Semi-finalists
Flag Advisory Panel members were asked to review all 297 submissions and evaluate them based on composition and representation. A rubric was created and Flag Advisory Panel members were asked to score their favorite 14 designs using rank choice voting.
After receiving the Flag Advisory Panel members’ rankings, submissions with similar design aspects and similar rankings were paired together. In total, there were 38 youth from all 17 Commissioner Districts selected to the 23 semi-finalist teams.

Cardinal’s Path Flag
Student Designer / Cyrill Reyes
Student Designer / Gabriel Classon
Mentor / Lisa Yun Lee

Connection Flag
Student Designer / Deahyvon Jones
Mentor / Faiz Razi

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

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

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

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

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

Freedom Flag
Student Designer / Jaime Fregoso
Mentor/ Martinez E-B

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

Harmony Flag
Student Designer / Alex Tomy (he/him/his)
Mentor / Denny Liu

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

I Will Flag
Student Mentor / Drew Duffy
Designer / Martin Burciaga

Lakeview Flag
Student Designer / Allison Lemmon
Mentor / John Galetka

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

Number 54 Flag
Student Designer / Noemi Lopez
Mentor / Carl Vogel

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

Parallels Flag
Student Designer / Joshua Givens
Mentor / Jonathan Meitus

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

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

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

The Cone Flower of Cook County Flag
Student Designer / Christian Garcia
Mentor / Dan Chodrow

The Key to Cook County Flag
Student Designer / Kyle Trzaskus (he/him/his)
Mentor / Heather Anderson

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

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