers in […]

The People
the elements inside my flag were two Holding hands , […]

The People of Cook
The name of my flag design is “People Of Cook.” […]

The Pride of Cook County
Six trees for the forest preserves and suburban regions/Chicago, two […]

The Protector
I choose blue for the backround because I feel that […]

The Red Star
The green stripes on the right side represent the forest […]

The Six Star Flag
Student Designer / Bennett Pascal
Mentor / Sarah Davis