SWISS Conference
The Southern Wisconsin and Illinois Small Schools Conference, more commonly referred to as the SWISS Conference, is a former high school athletic conference. It was in existence from 1982 to 2006, and consisted primarily of private schools in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
History
1982–1996
The SWISS Conference was formed in 1982 by five small private high schools in Wisconsin and Illinois: Heritage Christian School in New Berlin, Keith Country Day School in Rockford, Parkway Christian Academy in Oak Creek, University Lake School in Hartland and Waukegan Christian School. Faith Christian School in Williams Bay became the sixth member of the SWISS Conference in 1983, and the arrival of Brookfield Academy brought the membership total to seven schools the next year. In 1989, two years after attaining membership in the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association, Heritage Christian School left the SWISS Conference for membership in the Midwest Classic Conference. Christian Life School in Kenosha replaced them that same year. In 1990, the SWISS Conference added three new members: Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Berean Baptist Christian School in Rockford and Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan.1996–2006
The SWISS Conference would remain at ten members until 1996, when Brookfield Academy was invited to join the Midwest Classic Conference. Two years later, Abundant Life Christian left the SWISS Conference to compete as an independent during the merger between WISAA and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. In 2005, Christian Life exited for membership in the Midwest Classic Conference and Parkway Christian Academy joined the Indian Trails Conference, bringing membership down to six schools. The SWISS Conference was disbanded in 2006, and its member schools were dispersed to other conference. Wisconsin School for the Deaf rejoined the Indian Trails Conference in 2006. The other two Wisconsin-based members of the SWISS Conference and two of the three Illinois-based schools became members of the Indian Trails Conference in 2007 after competing as independents. The final school, Westlake Christian Academy in Grayslake, also competed as an independent.Conference membership history
Final members
Previous members
Membership timeline
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