Alan Mayes

Frederick Douglass High School Academy of Technology Principal

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

📣MEDIA CREW WANTED📣

FDHS Baseball is looking to add students that are skilled and interested in Film & Social Media for the 2026 Season.

We also are open to students that are interested in gameday production (scoreboard operstion, PA roles, etc.).

If interested, please reach out to Coach Johnson:

[email protected]

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

Another Great Day to Be a Bronco!!!

Proud of our boys, with 35+ volunteering this morning at NorthEast Christian Church Food Pantry…

Serving our community is always a joy and it always makes Coach proud when our boys receive endless compliments along the way!

#stampede🐎

[Alan Mayes @AMayesKY]

Ready for @GoLexLegends Fan Fest. Looking forward to summer baseball, thirsty Thursday’s, and Fireworks.

[Lexington Legends @GoLexLegends]

TODAY join us for FAN FEST!

🚨 RSVP HERE to be entered to win some LEGENDARY PRIZES like a pair of tickets to Railbird Festival, Suite Night, Merch Bundles and more - https://t.co/oyyboVE2KJ

#LexGoLegends

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

The Broncos hit the road to start the week. Douglass Baseball is at @LexCathBaseball at 5:30pm today.

Tonight’s Lineup

SP - Clark Tackett @ClarkTackett

💻 https://t.co/7p6GabwtEc (GameChanger Live Stats/Video)

#Stampede 🐎⚾️🟢🟠

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

The Frederick Douglass Baseball K3 Kreations Fundraiser starts TODAY! Here is the link to over 50+ customized items to choose from for Douglass supporters. Here are a couple items on the site. #FrederickDouglass #Broncos

https://t.co/hXVnNbVQVD

[Fayette County Public Schools @FCPSKY]

🎓 Class of 2024 graduation dates are now available!

👉 More details at https://t.co/pK31WmzqJq

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

🚨MARK YOUR CALENDAR!🚨Monday 2/26 3-8pm let's pack @raisingcanes Hamburg! Share, bring a friend, tell your neighbor! It's Douglass Baseball Spirit Night. Mention FD Baseball & a portion of your order(dine in or carry out) will be donated to support the FDHS Baseball Team!
⚾️🟢🟠

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

Please help support the Douglass Baseball program as we BUILD A BASEBALL PLAYER to support the @FDHSBaseball players! You can donate directly to the Douglass Baseball Booster Club via our Venmo. Thanks for the support!⚾️🐎🟠🟢

VENMO

@DOUGLASSBASEBALL-BOOSTERS

[Fayette County Public Schools @FCPSKY]

🏆 FCPS brought home two major awards from the Kentucky Music Educators Association.

🎉 Learn more at https://t.co/RpyxwVomod

[Fayette County Public Schools @FCPSKY]

💡 For Kate Hadfield-Antonetti, the Lexington Traditional Magnet School dance studio is an inspiration.

💭 To learn more about Lexington Traditional Magnet School or other magnet and school programs available through FCPS, visit https://t.co/JeoxRwpXz2

[Alan Mayes @AMayesKY]

@teachergoals @JoshRayburnKY

[Alan Mayes @AMayesKY]

@Southeasternbb please share this opportunity for winter work.

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

MARK YOUR CALENDERS!!!

We have partnered with @RedsCamps for a 4-Week Winter Camp for Age 6-16 baseball players.

Registration Link:
https://t.co/jRVOIYtzYY

[Frederick Douglass HS Baseball @FDHSBaseball]

MARK YOUR CALENDERS!!!

We have partnered with @RedsCamps for a 4-Week Winter Camp for Age 6-16 baseball players.

Registration Link:
https://t.co/jRVOIYtzYY

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom and found his calling as a leading voice in the abolitionist movement.

Douglass escaped slavery by boarding a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was dressed in a sailor's uniform, provided to him by Anna Murray, (he married her 12 days later, she was a free black woman in Baltimore) she also gave him part of her savings to cover his travel costs, and carried identification papers which he had obtained from a free black seaman.

He crossed the Susquehanna River by ferry at Havre de Grace, then continued by train to Wilmington, Delaware. From there he went by steamboat to "Quaker City" (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and continued to the safe house of abolitionist David Ruggles in New York; the whole journey took less than 24 hours.

Frederick Douglass later wrote of his arrival in New York:

"I have often been asked, how I felt when first I found myself on free soil. And my readers may share the same curiosity. There is scarcely anything in my experience about which I could not give a more satisfactory answer. A new world had opened upon me. If life is more than breath, and the 'quick round of blood,' I lived more in one day than in a year of my slave life. It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe. In a letter written to a friend soon after reaching New York, I said: 'I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.' Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil."

Frederick Douglass first tried to escape from Freeland, who had hired him out from his owner Colonel Lloyd, but was unsuccessful. In 1836, he tried to escape from his new owner Covey, but failed again.

In 1837, Douglass met and fell in love with Anna Murray, her freedom strengthened his belief in the possibility of his own.

Once he had arrived, he sent for Murray to follow him to New York; she arrived with the necessary basics for them to set up home. They were married on September 15, 1838, by a black Presbyterian minister eleven days after his arrival in New York.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Want to know what makes learning a little difficult?

Kids not liking the teacher.

Want to know what makes learning even MORE difficult?

Kids not feeling liked by the teacher.

Relationships matter.
Make them matter for them & their learning.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Something to remember before the kids get here:

They are not:
SPED kids
EIP kids
RTI kids
504 kids
"Those" kids
Low kids
_____ kids.

Kids are kids.
First, love them
Then learn them.
We don't love labels.
We love learners.
Love, believe & challenge ALL kids.

No excuses.

[Erica Snow @MrsSnowDLC]

I’m ready!

[Academies of FDHS @FDHSacademies]

Professional Services Orientation. August 8th. 5-7pm

[Alan Mayes @AMayesKY]

You have to check out this store! It's amazing! https://t.co/SULI7KvKwE

[Governor Andy Beshear @GovAndyBeshear]

Today, Gov. Andy Beshear joined Habitat for Humanity Pennyrile Region leaders, community partners and new homeowners to dedicate five new homes for survivors of the December 2021 tornadoes.

Read more: https://t.co/CuyE4kfrzh