Joseph Bostic Jr., the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School teacher named Montgomery County Public Schools Teacher of the Year for the 2021-2022 academic year, has officially picked up his final prize a new car. Traditionally, Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Rockville provides the MCPS Teacher of the Year winner with a brand new car. For Bostic, […]
BLACKSBURG â Some time this past winter when nearly all the high schoolers temporarily went remote, chemistry and ecology teacher Amber Pogue encountered a technical glitch.
Pogue said the Google Meet application during one class distorted her voice, making it sound as if she was some character in a crime show demanding a ransom. It amused her students, she said.
âMy remote students couldnât keep it together,â Pogue said, laughing as she recalled the story.
Those kinds of hurdles have not been uncommon throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but many teachers such as Pogue have found different ways to adapt to the unusual challenges presented by the health crisis.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School educator honored during virtual ceremony
April 28, 2021 | 7:05 pm
April 28, 2021
Joseph Bostic Jr., a math content specialist at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, was named the MCPS Teacher of the Year during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday.
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A middle school teacher described as a “fierce advocate” for students was named the Montgomery County Public Schools Teacher of the Year during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday.
Joseph Bostic Jr., a math content specialist and eighth-grade team leader at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Germantown, was named the winner of the annual award. He will now be a candidate for state honors, among the winners from each county.
MCPS Teacher of the Year Gets New Wheels
Inge Chichester, the Sligo Middle School teacher named Montgomery County Public Schools Teacher of the Year for the 2020-2021 academic year, has officially picked up her final prize a new car.
Chichester says since the start of the 2021-2022 school year, she’s been delivering snack to her students, so her new wheels will come in handy.
MCPS-TV, a PEG partner of MyMCM, was there to watch Chichester pick up her new car from Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Rockville:
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