MOCO Teacher Of The Year, From Germantown, Awarded New Car

Germantown MD

24 June, 2021

11:17 AM

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GERMANTOWN, MD — A Germantown middle school math teacher was given a new car as a prize for winning Montgomery County Public Schools teacher of the year. The Fitzergald Auto Mall in Rockville donated the Hyundai to Joseph Bostic Jr., this year's winner. Bostic teaches at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, and said in a MCPS video that he hasn't had a car for the last year. Bostic said receiving the car would be a moment he cherished forever. "I'm very grateful, and it's a blessed opportunity to be Montgomery County teacher of the year, Bostic said a video. Justin Harbold, from the Auto Mall, said the dealer was showing their appreciation for Bostic, as the teacher of the year. "Fitzgerald has been doing this for several years and I think it'll be something we continue to do for a very long time," he said of the auto dealer's gift. Joseph Bostic Jr. was recently presented with a new car at Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Rockville for being named Montgomery County Public Schools Teacher of the Year for the 2021-2022 school year. Hear him reflect on being named Teacher of the Year. pic.twitter.com/uitNyBvUUd— MCPS (@MCPS) June 23, 2021 Bostic was awarded teacher of the year in a ceremony in April. He talked in his acceptable speech about when he took a risk six years ago, making a switch from working full-time as an electrical engineer to becoming a teacher in the district. "In life, we get what we prepare for, not what we want," said Boctic during his acceptance speech. "We are not what happened to us, but we are what we choose to become. I hope tonight my story inspires someone and I promise to give my all as teacher of the year." Thank you to @MCPS ,the Greenblatt Educstion fund/family, #FitzgeraldAutoMall , @mocoboe , and all stakeholders who made this possible. #BelieveInTheImpossible #Faith— MrBosticEducates (@MCPSYouMatter) June 23, 2021