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Both East and West CEO classes met at Elevate, a local youth center, which is under the umbrella of the Sterling Township, headed by Township Supervisor, Angie Schneider. Heather ...
Monday morning's business visit started with CEO student, MaryKay Downs, introducing her uncle Matt Selmi and grandfather, Frank Selmi. Matt gave an overview of the business, with ...
CEO students, along with all the students attending Whiteside Area Career Center first block, participated in Explore Sauk! After a welcome in the auditorium, students visited a ...
Sean Sandrock, CEO class of 2020, has made time every year to visit both the East and West class. He shares his experience as a CEO and college student at Eureka College. As a recent ...
Chris Hammitt has been a State Farm agent for 25 years, and it was so inspiring to see the passion he has for his career, staff, and community. The students began by running through a ...
CEO students' business visit on Wednesday was to IFH Group, the tank experts with 75 years of specialization and expertise. IFH fuel and hydraulic tanks are used by well-known, world ...
On Monday students were greeted by Amazing Grace Senior Pastor Kristy Pipes as she welcomed them to their new home base, the Grace Center. She explained the center's mission to meet ...
CEO is ready for Scarecrow Festival. Please give them a visit on Hennepin Ave. in front of the Dixon Chamber and Main Street building. They have games and are selling apple cider ...
The East class has been hard at work the past two days preparing for scarecrow festival. This is their first event where they have had to focus on communication, time management, brain ...
Friday found each CEO West students sharing their class business idea using Business Model Canvas and a SWOT analysis. This is their first attempt at writing a business plan and ...
It's safe to say that most CEO students didn't know about the Kitchen Incubator of NW Illinois and business incubator spaces, or the Greater Sterling Development Corporation. Heather ...
Tuesday brought Bailey Russell, CEO Class of 2015, to the West Class where she shared her knowledge as Global, Product Marketing Specialist for Wahl Clipper. There was lots of ...
Mentor meetup for the East program happened today as well, where students and mentors were able to pair into groups based on “fun facts” such as favorite sport, animal, color, birth ...
Mentor Day is always great, with one of the fall sessions to include a rotation style get-to-know-you event. A great time for students to practice conversation skills, research mentors ...
Our KSB Hospital tour this year was led by Ray Sharp and Nancy Varga, who briefly discussed their backgrounds along with discussing the mission, vision, and future of the hospital. ...
We are out here representing CEO Class of 2025 at the Bureau Valley High School Career Fair.
Thank you Chris Tennyson, Regional Office of Education Superintendent, for hosting the CEO class on Wednesday and sharing your story and giving a business tour.
Nick Dinges has been an entrepreneur since he was 10 years old where he began mowing lawns in his hometown of Sublette. The business became so lucrative that by the time he graduated ...
Astec Industries was the site of Tuesday's CEO business visit. Here students learned about the heavy machines they create for the aggregate industry. In order to produce rock crushers ...
We discuss often how CEO is a safe space to be authentic, honest, and brave even when it seems difficult. The East and West CEO groups were able to get together for Monday with Margo ...
Kris Noble visited the CEO West class on Friday bringing greetings from the Midland Institute of Entrepreneurship where she works as a Community Engagement Specialist. She spent time ...
A visit to Sterling Main Street with Executive Director Janna Groharing helped students gain a better understanding of the work done by the organization. The focus includes ...
With group projects around the corner, it was time to check in on the West CEO class and their ability to solve problems. Gary DeVore set the stage for the Acid River crossing ...
Woodlawn Arts Academy programming began in 2005 and quickly grew from average annual registrations of 42 to 4500 today. Christy Zepezauer, Executive Director, shared these and other ...
