LTHS Teacher Receives William and Mildred Jackson Award

LOCKPORT, IL — Lockport Township High School teacher JoAnn McCarroll was selected as this year’s recipient of the William and Mildred Jackson Teacher Recognition Award, the district said in a release. McCarroll has taught at Lockport Township High School for 28 of her 42 years as an educator, and has served as a vocational/work experience teacher in the Special Education Department, where she has assisted students to transition to employment or other programs beyond high school.

She is known for her compassion and encouragement of others, the district said. One of McCarroll’s peers remarked, “her patience and understanding of students goes beyond compare. She has a special way of working with each student to bring out their strengths. She encourages and motivates them to be the best they can be.”

McCarroll will retire at the end of May, the district said.

The William and Mildred Jackson Teacher Recognition Award honors an educator who has exhibited special skills in the art and science of teaching, according to the district. It is sponsored by LTHS alumni Robert Carr and Jill Jackson Carr through the Give Something Back Foundation. The award is named after Jill Carr’s late parents, William Jackson, who taught science and coached golf and track at LTHS from 1958 to 1982, and Mildred Jackson, who provided music lessons for many children in the Lockport community.

The recipient of this annual award, which includes a certificate and cash prize, is chosen by a committee of administrators, teachers, and students, the district said.

The William and Mildred Jackson Teacher Recognition Award is facilitated by the LTHS Foundation.