Mr Jake Collins
@MrJakeCollins
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Believer | Husband | Girl Dad | US History Teacher | Football and Soccer Coach Mtn Brook HS | Author of The Homewood Book.
Mountain Brook High School
Joined August 2010
In my US History class we use @Ancestry to study the Civil War through our family veterans. I teach kids not only how to find ancestors who fought in the war, but also how to place them on a battlefield using @Battlefields and @fold3 Here are some of the projects:
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The profile pic was a pretty girl. The DM seemed harmless - “hey.” For Jordan DeMay, among a targeted group of teen boys, often high school athletes, this was danger coming in the middle of the night to his small, remote town. https://t.co/CactEjiA1N
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Good news for high school sports
JUST IN: AHSAA to launch task force to investigate high school transfers A report given at Thursday's annual spring meeting revealed strong disparities in the number of football transfer students-athletes to certain schools in Class 6A. Alma Bryant head football coach
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Good news for high school sports
Central Board plans to Appoint Task Force To study Non-Compliant Transfer Issues
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Credit to Jalen Hurts — tremendous lesson for kids out there, benched at halftime of the national title game for Tua, refuses to publicly pout, commits himself to working his ass off to get better. And now he’s a Super Bowl champion quarterback. Phenomenal comeback & resilience.
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A boys' school makes boy-friendly changes and gets great results! Some are as simple as opening the playground for 20 minutes before school starts. They drew on @LetGrowOrg for our "play club" program https://t.co/BF7uW6ivYT
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HILARIOUS elitism by @margbrennan @CBSNews claiming that Mississippians know less about emergency management than DC bureaucrats - all because her favorite Democrats in CA and NC have failed their constituents. @JDVance did a great job handling her condescending questions. The
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Incredible photo of Colvin’s catch. Well done!
Mountain Brook wraps up the regular season with a second straight shutout. From @GaryALloyd: https://t.co/j7rgco8iwS
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I’d like to point out that this was the “knuckleball” portion of our warm up. I promise I can throw a football 😂 FWIW, Archie has the best knuckleball of the group
Hello from Frank Nix Stadium in Irondale, where No. 8 @MtnBrookFTBL takes on @svmounties in the regular season finale for both squads. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Follow along for updates!
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Today we welcomed Fisher Bayless Collins to the world. Mom and baby boy are doing great.
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From @NextRoundLive today, F Scott Fitzgerald partied at a house in Homewood back in the 20s @TheLanceTaylor House is still there and is currently being renovated
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@MartySmithESPN Just in time for the start of school. This book was great. Lots of practical things in here I’ve already put in place.
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I’m just a guy that does a goofy sports show in Birmingham so what do I know but, a great way to honor the memory of Willie Mays would be an annual @MLB game played at @RickwoodField called the “Say Hey Classic”. Just a thought. @Buster_ESPN
“Willie” chants break out at Rickwood Field tonight in honor of the late Willie Mays. #MLBatRickwood
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Preach
For all the “D1 or bust” folks… UNC Baseball has two starters, Alex Madera 2nd base & Anthony Donofrio RF, that both began their college careers at the D3 level. ANY opportunity to be at the “next level” is a gift. Don’t be concerned w where you start, be concerned w developing
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A great book for the digital age we live in. I took all socials off my phone in January and it’s been great. @jaykimthinks
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