LTHS Technology Teacher Receives Teacher Recognition Award

LOCKPORT, IL — Lockport Township High School teacher Jeff Brown was selected as this year’s recipient of the William and Mildred Jackson Teacher Recognition Award. The school said Brown, who has taught for 23 years, instructs CAD, Architecture, Engineering Design and 3D Design-Animation in the College and Career Applications Department.

In addition to teaching, the district said Brown is a member of the Illinois Design Educators Association and sponsors the SkillsUSA and Robotics clubs. Brown was nominated for his patience, dedication and professionalism. He devotes countless hours outside the classroom and is known for challenging his students by setting high standards, according to the district.

Brown's students saw great success this year; seven drafting and design students received first place at the IDEA State Competition. Ten students were also named state champions at the SkillsUSA Annual State Leadership and Skills Conference and will compete at Nationals at the end of June, 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. It is sponsored by LTHS alumni Robert Carr and Jill Jackson Carr through the Give Something Back Foundation.

The award is named after Jill Jackson 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 district said the recipient of this annual award, which includes a certificate and a prize of $5,000, is chosen by a committee of administrators, teachers and students.