Howard Savage, Jr.
The second note, while in Birmingham, King was jailed and wrote a famous letter, which is in purple, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Any questions so far?
Veronica Jordan -
Mr. Savage believes in what he does. He believes that teaching is a gift from God and he exemplifies that in his teaching. He believes that every student can learn and every student can achieve. He believes everyone can learn, and that everyone is able to be successful.
Shabresha Amos -
He tries to the best of his abilities to help his students, and to make sure they have everything that they need to succeed.
Cassundra Peyton-Brown -
He's the type of teacher that when they're in there, they're very attentive. They're very engaged, and they are learning at all times, and he circulates around the classroom. Excellent classroom management. And he's just an all-around guy, and his students really love him a lot.
Anthony Jones -
It's like up-tempo, you know? Everybody, you know, everybody's ready to learn, ready to ask a question, everybody's listening to him. It's a good class, you know?
Shirley Jones -
They are interested in doing more, going beyond, to accomplish that what he wants them to do.
Cassundra Peyton-Brown -
He works hard, he's very innovative. They do a lot of hands-on projects as he tries to work with his students in learning history.
Sammy Mobley -
He has us working hard in the classroom, on the building blocks and other projects that we do.
Veronica Jordan -
The students have to gather information about a particulate era, or pick a particular period of time, and then they get they facts and information about that, and they construct what he calls a construction building, but they are building it based on facts and information that they gather.
Anthony Jones -
We really started at for like, you know, like black history, by doing a black history timeline, from Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta Compromise all the way up to, you know, the Black Panther party. It's like, it's like really like the building blocks, you know? How we got to the point where we're at today.
Sammy Mobley -
He helped me understand because once we go through each time, he'll help you, you know, he'll help you remember stuff that occurred at that time.
Cassundra Peyton-Brown -
He portrays his objectives and teaches his students. He's always trying to find things that they can relate to, and he captivates their attention.
Veronica Jordan -
He has a command about himself that will encourage others to participate and take part.
Shabresha Amos -
He gets right down to the point. Whether you want to hear it or not, he just tells it like it is.
Anthony Jones -
He's going to tell you real. You know, he's just going to be real about it. He'll tell you, you know, you leave all that outside of school. In here, you've got one family.
Shirley Jones -
Some of the students we deal with may not, maybe, may come from a single parent home, and seeing him model, being a man of integrity, is something they need to see.
Sammy Mobley -
Like, that's a person that I can look up to and follow his footsteps
Anthony Jones -
For people who don't have someone at home, it's good to have him at school. He makes work a little easier to me.
Shirley Jones -
When they come here, all of that they can leave outside because they have someone that they can trust, that they can depend on, and know that he is a man of his word.
Veronica Jordan -
He is a man of character and of integrity. And he- so often people talk about those characteristics, but fail to exemplify those characteristics. Mr. Savage exemplifies them.
Shabresha Amos -
If one day I am down or something, he'll say, "What's wrong?" He'll ask me what I needed, need the councilor or need some help, and I'll tell him, "Yeah," and he'll let me go, but he's really concerned about his students.
Sammy Mobley -
He strives for the best in whatever he do.
Anthony Jones -
Mr. Savage helped me out a lot, you know. He helped me make a way, then he encouraged me everyday, making me want to be something in life.
Cassundra Peyton-Brown -
Mr. Savage, I would like you to know how proud I am for you being the Barton winner for our school this year. Your dedication and your hard work really paid off. Congratulations Mr. Savage. You're a good guy. Thank you.
Shabresha Amos -
Mr. Savage, I would like to say thank you for helping me achieve everything that I achieved this year, and congratulations on your award, and I'm going to make you proud by passing the U.S. History test.
Shirley Jones -
Howard Savage, I would like to say congratulations, and thank you for allowing me to be your mentor. I believe that you learned- that I learned more from you than you did from me, and I would like to say thank you for inspiring me. Thank you.
Sammy Mobley -
Well Mr. Savage, I would just, I just want to tell you thanks for being a great teacher to me, and congratulations on winning the money.
Veronica Jordan -
Congratulations Mr. Savage. This award could not have happened to a more deserving or better person. You are an excellent teacher, Mary Bethune is proud of you, and I am honored to be one of your colleagues at this time, in this place, at this hour. God bless you, and continue to do what you do for students.
Anthony Jones -
Mr. Savage, thank you for making Mary Bethune a better school, and thank you for making a way, for not only for me, but for others.
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