Juniors in the districts of Clinton, Blue Ridge, Warrensburg-Latham, and Maroa-Forsyth who would like to learn more about the world of business have a limited amount of time to consider joining a program that would do just that.

The Central Illinois CEO program introduces area high school students to the basics of business and also provides hands-on experience. Emma Culbertson is a student from Clinton High School in the program now and she says the deadline to apply for the program is February 1 but there's also an opportunity for juniors interested to be a part of the class for a day.

COVID has created a very different environment for the class this year. While juniors next year may not have the challenges of the class this year, Culbertson says it's still a great course to take and you'll learn a lot.

Emma Cook from Warrensburg-Latham High School says the site visits and projects the class takes on are one of the best parts of the class, from her perspective.

Culbertson encourages any juniors interested in joining the CEO program or getting information about 'take a junior to class day' to reach out to someone in the program in their school or visit centralillinoisceo.com.