lmorton@jacksonprep.net McRae Building 601-939-8611 ext. 231

I serve as the Director of Admission here at Prep because it presents a new challenge every day. Since the first week I joined the staff here, I knew I was in the right place because everyone I know here is doing their best to fulfill the mission of this wonderful school. I have been in the business of helping students find their “educational way” for most of the 25 years since I graduated from Mississippi State (the first time). The “most fun job” I ever had was as an Admission Counselor for MSU because it was like living at college without having to go to class. Being blessed to simply share my positive experience with others coming behind me has been at the core of my existence ever since. It’s a little like being an evangelist if you look at it in just the right light. After earning my Masters degree in Counseling and Student Personnel, I served as the Director of Student Life at State until I married and moved to Jackson.

I stay busy after school hours (whatever that means) with the Junior League, other various volunteer opportunities and a small but intense Bible Study group which meets in our home. I enjoy cooking when I have the time to entertain, and after moving to “the country” a few years ago, I look forward to really messing up my kitchen on a regular basis. Herb growing adds to that enjoyment

My husband, Jimmy, serves as a Justice Court Judge in Hinds County and also handles promotion for Chimneyville Smokehouse Restaurant and Catering. For a very patient man who really can’t cook and doesn’t enjoy eating – it’s an odd mix of vocational choices – but it works for us. I worked with him for 7 years in the catering and event planning business and starting up Reservoir Pointe until I decided my back and my sunny disposition would be valuable to me in my old age – and went back to working in education at Hinds Community College. That’s where I was when a friend connected me with Prep.

Jimmy and I have one Australian Blue Heeler dog, one “snarky” cat who adopted us and probably lots of other animal life I am reluctant to encounter out in our “woods.” If I go missing one day, the first place to look would be on my screened porch which overlooks the pond and is the most serene place to be most mornings. I’ll be sitting there with a good cup of coffee and my Bible, just talking to God as if He were sitting right there in the other rocker.