celebration

Celebration is a district wide event honoring the many wonderful teachers and staff we have. At the event awards are given out for our community partners, Educational Support Person of the Year, First Class Teacher of the Year, Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Secondary Teacher of the Year.  

If you missed this year's Celebration the video to the livestream is below! Take a look at all of the exciting moments from the event.

2024 Celebration Winners

This year First Class Teacher of the Year is Kiyoko McCracken of Lincoln Elementary. The Elementary Teacher of the Year is Gina Hinton of Freedom Elementary and the Secondary Teacher of the Year is Jeff Elbert of Lawton High School. This year the district recognized an Educational Support Person of the Year as well. The Educational Support Person of the Year is Alicia Gouveia of Cleveland Elementary. We are extremely proud of all the hard work and dedication of everyone in the running and a special thank you to all of our sponsors for their continued support for our district.

McCracken

First Class Teacher of the Year

Hinton

Elementary Teacher of the Year

Elbert

Secondary Teacher of the Year

Gouveia

Educational Support Person of the Year

2024 Teacher of the Year Finalists

Burke

Ryans

Teakall

Aguilar

Knutson

Santos

2024 First Class Teacher of the Year Finalists

Crupper

Dermody

Howard

2024 Educational Support Person of the Year Finalists

Billings

Martinelli

Sexton

2024 Contributors

Lawton Public Schools would like to thank the following businesses for their contributions to this years Celebration!

  • Adventure Travel

  • All American Car Wash

  • American Fidelity

  • Arvest Bank

  • Backporch Drafthouse West

  • Cameron University

  • Charles Kirchen

  • Chick-Fil-A

  • Classic Lawton Chevrolet

  • Comanche County Retired Educators Association

  • Fort Sill Federal Credit Union

  • Laura Fields Trust

  • Lawton YMCA

  • Liberty National Bank

  • LPS Foundation

  • Nissan of Lawton

  • Patty Neuwirth

  • Scott's House of Flowers

  • Seven Brew Drive Thru

  • Southwest Oklahoma Federal Credit Union

  • Sylvan Learning Center

  • Viridian Coffee

  • Sodexo Food Services

  • Texas Roadhouse